BILBAO FRONT.
CURT REPORT OF FALL,
(Received 11.30 &.m.)
LOXDOX, June 21
The fall of Bilbao was announced in a curt statement in Madrid, which merely said that the Basques had fallen back in good order to positions westward. Dispatches from Northern Spain state that the insurgents are pressing on with their pursuit of the Basques along the Bilbao-Santander road, and an offensive against Santander is already being prepared. Genera! Valino has announced his intention of attacking Mount Barcaldo where there are many iron mines. He hopes to throw out the Loyalists from Sestayo and Portugalete, on the west bank of the river.
LOYALIST STRENGTH.
HINT OF REINFORCEMENT,
(Received 11 a.m.) | VALENCIA, June 21. j Senor Negrin, Loyalist Prime Minister, told diplomats at a recent meeting that Spain would shortly have a regular army . four times the size of that claimed for' the insurgents, including their Moors,' Italians and Germans. Barcelona war factories, he added, will increase production immensely.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 146, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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