BAYONET ATTACK AT DAWN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 275, 2 September 1936, Page 5

BAYONET ATTACK AT DAWN.

SEQUEL TO REBEL NIGHT MARCH ALL PRISONERS EXECUTED LONDON, August 31. The Rebels unexpectedly captured Mount Buruntea, 1500 feeL the last great naturaldefence before ban Sebastian. Those defending Mount Buruntea were surprised at dawn by a bayonet attack after a night march, and offered little resistance to' the insurgents, who included a volunteer, Paolino Uzcudun, the ex-boxer, now a machine-gunner. ' All the prisoners, who are believed to have included a number of Frenchmen were shot. ORGANISING FOR NEUTRALITY. AIMS OF COMMITTEE EXPLAINED LONDON, August 31. Replies favourable to the proposals with which Britain and France have already associated themselves for keep ing the Governments in contact for the execution of the non-intervention agreement have been received from several other Powers, including Italy. The projected non - intervention committee would he purely advisory and would have for its principal function the exchange of information about the actual measures taken to prevent the export of munitions, and aircraft to Spain in accord with the programme of essentials submitted by France and accepted by other countries. The committee would also presumably consider other points arising from the non-intervention agreement, and it might also serve usefully in the contemplated! appeal on humanitarian grounds to all the parties to the Spanish civil conflict to abate the horrors which are reported from all over Spain. The British representatives to serve on the committee have not yet been chosen.—British Official Wireless. NON-INTERVENTION PLAN. GERMANY’S EARLY REPLY SOUGHT. (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, September 1. The British Charge d’Affairs at Berlin is supporting the French representations for speedy reply to the joint Anglo-French invitation to Germany to sit on the co-ordination committee on non-intervention, and similar representations are being made to Portugal through the British Ambassador, who is expected to give attention to the reports that arms are passing through Lisbon. ATTITUDE OF PORTUGAL. FRENCH PRESS CRITICISM. 4* ——— (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, September 1. Tho Paris correspondent of “The Manchester Guardian” reports that official circles describe Portugal’s attitude as intolerable, alleging that large quantities of war material, including tanks, have been shipped to the rebels via Lisbon in Anglo-German ships. It is stated on the best authority that at least J. 60 Italian, aud German pilots are attached to the rebels, the Italians wearing the Tercio uniform, and the Germans the white tunics of the Deutsche Lufthansa air line. HUMANISING WARFARE DIPLOMATS’ REPRESENTATIONS. LONDON, August 31. A Hendaye message says that the Diplomats’ plan for' humanising the Spanish warfare has been forwarded to Madrid; where the Foreign Minister promised consideration. The British ‘and French uepresentatives did not take part in the representations, but •were kept informed of them.