Hendaye, June 15.
The Republican Generalissimo, Gen. Jose Miaja, today abandoned Castel-Jon province to the Nationalists and entrenched between 70,000 and 80,000 troops along a 47-mile front for the defence of Valencia, twenty miles south, Gen, Miaja, appealing to the Barcelona Government to conscript more men for the front lines, established his defence of the former provisional capital of Republican Spain extending from Almenara on the border of Valencia province inland across. the mountains to near Mora de Lublelos.
Gen, Miaja's new tines were only, fen miles from the spearhead of the 'Nationalists sweeping down the coast, Gen, Francisco Franco hammered the Republicans on three scattered fronts. While his Mediterranean Army under Gen, Miguel Aranda tool Villa' Real and advanced two miles beyond to within about 33 miles Valencia, his Army on the southern, Cordoba front launched an offensive against Republican positions northwest of Pennaroya after weeks of tnnetivity.
Retreat into Franco In the far north along the French] fronties, Gen. Juan Solchaga's Nationalists appeared to be fighting the fast stage of their assault on ragged troops of the 33rd Republican division In the Bielsa pocket.
'A flight of the Republicans to the safety of French soil through the last two mountain passes remaining open, was reported. Between 3,000 and 000 Republicans unable to reach heir comrades to the south still held Jout in the southern outskirts of Castellon de la Plana—United Press.
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