WAR IN SPAIN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 19, 2 November 1938, Page 5

WAR IN SPAIN.

REBEL AIR ATTACK. OVER 300 ’PLANES EMPLOYED. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Independent Cable Service.) ..v' (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m:) BARCELONA, November I. General Franco, using over 300 aeroplanes in the Ebro district, - simultaneously launched an offensive on- the Lerida front,. lyhere, he was .heavily repulsed. r. : - . •.> ,7 t i>>.\ i • i —.—~

' , , ... ..I (V V., <, - V - ■ ' REBEL ATTACKS ON SHIPPING. _ COMPENSATION OFFER '-DENIED. LONDON, October 31:Uri ~ TheydiplomatiC iof the “Dally Herald- ’ says that the Spanish Nationalists assert that Mr Chamberlain’s statement in th© House of Commons that they agreed in. principle to compensate for deliberate attacks on British merchantmen i was > made through a misunderstanclhig. They add that they did; not give such an undertaking and repudiate it if it were given. Furthermore, they would not pay compensation until the. end of hostilities and not necessarily then. . Shipowners, through the Foreign Office, suggested to General Franco that 80 per cent of the claims might be postponed in the event of a token payment. General Franco has not replied. Foreign Office experts and lawyers agree that no claim would He against Republican Spain in the- event of her victory.

THE WOUNDED VOLUNTEERS. SENT TO HOSPITAL IN SPAIN. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) PARIS, Nov. 1. It is reported from Perpignon that the wounded members of the international brigade, who were refused admission to France, have been sent to a hospital in Spain, forty miles from the French frontier.