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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 29, 1938.

LOYALISTS CLAIM INSURGENT DRIVE HALTED AFTER SIX DAYS Below Zero Weather Stops Franco's Push in Catalana

CERVERA, DEC. 28.

FIRST REPORTS FROM THE FRONT ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE IN- SURGENT OFFENSIVE INDICATED THAT THE INSURGENTS HAD BEEN THROWN BACK WITH CONSIDERABLE CASUALTIES.

Below-zero temperatures continued to hamper the attackers' movements, and the frozen plains impeded armoured car attacks, the cars rolling like hummocks over No-Man's Land.

AUSTRALIA SWELTERS

PERTH, Dec. 28. WESTERN AUS- TRALIA and New South Wales are sweltering in an unprecedented heat-

wave.

116

The temperature at Perth to-day was degrees Fahrenheit, while in country places, in both states the thermometer soared to 119.-United Press.

Drop Big In China's

Customs Revenue

There is little outwardly noticeable change in the situation behind the lines. With constant air alarms and bombardments the villages are now virtually empty.

According to a Hendaye report 300 Insurgent warplanes bombed and machine-gunned the fortified Loyalist buse of Artesa de Segre, while Navarrese and Galician columns advanced towards the town in bitter hand-to-hand fighting. Franco's forces are reported to be advancing on the vital town of Aloso de Balaguer from the snow-packed Montsech mountains.

The Loyalist Government at Barcelona admitted that a.grim struggle is under way on the southern bank of the Segre for possession of Artesa de Segre, The Government stated that 300 German and Italian planes are constantly bombing and machine-gunning the Catalonian fortifications. The Loyalists claim that three planes were brought down by rifle fire,

The Loyalists are heavily out-numbered in the Artesa zone, and are reported to be mobilising additional troops at Barcelona, Falset, Tarragona and Reus, and rushing them to the front in special trains.-United Press.

CATALAN DRIVE

Barcelona, Dec. 28.

An official Loyalist communique admits that the Insurgents have advanced slightly in the sector at Solera, north-cast of Borjus Blancas and Aspa, but claims that they paid heavily for the advances.

All other reports state that the lines are holding firm under heavy pressure from artillery and tank attacks.

A Saragossa message says that it is officially stated that in the Tremp sector, the Insurgents captured the remainder of the Montsech Sierra, including Santa Maria de Meyn, and afterwards advanced south and gained the entire Sierra Hanmamet.

North of Blaguer, the Insurgents captured the villages of Alos de Bainguer and Masana.

Reports from Lower Segre indicate sech mountain range, south-cast of that the Insurgents have captured Tremp and had captured the villages the village of Soleras, south of Torre-of Balaguer and Masana, and bad beses, and have reached the outskirts prepared to attack Artesa de Segre, of nearby Albages.

ADVANCE ON ALL SECTORS Burgos reports state that the Insur gents have advanced on all sectors of the Catalan front, and that the offen-

THIS IS THE “MOTHER" OF THE Chinese guerillas, Madame Chao Yu-tang, photographed just before she left Hongkong for the South Seas. She Is the moving spirit behind thousands of vigilant guerillas operating throughout China.

Italian Princess To Wed Soon

Workless Ask For More Dole

Rome, Dec. 28. The wedding of the youngest |

LONDON, Dec. 28. daughter of the King and Queen of

The petition addressed to the Italy. Princess Marla of Savoy, with Prince Louls of Bourbon, will, it is King on December 25 by unem- announced, take place on January 15. ployed, requesting an increase in the dole by 4a. 6d. a week for The bridegroom, who is 30 years adult persons, and Is. a week for of age, is the son of the late Duke each child, hus elicited a purely GERMAN REPORT

Robert cf Parma, by the Intter's second marriage. His mother is the formal reply that the King has Bilbao, Dec, 28.

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, transmitted the petition to the Christmas offensive by

ix the ex-Cabinet for decision. General Franco has yielded thend one of his sister following results after four days of Empress Zita of Austria. battle, says an Insurgent report:

the so-called gateway to Catalonia.

Franco's southern wing is reported to be only 30 miles from Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast, and $4 miles from Barcelona, but the forces Are heading north to Join the northern wing, probably at Cervera. sive continues vigorously. Several The object of the drive apparently Klometres of territory in SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.

thes to cut off a large slice of Catalonian FOLLOWING THE FALL of Can-northern sector have been seized territory in a scissors movement, and snowstorm making then to press rastward towards the ton and Honkow, the Chinese Gov-drspite o ernment ins lust 84 per cent. of dicult to scale the heights over roast.-United Press.

1,600 metres. Insurgent cavalry maritime customs carnings through- out China, according to statistica re- mopped-up the left bank of the Ebro lensed by the Maritime Customs au- as far as the heights and the village thorities in connection with China's of Flix, the bridge of which was used 1rade returns for November, this by the Loyalists in the Ebro battle to establish contact between the two year.

During November, the total pro-banks,

from maritime customs

It reported that 1,500 perished

An advance of 18 miles in depth. throughout Ching amounted to 23-in tuslay's engagement,

6.721 prisoners, and more than 9,000 300.000 Yunn showing a decrease of Early morning reports received at Loyalist casualties: 32 Loyalist planes 3,000,000 Yuan from October,

Barcelona from the Tremp sector were shot down, and another eight The custen earnings registered by show that the insurgents, after are believed to have been destroyed. of material, together with 30 aero-not yet been answered. the Shanghai Maritime Customs dur- repeated hammering for five days

The entire region south of Lerida planes, ing November totalled 9,000,000

have slightly improved their positions to the Ebro bank near Fix is cleared Yuan, which represents 44 per cent. north of Montsech. They used tanks of Log infantry is advancing to fill the gaps in their ranks,

Loyalists. Insurgent irresistibly,

ceeds

of the whole Income In China and and infantry and reached the cross- which contrasts to 1,700,000 Yuan for roads. October.

very

The

The bride is 24 years of age. Trans-Ocean.

A letter sent by the representatives of the unemployed to the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Brown, asking Thim to convene conferences at which the question of increase in unemploy- ment relief could be discussed, his In their petition to the King, the worklers requested that the dole The Loyalists are reported to behould be increased before Christmas moving up battalion after battalion so as to enable every unemployed Briton to enjoy at least a Christmas The defence of the Loyalists is In the Seroz zone, the Insurgents meal and to have a warm room, since the temperature outside was con- weaker than expected, apparently estimate that a Loyalist army corpsiderably

b:low freezing point. as a result of heavy losses suffered must have been practically wiped Trans-Occan. during the Ebro baitje.

The Loyalists arc immediately The income gained by the stations preparing for a counter-attack, and still under the National Government are concentrating a company of during November was 10 per cent. of armoured tanks for the effert. China's total revenue, showing a Fighting is still continuing with the The Insurgent advance Is now decrease of 16 per cent. from the pre- Insurgents losing heavily in hand-10-| endangering Loyalist communications vious month. During October the hand fighting over a small on the southern Euro front, and with customs Income through the Japan- frozen

being regard to Lorida. hillock, ese-occupied areas occupied 68 per tenaciously contested.

The retreat of Loyalist forces there cent. of the total carnings in China,

Accurting to a Hendaye message, seems to be unavoidable in order to but in Novermber they accounted for the first phase of General Franco's escape from encirclement.Trans- 84 per cent of the tolal revenues, in "end the war" offensive is completed. Occas the country.

and leaders are how preparing second drive designed to change the HUGE INSURGENT GAINS nitip of Catalonia.

Two major stations in the areas still held by the Chinese Government are Foochow and Swatow.-Domet.

AIR MAIL PLANE DUE TO-MORROW

The Imperial Airways plane Della is expected to arrive at Kal Tak at

2 p.m. to-morrow with mails from all countries, though the majority of the load will be from Australia,

which

Burgos, Dee, 28. TRIANGULAR FRONT

The Insurgent offensive in Insurgent despatches claim

con-Calatonta has so far resulted in the tinued successes on the 60-mile front Insurgent occupation of 400 square which is gradually shaping Itself into miles of territory, the capture of a huge triangle, with the apex aimed 7,500 prisoners, and hundreds of tons almost directly at Barcelona.

As the triangle began to take shape,

it appeared that the walled town of Cervera, which is almost in the heart! of Catalonia, was General Franco's

The malt scheduled to arrive here immediate objective.

on Saturday has been delayed, and is Despatches also state that

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Two triangular wedges which the Insurgents have thrust Into the bordering north Tarragona province. Loyalist defences in

Insurgent forces entered the out- western Catalonia are being driven deeper skirts of the town of Granadelle at daily, Already road arteries feeding midday to-day. the Loyalist main defences at Sea- deurgel, and before the towns of Lerida and Balaguer are dangerous ly threatened.

The northern Insurgent wedge, with its base between Trimp and the confluence of the Moguera and Segre rivers, is progressing somewhat slow- ly owing to the racuntainous coun- With good weather and easter try, while temperatures have country, the Insurgent forces are as low as 10 degrees

below zero. driving in a southern wedge with Nevertheless, the capture at the point Seros Fayon as their base. So far of the bayonet of Capdela Sierra, an they have made very quick progress, important road junction, Ins enabled but the advance here has somewhat the Insurgents to advance between slowed down at the foot of the hills Tremp and Balaguer.-Reuter.

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