London, Dec. 30.
'That General Franco's offensive, in. Spain, in which 800,000 men are now engaged, is proceeding as, Kentlessly as ever, after seven days, is proved in the' vivid descriptions of the fighting from Reuter's. correspondents on both sides. 'The correspondent from Barcelona "states that planes and artillery have trans formed the hill-bound plains Llanos del Urgel, "in the' southern sector, and in the Pyrenian foothills, ju the northern sector, into an. {n= feme of shells and. bombs.
General Franco, the correspondent reports, aims at driving the Republicans fromthe line of the Soare iver, where he has held positions ince April, and from the Llanos del Urgel. plain. The drive towards Rorjas Blancas, an important muni tions manufacturing centre, from the lower Segre, threatens to cut off the Republican positions before Lerida. The capture of Borjas Blancas, fi self, would jeopardize the whole of the Republican positions along the lower Ebro, and the posts between Tarragona and the Ebro delta.
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