Hendaye, Mar. 24.
Thirty-five thousand Republican troops were retreating from a deep salient within eighteen miles of Sara-gesso to-day hoping to escape a Nationalist pincer movement, the Nationalists reported.
Gen, Fancisco Franco is anxious to eradicate the salient as its nose lies more than sixty miles behind the Nationalist spearhead constituting a constant threat to the rear wings.
Successful crossing of the Ebro River by Nationalists yesterday straightened the lines to permit flanking attacks on Republicans on a 180-mile front from the Ebro River north to the Pyrenees.
With the capture of Tardienta, thirteen miles south of Huesca, the Nationalist pincer drive tightened today, paving the way for a drive to the Mediterranean coast On the Aragon front 400 Republicans were killed in a single position at Casa Zanares.
Madrid Bombarded
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