SPANISH WAR
REBELS’ DEFEAT
ROUTED IN NORTHERN
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LEADER KILLED
Ya.encia, April 7
Detaiis of the battle of Viilanarta, in tne province of Cordoba, indicate mac it is so tar tne seveiest reuel defeat on tnis fiont. The insurgents neu in disorder, and the loyalists Killed 400 and captured 300. They also secuied a laige quantity of guns and ammunition, aim tour Herman tanks. The rebel leader Guiiiermo Garcia fled, but was overtaken and kilied. General Mola dropped leaflets in the Basque country stating: “I have decided to fini.h the war in the north and will raze the whole province, especially the factories) if resistance continues.’'
The Loyalists have completely ignored the aerial warning. Rebels in the north assert that they have buried 576 loyalists and taken prisoner 1076, of whom 116 are in hospital and the remainder are being court-martialled. They will be sentenced to death if it is proved that they bore arms.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12296, 9 April 1937, Page 3
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