STRUGGLE IN MAJORCA.
LOYALISTS CLAIM ADVANCE. t SUBJUGATION BY FRIDAY. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) MADRID, August 18. Despite denials issued by radio from Seville, it is reported that loyal troops in Majorca are well supplied with ma-chine-guns and artillery, and that they are.gaiping ground and are enlisting many islanders. The'y occupied 25 miles of the coastline and dispeised the rebels at Port Ci’isto with the aid of aeroplanes. Captain Bayo predicts subjugation of the island by next Friday. AIRCRAFT FOR BARCELONA. BUILDERS NOT RESPONSIBLE LONDON, August 17. Referring to the “News-Chronicle’s” statement regarding three Dragons reported to have left Croydon for Barceilona, the De Havilland Company states that these were, sold in tlie ordinary course of business befoi’e the pi’esent trouble arose. The company realised to deliver aircraft where delivery was suspected to be to Spain.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 263, 19 August 1936, Page 5
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