SURPRISE OFFENSIVE
STROKE BY SPANISH INSURGENTS ON TERUEL FRONT Republican Lines Crumpled EVIDENCE OF FRANCO’S SUPERIOR FORCES By Telegraphy-Press Association.— Copyright, itf . LONDON, April 27. The Burgos correspondent of “The Times” says a communique reveals that as the result of a surprise offensive on the Teruel front nearly 300 square miles of mountain territory was occupied. A single shot rang out nt 8 am on April 23, the signal for hundreds of guns to enter action. Eighty aeroplanes co-operated and the Republicans’ lines crump e ove 3 W The f “Daily Telegraph’s” correspondent at Saragossa says General Franco again demonstrated that he posseses sufficient resources to rnnrpntrate a superior, force almost anywhere. ~ After thorough secret preparations the Castilians have broken Government lines at three places and advanced to a depth of 13 miles. Government reserves were rushed up but failed to stem the advance. Rebel troops aided by amaval squadron, captured La Torreta and Junta Velada on the Mediterranean coast.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1938, Page 7
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160SURPRISE OFFENSIVE Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1938, Page 7
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