KLEBER RESIGNS
"SAVIOUR OF MADRID"
MADRID, February 3,
General Kleber has resigned the command of the international brigade, ostensibly owing to political differences with the Spanish Government, but according to a fellow-officer he was forced to resign because he "boasted too much about the brigade saving Madrid."
He declined command of the Malaga sector and is reported to be anxious £p return to Moscow.
The German Commandant Hans has now taken over the command of the brigade.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 13
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