International: Balance Shifted?

War planes of Leftist Spain bombed Caude, the Rightist air base near Teruel, last week. Later, Leftist communiqués announced as the result the destruction of 25 Italian Fiat pursuit planes. Near Cedrillas, on the Teruel-to-the-sea front, Leftists reported that the Rightist advance had been checked with the aid of their bombing and strafing aviation.

What all this added up to, in the opinion of some observers, was that once again the balance of air power, of first importance in the Spanish Civil War, had shifted. For the past fortnight reports have indicated that...

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