Gen. Jose Miaja is preparing a large scale Republican offensive west of Madrid. it was reported here today.
A Nationalist broadcast from the Madrid front reported that intense activity was noted on the Republican lines. The report said that Gen. Miaja was apparently going to attack from a line extending from a point fifteen miles west of Madrid to the city's northwest suburbs, Nationalists, in a severe bombardment of Madrid on Monday, dropped over 250 shells on the city, a Nationalist radio report from Salamauca disclosed. Gen. Franco's artillery officers observed great columns of smoke arising after the shells explode ed, the report added.
An official communique said Nationalist forces are presently fighting on the outskirts of Tortosa while unconfirmed reports announced a Republican victory in the sector between the Pyrenees, Lerida and the Catalonial front—United Press.
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