Hendaye, Jan. 3.
With the weather reported to be improving. although thousands of men foundered in the four feet of snow which covered the battlefield, the battle for the possession of Teruel reached the final stages to-day. Determined to recapture Teruel, the Nationalists were operating on a scale unprecedented in the Spanish civil war by placing every available man into the offensive.
Reports from a United Press correspondent at the front revealed that the Republicans were seemingly planning to withdraw to lines held prior to their drive on Terual and there maintain extremely strong lines of defence.—United Press,
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