Word: jarama
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...they are beaten by armed forces they take their revenge on unarmed civilians. In this war, since the middle of November, they have been beaten at the Parque del Oeste, they have been beaten at the Pardo, they have been beaten at Carabanchel, they have been beaten on the Jarama. they have been beaten at Brihuega and at Córdoba, and they are being fought to a standstill at Bilbao. Every time they are beaten in the field they salvage that strange thing they call their honor, by murdering civilians...
...desperate attempt to save the Madrid-Valencia road at which Generalissimo Franco's troops had been hammering for a fortnight, General José Miaja, Madrid's "Supreme Commander," led his Red Militia in person in an offensive on the Jarama River front southeast of the capital. To ensure surprise, trucks, and automobiles belonging to the Red Militia were camouflaged. Headlights, radiators, bumpers were painted to prevent their glittering in the sun. Immediately a White counterattack followed. Soon was raging what correspondents called "a massacre comparable to a battle in the World War." As Whites and Militia mowed each...