WAR IN SPAIN: Leftists Reorganize

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Generalissimo Franco added 2,900 square miles to Rightist Spain last week, had taken 8,300 since he began his spring offensive on March 9. Rightist officers figured they must take another 12,500 square miles before they would consider the Leftist position altogether hopeless. This week five main Rightist drives were all advancing on a 135-mile front. The Generalissimo's forces were within 80 miles of Barcelona.

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