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title: 'La Vanguardia, front page (Barcelona, 12 March 1937): "La lucha en los frentes del Centro"'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-vanguardia-frentes-del-centro-1937/
description: 'Photo front page under the headline "La lucha en los frentes del Centro": three helmeted soldiers file up a timbered trench, the front man smiling at the…'
section: Collection
---

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# La Vanguardia, front page (Barcelona, 12 March 1937): "La lucha en los frentes del Centro"

Photo front page under the headline "La lucha en los frentes del Centro": three helmeted soldiers file up a timbered trench, the front man smiling at the camera. The caption says soldiers of the Republic's army, relieved from the line, are going to rest by way of this "magnífica trinchera". The tell: the whole page is one orderly, well-built, relieved-from-the-line scene; no losses, positions or dates of fighting appear on it.

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BARCELONA — Viernes 12 Marzo 1937
LA VANGUARDIA

LA LUCHA EN LOS FRENTES DEL CENTRO

[photo caption] Este grupo de soldados del Ejército de la República, después del relevo, se dirige a descansar, abandonando la línea de fuego por esta magnífica trinchera. (Foto-Reportaje)
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
BARCELONA — Friday 12 March 1937
LA VANGUARDIA

THE FIGHT ON THE CENTRE FRONTS

[photo caption] This group of soldiers of the Army of the Republic, after the relief, is going to rest, leaving the firing line through this magnificent trench. (Photo-Report)
```

Dateline, headline and photo caption read from the downsampled image; the word 'Ejército' is slightly blurred. Translation is literal and not checked by a fluent reader.

[← La Vanguardia, front page (Barcelona, 6 March 1937): "Ayudemos a Madrid"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-vanguardia-ayudemos-a-madrid-1937/) [La Vanguardia, picture page (Barcelona, 26 May 1937): "La bárbara destrucción de Guernica" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-vanguardia-guernica-destruccion-1937/)

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