MALAGA FRONT

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 9

MALAGA FRONT

REBEL ADVANCE CHECKED (Received January 25, noon.) MADRID, January 24. I The Government claims to have checked the insurgent advance on Malaga. CONSULATE REMOVED (British Official Wireless.) (Received January 25, 11 a.m.). RUGBY, January 24. In view of the situation that has developed at Malaga, where in recent, bombardments, the British Consulate has suffered considerable damage, the ( Acting British- Consul, Mr. Clissold,; has been instructed to close the Consulate and withdraw to Gibraltar. All British subjects in Malaga who desire to leave have been evacuated. About 30 have declined to take advantage of offers for evacuation and remain in the town. REPLIES DELAYED (Received January 25, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, January 24. It was expected that the German and Italian replies to the recent British communication on the subject of the ban on volunteeers for rival parties to the Spanish conflict would be delivered today, but a further delay is now anticipated. Reports now indicate that the replies will be received early next week. VOLUNTEERS TURNED BACK (Received January 25, noon.) LONDON, January 24. Eight unemployed Britons, who volunteered to serve ,in the Spanish Government forces and who left Folkestone on January 23, were seni back to England by the French authorities.