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...only did the Loyalists face vastly superior armaments, but for the first time in the war they were outnumbered in soldiers in the field. Commanded by their best military brains-Generals Juan Sarrabia and Enrique Lister, Colonel Juan Modesto-the Loyalists employed the only possible methods of fighting under such conditions -i.e., slow retreat, then localized counterattacks. They hoped for a spell of bad weather to cripple the Rebel offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Slow Push | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

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