Hendaye, Jan, 22.
More than 3,000 soldiers' and civilians have been killed in the past, 24 hours of merciless air raids along the cast coast of Spain and, on the frozen battlefelde of the Aragon front, as Nationalist and Loyalist bombing squadrons continued their devastating. series of retaliatory alt raids on enemy cities, dispatches reaching here indicated.
Civilian populations have been open targets for 1.100 1b, bombs In the aerial warfare in which no quar ter is being asked or given by either side.
Loyalist leaders announced "eye for an eye" aerial bombardment campaign had been launched in reprisal for Nationalist raids on Barec Jona, Valencia and other qast coast cities in which hundreds of civilians were killed and wounded as bomb rained on residential sections of th Loyalist cities.
Nationalist headquarters of Gen eral Francisco Franco meanwhile announced that their planes had bombed and—machine-gunned a Loyalist column near Huesca, wiping out the entire Loyalist force. More than 3000 Loyalists were said to have been killed in the attack on the marching column.
Nationalist planes also raided the Catalonian port of San Feliu de Guixoles, taking a heavy toll of Loyalist lives. Twenty persons were said to have been killed in the town The Nationalist raid on San Fellu de Guixoles was believed a reprisal for a Loyalist raid on Salamanca on Friday in which more than nine tons of bombs were dropped on the Nav Uonalist city. Loyalists claimed the headquarters of General Franco had been severely damaged in the raid.
The Loyalist Cabinet meanwhile ordered another raid on Salamanca reprisal for yesterday's Nationalist raids on Rous in which more than forty Loyalists were reported to have Been killed. Loyalist leaders said Rous could have no military objec tive for the Nationalist bombers.—United Press.
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