The Archive · 1938

Spanish Republican Troops Foreigners Nationalists Give Figures From Prisoners Taken

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Hendaye, Sept. 3.

Of 2,133 officers serving on the Republican side captured by the Nationalists since the Spanish civil war began, only 941 were Spanish, according to figures published by the Nationalist Bureau of Statistics at Burgos.

The statistics further allege "ha! out of 210,113 men captured by the Nationalists, 47,565 were foreigners.

Fifty-six per cent. of the foreigners.captured were of French nationality, it is added.

Twelve thousand wounded prisoners, captured from the Republicans, are stated to be under hospital treatment.—Reufer.

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