The Archive · 1939

Forces Concentrated

1 During" the (past £4 hours vast umbers of tanks, artillery, trucks and have been concentrated on the Madrid front in preparation for the attack, Included in the preparations were trucks loaded with fooc which the Nationalists intend to dis tribute to civilians in the war-torn capital when they occupy the city.

loyal Republican troops from the Madrid announced last night dear Guadalajara front had reached the capital and had broken through Communist barricades "with tanks and Dréed the counter-revolutionaries to Surrender.

Disclosure was made today that the elt against the National Defence which overthrow the former n government headed by Dr.

Negrin, had been more wide-than at first believed. Re-authorities at Valencia, Cuenca, Jaen, Murcia, and Alcahenares reported i "normalcy has been restored, indicating disorders in all these Republican cities.

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