THE WAR IN SPAIN
A Truce Exists A large-scale rebel offensive on the Catalonian front, which was to begin on Monday last, has been postponed because floods immobilised eight divisions over a 100-mile front. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” reports that an unofficial truce is at present existing. . The soldiers of both ■sides are fraternising and playing football in “No Man’s Land.” An official truce for the holidays is not likely. It is suggested by some observers that the w;ar is at a standstill, states a message from Lisbon. There has been no real offensive for many months. It is stated that as the war is at present neither army is capable of staging a decisive action. The front line extends for at least 900 miles, which is twice the length , of, the Western Front in the Great War. It is believed that General Franco’s army is not big enough to permit marshalling the troops necessary for the offensive without dangerously weakening his hold on the existing positions.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22593, 24 December 1938, Page 1 (Supplement)
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