LOYALISTS WIPED OUT.
ATTACK ON MAJORCA FAILS.
COMMUNIST RISING SUPPRESSED. (Received This Day, ,10.40 a.m.) LONDON, August 18. Authoritative reports received in Paris suggest that the entire Government forces which landed at Majorca on Sunday have been wiped out and the Communist outbreak quickly suppressed. The rebels are confident that they will be able to repel further attacks.
The Government claims that the victory at Medellin, 66 miles east om Badajos, is much greater than was at first realised, chiefly due to the wonderful work of the bombers.
It is reported in Paris that ,the rebels are. considering moving their headquarters from Burgos nearer to Madrid, to Valladolid. .
At Hendaye the rebels resumed the bombardment of Fort Guadalupe from the sea.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 263, 19 August 1936, Page 5
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