Panic hindered the light of militia men' from the Spanish Pyrenees town of Puigeerda when Nationalist planes bombed and machine-gunned them as they struggled through the snows of Isobols Pass after the Nationalists had captured the highway terminus of Sed de Urgel early on Sunday, Republican aviators, to prevent their planes from falling into. enemy. hands, Mew them to French airports where the machines were confiscated and. the aviators interned. Ten. thousand—war-weary Republican troops, mostly Carabineros, crossed into France on Sunday, and 40,000 additional troops were expected to cross today, Ten thousand were Waiting to cross Cerbere, Forty. thousand men who are attempting te reach the border, face encirclement fond capture near Figueras, it was reported. capture, French front guards prepared to admit at least Republican troops.
jin the next two. days on the basis of reports by Catalan officials who fled to France today. Of these 40,000, approximately 10,000 are near (Cerbere and Trest, near Perthus, The power plant supplying Perthus with electricity is situated on Spon-Ish sell, Electricity supply for the French city as been interrupted. Several times in the past 24 hours.
Republican troops holding out at Figureas tonight were reported to bbe without artillery and totally capable of offering resistance to tt seasoned and well-equipped National fist forces which drove within fifteen miles of the French frontier today:
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