TAKING OF MALAGA.
FRANCO CONGRATULATED.
EX-KING ALFONSO’S MESSAGE
(United Press Association —Copyright.)
(Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, February 18
A message from Salamanca states that General Franco received a telegram from Rome, conveying enthusiastic congratulations from Ex-King Alfonso on the capture of Malaga.
GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE.
REBELS COMPELLED TO RETIRE. MADRID, February 17. General Miaja, the Loyalist commander, launched a powerful offensive on the Jarama sector. Twenty-two Loyalist bombing ’planes escorted a squadron of chasers, which machine-gunned the rebel trenches, after which the infantry advanced under protection of tanks and machine-guns and compelled the withdrawal of the rebels after three hours’ fierce fighting. MADRID BOMBED BY NIGHT. MADRID, February 18. Insurgent aeroplanes three times bombed Madrid last night, killing H and injuring 70.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 110, 19 February 1937, Page 5
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