A MONTH'S WAR IN SPAIN

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21865, 19 August 1936, Page 11

A MONTH'S WAR IN SPAIN

HELD BY OPPOSING FORCES AMBUSHED Vi 61'ADARRAMA area JOBES JUSOEUVBIKO FOK POSITION ,u» ...ocut.o.-cwte.qet.. [ (Received August 18, 9.30 p.m.) . ) ’ LONDON, August 17. ■ 'after a month’s conflict the renortion of the Basque proCastile and EstreV S a portion of Andalusia, beS e entire western section of the Portuguese the Balearic Islands, except • Formentera, and all Spanr«l=co! With Which the small «Vc..«ttleme nt ol Hm has z thrown in its lot. The Govcontrols Madrid, the Medicoast from the Pyrenees SE. aU the main Atlantic on the northern coast. P® 1 * T strategic or tactical Reported by either the loyalists and rebels ■ tor position after Badaioz, and the diverMention to the San SebasBalearic Islands areas. 5 the Government munder Captain vfctor at Iviza ’ is S^ iU in spite of its effective uncertain, mav sides aaim SucbegffllUThe government troops, S are holding their ground are Sved to be resuming the attack “rL a temporary check. The re on Saragossa, the wwefful rebel stronghold in STannounces minor successes Sleruel. Activities have been SLed in the Guadarrama section, : Sflie loyahsts fell into an amI bosh' at Atienza and retired to [ **Brfore his execution with Colonel ' Quintana at the model prison at dawn. General Fanjul was married to an unknown woman by the priest who administered Communreceived in London sug*st that the Government attack ■in Majorca was not a success. Five hundred Government troops are reported to have been killed and 250 captured. ■ ■ ’ .. The Government landed three columns om Majorca, intending to W the insurgents by surprise. The Government claims to be consolidating the-control of the northmi coast along the Bay of Biscay, and is continuing its advance on the Granada and Cordova sectors. The rebel position in Segovia is reported to be desperate. Government forces are reported lobe advancing everywhere on the Swagossa front. BRITISH SUBJECTS IN MADRID PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ’%li TAKEN (bruise orncuL wireless.) ' RUGBY, August 17. ' According to a message from Mr G, A, D. Ogilvie-Forbes, Counsellor • d file British Embassy in Madrid, vhp arrived to take charge there mSunday, there are now about 200 iiiigh subjects left in the capital, hdy-one of the British residents being housed in the Embassy SWaiik.. All is quiet in Madrid at wjoonjent, but, as a precautionary oawirei the Embassy has taken t 07 ® the commercial secretariat for anal accommodation in case of and,, as a further precautionstep, the Union Jack is being Wed on the roof of the Embassy ®4the commercial secretariat in ®*r to minimise the danger of posbombing by aircraft. ..use British colony in Madrid, after SjfcwsnK the reports of alleged jmljpjaU atrocities, telegraphed Minister (Mr R. A. aS)_aa “indignant protest against reports.” Oft Banish Government has exthanks for the prompt asrecently rendered by the jj-ph- authorities in the evacuate. « Banish and Icelandic sub-*!*-ffom Spain. fPPLY OP AIRCRAFT TO SPAIN

'WORKERS’ REQUEST .V J TO MINISTER 2X-. LONDON, August 17. air! National Council of Aircraft jfreyards has requested the JJS&y. of ■ State for Air (Lord t)-to take immediate steps to the sale of British aircraft gwaWy while giving the Govevery facility to acquire ■ Of all types. JS*-Cpupci] adds: “If further airsent to the rebels the decide on steps to prealso demands the reParliament to discuss fleßßSh. situation. to the statement in the that three Bria^on aeroplanes had -fttffl!' 0 ? * or Barcelona, the Company states that Sold in the ordinary before the prearose. The company Bwpjgjffid - deliver aircraft was suspected to be mmS*.