Hendaye, July 3.
Nationalist dispatches today claimed a thirteen-mile advance in the past 48 hours on a long front exten. from a point south of Teruel in the interior to Hochi near the eastern Mediterranean coast.
The reports said several Republican counter-attacks -had been successfully repulsed. Two columns inland were said to be pushing south in the drive on Sagunto and its neighbouring steel, mills.
Dispatches of the Republican forces, however, insisted that all positions were intact and in addition claimed the re-capture of Cabellera Heights in the Tales region. The Republican reports admitted that heights around Cerro Atalya and Aldehuela had fallen into Nationalists' hands, In Barcelona women were pressed into service by the Republican Government to free every available man for fighting on the front in a last-ditch defence against the steady pressure of Nationalist offensives.
Simultaneously work was accelerated on underground shelters. The Government also worked hard weed out enemy spies to strengthen its position. A National Committee for aid to Spain was organized to handle the distribution of all food obtained from abroad and to handle organization work abroad.
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