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Grey River Argus, 18 August 1937, Page 5

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INSURGENT FORCES Junction Effected INSURGENTS TAKE REINOSA. AND MANY VILLAGES. [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] LONDON, August 16. The “Telegraph’s” Aguilar de Camp correspondent states: The. reoels have captured Reinosa. This success is of great strategical importance effecting the convergence of the rebels’ two flanks and the imprisonment of a great number of small villages, hamlets, and farms in which Government troops were stationed.

MADRID ORDERS. LARGE EVACUATION. MADRID, August 16. All those in Madrid, who are not engaged in war industries or work of public importance, will be obliged to leave the capital, according to the Ministry of Labour. TWO VESSELS TORPEDOED. BRITISH TANKER AND SPANISH TRAMP. LONDON, August 17. The Spanish tramp, Mar Negro, was torpedoed, and is reported to have been sunk with all hands. TUNIS, August 16. The tanker, British Commodore, landed the crew of 38 from the Panama tanker, George W. McKnight (12,442 tons). They stated that what appeared to be a subn«rine emerged from the sea 400 yards from their vessel and fired 20 rounds. Five men were slightly injured. The shots set fire to the snip, which was adrift until the arrival of the British Commodore. LONDON, August i(. The “Daily Herald” declares that Franco, aided by Italy, is waging unrestricted submarine warfare in the Mediterranean against merchantmen of all nations. It says he nad only one serviceable submarine early in August, from which it can be deduced that Italian ships and naval oases are helping him, inasmuch as nine vessels were attacked in the past fortnight. Although no official reply has yet been received from General Franco to the British protest about the bombing of the British Corporal, a reply has been handed to the British Vice Consul at Palma by the insurgent naval authorities denying any attack on a vessel displaying British colours, and claiming the markings of the aircraft involved in the attack indicate an attempt to imitate the markings on the Nationalist aircraft.

, As this reply is unacceptable to the British Government, further instructions have been sent to the British Ambassador at Hendaye asking him to bring to General Franco’s notice immediately, that the British Government was quite unable to accept contention that the attack was carried out by aircraft other than those under insurgent control, the fact of which the Government was completely satisfied. Sir Frederick Kenyon, formerly a director of the British Museum, and Mr. J. C. Mann, keeper of the Wallace Collection, are at present in Spain at the invitation of the Spanish Government, to investigate the fate of the Spanish art treasures in the civil war.