More than five thousand Spanish women and children, refugees fleeing before the Nationalist offensive, marched across snow-covered mou! tains today to reach and cross the French frontier to safety.
Tramping through the cold the whole day, these refugees climbed the heights around the Spanish border city of Puigcerda and then crossed the frontier to come here.
Arrangements were then made immediately by the French authorities, and the hapless women and youngsters were quickly transported various cities where they are being tended.
The towns of Nimes, Montpellier and Nevers are taking in large numbers.
Among the refugees are 695 children of whom the oldest are less than 13 years of. age. Most came from Barcelona and Gerona, and some came alone and by foot all the way. They crossed the frontier under the care of fifteen Spanish governesses, and were immediately sent to the Vendee region—Havas,
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