Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-07 | Page 2 | Foreign Troops Mass in Spain

FOREIGN TROOPS MASS IN SP SPAIN AIN GIBRALTAR Jan 7 WP Persons RI-Persons Person arriving here from Spain today said they had seen a large contingent o of Italian and German infantrymen concentrated at Malaga in preparation preparation preparation tion for a big insurgent attack o on Almeria principal government por port porton on Spain's southern coast Before the great battle for Teruel Terue absorbed most of the offensive powers powers pow pow- ers era of ot both insurgent and government government government govern govern- ment armies Almeria was frequent frequent- frequently ly mentioned as the likely objective of the next big insurgent drive The travelers said General Gonzalo Gonzalo Gonzalo Gon Gon- zalo Queipo de do Llano Liano ranking Insurgent insurgent insurgent gent commander in the south was expected at Malaga shortly to consult con con- suit sult with Italian and German commanders commanders com corn manders in connection with the A Ameria Almeria Almeria Al- Al meria drive Juan March Spanish millionaire and outstanding supporter of ot th the insurgent cause returned to Gibraltar tar from Rome where he was said to have been on a secret mission He went from here to Seville HEN HENDAYE DAY E French Spanish French Spanish Frontier Jan 7 UP Guarded UP-Guarded Guarded re reports reports reports re- re ports from nationalist Spain ind indicated indi- indi today that the insurgents ha had abandoned hope of taking Teru Teruel with present forces and had begun begu preparations for a scale long-scale fight figh in hope that a decisive victory would woul smash the loyalist regime Both sides reported heavy figh fight fight- ing But the loyalists expressed confidence confidence confidence con con- that their lines would hol holIt hold It was said that Generalissimo Francisco Franco was unwilling t to sacrifice thousands of ot lives by frontal frontal frontal fron fron- tal assaults on formidable positions position held by the loyalists Hence the information was if feeling attacks some attacks some in consid- consid considerable considerable erable force force In in the next few days day did not succeed he planned to sta start an operation similar to that which won him the Bay of ot Biscay coas coast That would mean the massing o ohis of his hb best men Italians and Moors Moor and fascist and militiamen and a mile by mile advance in close clos order