Nationalist Genera! Approaching City in One Of Biggest Battles in Hostilities Burgos, July 17.
The eve of the second anniversary of the Spanish civil war sees the forces of General Francisco Franco, tionalist leader, relentlessly hing Valencia along the unto road in one of the major battles of the war.
A further big advance south-east Teruel is claimed by General Fronco's headquarters, which states that Nationalist forces have broken through the Republican lines on a front 22 miles wide and have captured a number of villages, including Morade Rubielos, Albentosa and Bar-races.
The Republicans are said to heve suffered a terrible defeat and to have rmous quantities of war motorial-and many men captured They are, however, reported to be still offering obstinate but fruitless resistance behind modern scientific Valencia, July 16. The defenders of Mora de Rubielos, after having resisted valiantly, with drew to positions in the rear indicated in orders from the High Commend, reports here ug the fall of that town The withdrawal was carried out in ood order, men and supplies being brought out of the lost position.
The High Commend has issued a despatch asserting that according to all available information, the Republicans in the Mora de Rubielos sector are facing Italian troops and are being fought with Italian war materials.
Military quarters here admitted today that the Nztionalists have occupied Albentosa, in the Sagunto sec-for where a most deadly artillery duel s still being waged after several days of continued action, The military observers here claim that the Franco forces succeeded in entrenchment, with which the country side is seamed.
The same story is repeated sector after sector. After a severe pounding by an -artillery barrage and a rain of heavy bombs, the defenders are unable to stain the fina] as-fault by infantry, and after a moment of sanguinary fighting resistance usually collapses.
In south Castellon the Nationalists ire marking time while the forces from the Teruel road catch up—Reuter. crossing the Albentosa River onl after suffering very heavy casualty Rome, July 16.
News correspondents at the front in Spain, reported today that Italia: aircraft in Nationalist service "were extremely busy of late in the Teruel and Sagunto sectors, where they machine-gunned motorized columns retreating towards Sagunto and bombed enemy anti-aircraft batteries."
Italian squadrons were 460 hours in the air in one day, these correpondents write to show exactly how active Italian airplanes were;—Havas,
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