Orig. caption... INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE CROSSES INTO FRANCE. 3,000 men of the International Brigade consisting of Poles, Germans and Czechs who have been fighting in Catalonia, marching across the mountain road to the border town of Le Perthus. Lorries loaded with retreating troops of the Government block the roads. Note Spanish Civil War - armed conflict between right-wing and left-wing forces in Spain 1936-39. The war began with a revolt against the incumbent Popular Front government. The right-wing forces (rebels), the Falange, with its leader General Franco, were supported by Italy and Germany. The government was supported by the left and volunteers from abroad in the International Brigade. Image archive catalog no. 50.10 sites: FRANCE;