Barcelona, Jan, 8.
After one of the most bitter engagements since the start of the civil war, the commander of the Nationalists in Teruel, strategic city in north-eastern Spain, has surrendered with 1,500 men, according to a Republican Government com-issued here to-day.
Despite this claim, however, fighting is still proceeding outside the city, where several battalions are attempting to fight their way to their beleaguered comrades inside the city.
Both men and beast are suffering terrible hardships in the intense cold. Troops have to flounder knee-deep through snow to reach new positions.
The main bodies of the opposing armies are at present engaged in a desperate strpagle for possession of La Muela, the "Tooth of Teruel," a plateau landmark dominating the city of Teruel. Some of the heights forming part of 1a Muela have changed hands several times in the past few days.—Reuter.
Teruel, n {More than 100 orphan hostages were reported to-day to have been killed when Republican troops blasted the Teruel Seminary building. Responsibility for the killing was denied, however, because. a spoke mah said, the troops were unaware of the hildren's presence in the building when the order to blast was issued, A Republican estimate indicated that more than 20 artillery batteries have been active on each side at Teruel.—United. Press.
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