The Archive · 1938

Sudden Offensive

'A sudden offensive on the forgotten south-west front has added 100 square miles of territory, to General Franelseo Franco's contro}, according to nationalist claims to-day.

The attack opened a few days ago long a nine mile rent, and gave the Insurgents the Important lead mines in Santa Barbara.

The repulse of a series of powerful Government counter-attacks has. en: abled the insurgents to make a new push which, it is clabned, hax ro-Sulted inn advance of'n further five miles on a wider front—

Reuter, Natlonatist Claims Hendaye, Jan, 31, Four suicidal attacks by the Republicans on Saragossa along the Teruel-Sarayossa highway resulted in the Republicans' leaving hundreds of dead and 24 tanks, the Nationalists announced here to-d "The Nationalists claimed they killed hundreds of" Republicans on four fronts and caused them to suiter their heaviest losses near Las Celadas, mine miles north of Teruel, Furious battles were seen on all fronts, with the Nationalists gaining the tipper hand during the day and forcing their enemy to relroal, Honnltsts reported, Eighty prisoners were captured in the Concud sector, where fifty of the men purposely had Ingged behind Republican retreating ines to be taken captive, the lonalisis sald—United Pre

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