War in Heat-wave
SLAUGHTER ON THE EBRO United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. .SARAGOSSA, Aug. 4. Weary troops are fighting on desperately on the Ebro front in a heat-wave, the temperature being 110 degrees. Tho sufferings of the wounded, many of whom are untended, are indescribable.
Waves of insurgent planes from Saragossa flew down tho Ebro at dawn in an attempt to dislodge the loyalists at Gandesa and Foyon, and the fall of, darkness ended all-day slaughter. General Franco continues t 6 rush up reinforcements, and meanwhile is flinging in Moroccan shock troops. The insurgents apparently have not gained ground alter three days’ battering. It is officially stated that it has been proved irefutably that 1000 French officers are fighting with the Republicans on the Ebro front.
It is also declared that leading members of tho loyalist general staff and many commanders of brigades and regiments are foreigners.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 184, 6 August 1938, Page 5
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