SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 9

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

WITHDRAWAL OF VOLUNTEERS GERMANY ASGEPTS BRITISH FORMULA Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 24. (Received February 25, at *lO a.m.) It is understood that Dr Weermann, German Charge d’Affaires, has accepted the British formula relating to Spain dealing with the point at which belligerency will be granted in relation to the withdrawal of volunteers. THE TERUEL FRONT REBELS TAKE 16,000 PRISONERS. TERUEL, February 24. (Receved February 25, at 10.30 a.m.) It is officially stated that between February 5 and February 22 the insurgents captured 16,283 prisoners and found 9,653 republicans dead on the battlefields. The insurgents have advanced six miles south of the city. FRANCO'S TROOPS MOVING OH LONDON, February 24. (Received February 25, at 1 p.m.) The * Daily Telegraph’s representative at San Sebastian states that General Franco’s troops are advancing southward from Teruel. They captured the -villages of Villaespese and Lajuliane, whence the artillery commands the valley for several miles. A second column reached Villastar,