Hendaye, Jan. 28.
The surprise Republican drive north of Teruel in an attempt to surround and isolate Nationalist troops on the outskirts of the ended in the biggest, rout of the entire Spanish war to-day, Nationalist reports claimed.
Casualties were said to have exceeded any battle of the civil war es dozens of Nationalist planes bombed Republican troops which yesterday were alleged to have been mistakenly bombed by their own ain force. The Republicans were said to have left 600 dead on the battlefields north of Teruel while carrying another 1,200 dead and wounded off with them as they beat a panicky retreat.
Republican spokesmen meanwhile announced that several strategic positions had been occupied by Republican troops south-west of Teruel, They claimed Republican troops were still pressing on toward Saragossa in an attempt to complete their encircling manceuvre around Nationalist forces on the Teruel front.
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