Senor Jose Mara Lorette, Mayor of Teruel and last civilian to leave it, told the United Press correspon. dent of harrowing scenes he had witnessed when the small Nationalist garrisons were besieged. He said that they put up an extremely. determined stand and that a good portion of the Republican forces lay in the rains of Teruel. Nationalist tanks which had attempted to reach the besieged men had to smash their way over hundreds of abandoned Re-|] publican bodies.
Rain on Sunday changed the battleground into a swamp as a result of the melting snow and prevented all maneuvering, although intense artillery duels were continued.—United Press.
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