WAR IN THE NORTH

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 10

WAR IN THE NORTH

MUftT DEFEND BURGOS

FATE OF PRISONERS

"United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ; (Received December 1, 2.40 p.m.) LONDON, November 30. Evidence is accumulating that General- Franco has bitten off more than he can chew, though it is generally agreed that the loyalist newspaper "El Socialist*" is over-optimistic in stat;ng that he must retreat, or face disaster. It is, however, correct in stating that the enemy will be fully occupied north of Madrid. The rebels must defend Burgos to prevent the advance of loyal forces on the northern front. The only rebel success recorded is the capture of Pozuelo de Alarcon, a suburb a few miles to the west of the University City, where a loyalist column was repulsed. The rebels had the advantage of fine weather to carry out an air raid on the outskirts of the capital. The Madrid correspondent of "The Times" supplies details of the evacuation of the model prison a fortnight ago. He says that 1200 women were taken to Asilo de San F^-iel and the men distributed to Alcala de Henares and elsewhere, but that their fate is uncertain since it is known that only 196 out of 1600 prisoners reached their destination. Possibly some were taken to other prisons, but the discovery of two large collective graves strengthens the presumption that the majority were cold-bloodedly murdered in two batches on November 7 and November 8.