THE CIVIL WAR.
EVACUATION INTENSIFIED. ' / , ■ -j; THE POSITION AT MADRID. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day,. 1.50 p.m.) MADRID, November. 19. Several shells accounted for many victims in the working-class quarters of the city. iA A rebel counter-mine at University City destroyed a loyalist mine. • i The evacuation of Madrid is being Intensified. * i COMMISSARIAT ABOLISHED.: - • ........ i COMPLAINTS BY OFFICERS.; BARCELONA, November 18. Senor Delvayo has resigned the pbst of chief war commissariat. This department, which controlled war propaganda, has been abolished. The move is connected with army officers’ complaints that political commissars, ’of whom there are nearly 6000, cancelled the officers’ orders and undermined discipline. A i A ITALIAN STEAMER- SUNK. I I •i RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION, 2 , 1 0 «* ... ' Aj i. PARIS r .November 18:; The Italian steamer Boccaccio sank after an explosion off Ushant. The crew were rescued by a Dutch steamer. The Pails newspaper “Soir” says that the Boccaccio was going to Spain • with a cargo of bombs. '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 35, 20 November 1937, Page 7
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