Barcelona, Dec. 27.
All the Naionalist attacks in the Tromp sector have been repulsed, according to a Republican communique last night. The dispatch admits, however, that a setback has been suffered in the Segre zone with the loss of Almatred, "which was captured by Italian divisions at the price of heavy lose:
The Nationalist offensive has achieved very little and has already exhausted itself, says & Spanish Press Agency dispatch from the front. It admits the Nationalists advanced a little beyond Lerida, but claims that, in the triangle formed by Lerida, Balaguer and Camarasa, they have made no progress and have suffered heavy losses—Reuter.
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