ON THE CATALAN FRONT
NATIONALISTS ADVANCE BEYOND BALAGUER FRANCOS ATTACK •TT.P.A.—Bv Electric Telegraph-Copyright! (Received 30th December. 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, 29th December. There was again severe fighting in a big battle on the Catalan front in which it is estimated that half a million men are engaged. Franco's fiercest attack to-day centred around the strategic bridgehead at Balaguer. where after a shattering artillery barrage the Nationalists overcame the concrete defences and by midday were advancing over the open country beyond Balaguer. tanks leading the infantry which had previously charged and wiped out machine-gun Progress was also made towards Artest, while a drive in which a large force of Italians is participating continued on the southern sector. “The Telegraph’s” Hendaye correspondent says that Franco’s mechanised army is slowly overcoming the opposition, for machine-guns, anti-tank guns, rifles and hand-grenades cannot indefinitely hold back tanks and armoured cars supported by bombers and artillery. The inadequately trained Republican pilots are proving no macth for the Italian and German aviators.
“The Times” Hendaye correspondent says it does not seem that Franco’s attack has yet penetrated the main defences.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 December 1938, Page 5
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