Barcelona, Sept. 24. soldiers who were immediately taken The Commissar of International Brigades, Sr. Andre Marty. said today that the plan for the evacuation of foreign volunteers in the Repüblican ranks as outlined by the Premier, M. Juan Negrin, was proceeding.
He said 10,000 troops are now eligible for withdrawal including 500 Americans and Canadians, 500 South Americans, 400 Swiss and the rest French, Italians, Germans and Austrians. Details of the plan have not been completed but evacuations will be by national groups as far as possible. Few will be allowed to assume Spanish citizenship.
Meanwhile, the Nationalists advanced in the Ebro Salient on the Fatarelli front taking several lines of trenches filled with hundreds of {dead and 400 living Republican prisoner.
During a series of large air battles, the Nationalists claimed to have shot down 14 Government aeroplanes over the Ebro sector. On the eastern front, the Nationalists claimed further successes as large numbers of reserves supported by planes in mass flights regained the entire Manzanera salient which the Republicans captured two days ago. Eighty-nine Republican troops were said to have been taken prisoner.
Reports from Zaragozza claimed the Republican losses were extremely high in a short, surprise attack costing them 4,000 casualties. The Government forces, however, continued to battle from key positions they are-holding on Sierra Javalam. bre heights The Republicans were said to have suffered heavily. United Press,
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