"LITTLE world war" raged in the Ebro River Valley front where adventure-seeking Americans and other members of the International Brigades forced Italians and Moors of the Nationalists forces, to retreat from Gandesa, Republican communiques from the battle area said today.
Officers returning from the front reported that Republican troops had captured 7,000 Nationalists, mostly Italians and Moroccans, They also estimated that 5, 000 Republicans were participate rticip: ing in the latest counter-attack which caught the Nationalists unawares and which was forcing them to retreat rapidly from newly gained positions. The Republicans were engaged along a 95-mile front stretching from Amposta along the Ebro River Valley to Ribarroja.
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