The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26
General Franco Enters Barcelona In Triumph
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through Loyalist shock troops on the Montjuich Citadel in South Barcel- ona at dawn, swarmed down the peak and followed the Oasei De Colon past the badly wrecked and burned water front to the Govern OTIS palace and the main station. There the Moroccans made 8 junction with the Navarrese column which entered from the North edge of the city and marched diagonally across to the water front rendezvous. Smashed Through
 Rebel Gen, Francisco Franco's army of 20 divisions smashed through the last lines of Loyalist shock troops to encircle the battered republican capital, the military dis patches said. "A Navarrese Moorized unit of Spaniards and Italians dash ed to the great Plaza de las Glorias Catalanas in the heart of the city.
 Loyalist risistance, the insurgent messages said, had collapsed and the population emerged to cheer the red-capped Navarrese.
 Insurgent messages reported that their troops continued to advance" on all Catalonian fronts coincident wit hthe entry of Nationaiists into Barcelona.
 Remnants of the Republican army are heeing in disorder" 8 message to Burgos, insurgent cap- tain, said. "All cities in Spain (un- der Franco rule) have suspended work and the people are marching through the streets singing and shouting ia greatest jubilation to celebrate the fall of Barcelona"
 Enter Five Ways
 A dispatch via Burgos early in the afternoon said that iEsurgent troops, entering the city over five different roads, were gradually occupying Barcelona without difficulty"
 Public buildings in the city-which will be Franco's new temporary capital, will be occupied, the dis patches said, as the last of the Loy- alist army streamed northward to new lines along which they will de- fend northern Catalonia. The roads to Gerona and Figueras were jam med with refugees, Loyalist of- ficials and soldiers, many ot them on foot and without rifles or equip. ment.
 Not a single Loyalist leader was left In Barcelona when the insur- gents entered. Nothing is said of the number of refugees or extremists still in the city which @ few days ago had @ population Of 100000. Nor did the messages mention the fate of many thousands of extremists supposedly listed for death or im- prisonment by the insurgents.
 The rebel advices said, however, that a great array of white flags and Nationalist red aid gold ban- ners greeted the advancing insur- gents.
 Stunning Blow
 The occupation of Barcelona was described in Burgos dispatches as the most stunning blow yet struck by the Franco armies. Frontier ad- vices indicated that the Loyalists would fight on in the Catalonian hills near the French frontier but the main scene of action is expect cd soon to shift to the central sec tors where Madrid and Valencia still are held by the Loyalists.
 Againts those cities, Franco now Is expected to throw the main strength of his armies. Two-thirds of Catalonia is in insurgent hands and an additional 100000 persons have come under Francois rule. The rebels already are moving food to provide for them.
 Tn all Spain the Nationalists con- trol l7000,000 population and the Loyalists 6,000,000.
 The instirgent dispatches relayed by way of Burgos reported that Barcelona was "calm."
 "The inhabitants quietly awaited the entry of the Nationalist troops and are now fraternizing cordially with the Nationalist soldiers" one message from the insurgent head quarters said.
 Flags Wave Another message said that white sheets were hung from windows in Barcelona as the insurgent troops entered the city. Many Nationalist flags also were waved from the win dows as the fifth column" of secret Franco supporters behind the Loy- alist lines came into the open, the dispatches reported.
 At Burgos, the population cele- brated the capture of Barcelona by colsing all business and govern ment offices and parading through the streets with bands in the lead. The crowds sang the national hymn and shouted: Franco. Franco, Franco!"
 Refugees from the Barcelona area included foreigners who came over land. although United states and other warships mad rescued most of the foreigners from Caldetas, 20 miles north of the fallen Loyahst 1 capital A total of 24 United States