The Archive · 1938

Barcelona Undismayed

Barcelona, Mar. 30.

People living in (the suburbs of Barcelona claim they can hear the sound of gunfire from the front.

The Government is exhorting Catalans to mobilize all their forces and energies to defend their territory from the invader.

It is claimed that the Nationalists' Cinca River has been held up by easy advance across the plains to the desperate resistance near Fraga.

The Army Corps commanders have issued a proclamation declaring that "once again, in the gravest circumstances, our men have shown that they know their duty and are writing in blood the heroic rally cry of die rather than retreat)"

The press is calling for 100,000 volunteers and the construction of fortifications behind the front and round Barcelona—Reute:

Missile Explodes in Front of Amusement Resort

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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