The Archive · 1939

Barcelona and Valencia

Ttalian units slightly north of Gen. Yagues' cavalry units were reported to have consolidated their positions after the capture of Mont Blanch—which was bitterly contested by the Republicans. They later pressed eastward to take Barbera and several important villages.

Nationalist reports" predicted Gen. Franco's forces would make a formal entry into Tarragona within a week. The capture of. Falset, it was asserted, opens the way for the occupation of Rous, important Republican aviation and military base.

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