Word: almeria
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...observers felt last week that winter weather and Leftist knowledge of his plans had forced El Caudillo to drop a major offensive on the Aragon Front against Barcelona, that the Rightist offensive when it comes will much more likely be along the Mediterranean coast in the south: first on Almeria, then Valencia, then Barcelona...
...winter in the high mountains of Sierra Nevada put none other than bombastic Rightist "Radio General" Gonzalo Queipo de Llano off the air last week and into action for the first time in months. Neutral observers hailed this as prelude to a long delayed advance along the seacoast toward Almeria...
...time the order is issued. Thousands of Italians are on that front, and Italy would dearly love to make a grandiloquent state entry into Santander and then, if possible, in the opposite corner of Spain, where other Italian thousands are quartered, extend that stalemated front from Malaga to Almeria for another publicized victory. It would then be time enough for a final decisive attack on Madrid...
...front men were fighting with knives and stones. Down the coast road to Santander, 50 miles away, whither the Basque Government had already moved its records, streamed thousands of Basque refugees. Rightist planes refrained from machine-gunning them, unlike the retreat from Malaga to Almeria...
...Germany is to be believed, which is doubtful, that the bombing of Almeria "closes the incident," then it is just as well that the President has not ventured into deep waters by declaring her a belligerent. Too much caution is better than too little in international affairs. Another such incident will make the situation clearer, and then will be the time to reverse Mr. Hull's present decision...