NEAR THE COAST
REBELS IN EAST SPAIN
TALK OF ARMISTICE
DESIRE TO PREVENT
SLAUGHTER
(United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received April 5, 2 p.m.) LONDON, April. 4 Saragossa reports that it is officially announced that the nationalists have fought their way to within striking distance of Tortosa, the Republican seaplane base near the mouth of the Ebro, through which run the last road and railway communications linking Barcelona with Valencia.* .
A Madrid message states that the nationalists also captured Morella, commanding the road to the Mediterranean, alter a 14-mile . advance ■ over a 4000-foot pass, taking a thousand prisoners.
The third mechanised column, which captured Gandesa, has occupied Mora, on the Ebr'o, 20 miles from the coast.
The Perpignan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says he has learned on reliable authority that the Republican Government is preoccupied with preventing further slaughter and. destruction in Catalonia and that accordingly reports of the possibility of an armistice probably possess substance, as further resistance is becoming out of the question. Wellinformed quarters believe that the war will be finished by the end of April.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 12
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180NEAR THE COAST Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 12
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