The Archive · 1939

Drive in Tromp

Nationalists Pursue — Heavy Fog Holding Up Fighting in North Lerida, Jan. 2:

Nationalist forces continued to progress in the Tromp and Flix sectors all day yesterday, a report from General Franco's headquarters revealed this morning. A thick fog in the northern regions of these sectors slowed up the advance. The Republican forces increased their violent counter-attacks against the Nationalist flank, the report added.

It is stated from Saragossa that the village of Granddella is almost completely destroyed after heavy street-fighting—Havas.

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

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