Republicans Deny Claims Made of Rebel Gains Italians and Spaniards Riot in San Sebastian Hendaye, Sept. 11, ESPITE torrential rains, which had halted fighting for two days, Nationalist troops took the initiative on the Ebro front today, Nationalist reports from Zaragoza said, Nationalist bombers heavily bombed the Republicans on the right bank of the Ebro River, the communication centres in the rear and Republican trenches at Notres and Corbera, the Nationalists said.
The Republicans later heavily fortified both sectors in an effort to paralyze a Nationalist infantry advance but Nationalist bombers forced. isolated Republican units to retreat, the Nationalists claimed. Nationalists were reported to have captured Hills 365, 989, and 401 as well as five lines of Republican trenches during yesterday's fighting.
The Nationalists immediately vanced from. these points supported The Civil War by many tanks but the advance was very slow because of the stiff Republican resistance from well-fortified positions, the reports said, In Spain Under the cover of intensive Saragossa, Sept. 6. artillery the Nationalists advanced Six volunteers braved thousands of this sector, with Moroceean bullets to approach a series of Re-toops capturing" many. blockhouses publican machine-gun nests and wipe and prisoners and forcing the Re-'Out the majority of them with hand publicans to retreat atler_sulfering grenades to clear the path for advanc-heavy losses.
Ing Nationalist troops in the Sierra Nationalists reported that among de Caballos region, the Nationalist, numerous prisoners captured were several Belgians," Hollanders and Russians, who were alleged to have said that the Republican 36th Division thad lost halt its men during the last four days of fighting.
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