SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1938, Page 7

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

RAIDS ON BARCELONA. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] BARCELONA, May 1. ’ Casualties in air raids yesterday and to-day include "15 killed, and 68 injured. The injured included a British member of the crew of .the merchantman Stanbrook. ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHIPS (Rec. May 2, 1 p.m.) LONDON, May l. Captain Scott of the, S.tancroft, a sister ship of the'' Stan-bfdo'li, reporting on the air raids on . .Barcelona in which.splinters struck the majority of twelve British ships in the harbour, declared that British masters were disgusted with the Government for not protesting against Hitler and Mussolini’s trampling on the . British flag, which now ranked belowl.tlie Panama ensign. 1 The British steamer Surreybrook arrived at Port 'VendreSj-and reported that three; unknown : aeroplanes - attacked her east of Barcelona, ineffectually dropping six .bombs. The Surreybrobk’s SOS brought Fi’ench destroyers to the rescue. I

PORTUGUESE MINISTER (Reed. May 2, 1 p.in.). LISBON, May 1. The Government is recalling its representative from Spain, and is appointing an Ambassador, to. Franco’s Government.