COMMUNISTS DRIVEN OUT
TROOPS STORM POSITIONS 14,000 PRISONERS [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. March 11, 10.30 a.m.) MADRID, March 10. The Defence Council’s troops drove out the Communists from their positions in the eastern district, taking 14,000 prisoners. A Burgos report stated that a Madrid wireless message announced that the Republicans, after a sharp fight, with tanks and armoured cars, carried the Communist stronghold in the Plaza. Amunuel de Cerra. A mysterious unconfirmed radio message from Madrid stated that the Communists were spreading a. report that General Miaja would open the gates of the city to General Franco. PATIENCE ENDED MADRID, March 10. Colonel Casado, in a broadcast, said: Our patience is ended. We shall have no respect for those causing disorder to the ‘life of- Madrid and repression will begin. FIGHT IN RADIO STATION LISBON, March 10. A wireless message from Almeria announces a fierce fight in the studio, in which nine Communists were killed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 March 1939, Page 7
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