THE CIVIL WAR.
COMMUNIST STRONGHOLD TAKEN TANKS AND ARMOURED CARS USEID. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) BURGOS, March 10. A wireless message from Madrid states that \the Republicans, after a sharp fight with tanks and armoured cars, carried the Communist stronghold at Plaza. COMMUNISTS DRIVEN OUT. CAPTURE OIF 14,000 PRISONERS. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) MADRID, March 10. The Defence Council’s troops drove out the Comfnunists from their positions in the eastern> district, taking 14,000 prisoners. '■ . . v : -V , ALLEGATION AGAINST PREMIERS TO OPEN CITY GATES,TO .FRANCO. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) BURGOS, March 10. A mysterious unconfirmed radio from Madrid states that the Communists are spreading the report that the Premier (General -Miaja) will open the gates of the city to General Franco. WITHDRAWAL OF VOLUNTEERS. PROMISES SHOULD BE HONOURED LONDON, March 9. The Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Halifax), referring in the House of Lords to the assurances regarding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Spain, said he believed these would bo honoured. “I say quite clearly,” the Foreign Secretary said, “that if the contrary is the case a very serious situation will arise.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 127, 11 March 1939, Page 5
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