Word: lopera
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This was the signal for the reopening of hostilities on the southern front. In a surprise attack near Cordoba a mixed brigade of Leftists went over the top in mass formation without artillery preparation. With only trifling losses they captured the village of Lopera. Under counterattacks they eventually were forced to retire but Queipo de Llano by talking out of turn had lost a tidy little cache of guns. On the far northern front without unnecessary' talk, three Rightists divisions-the central one 100% Italian-were closing on Santander. This week with a backing of heavy artillery they swept...
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