THE SIEGE OF MADRID
POSITION OF REBELS PRECARIOUS LONDON, November 30. Evidence is accumulating that General Fianco has bitten oil’ more than he can chew, though it is generally agreed that the loyalist newspaper. El Socialist a, is over-optimistic in stating that he must retreat or face disIt is. however, correct in stating that du 1 enemy will be fully occupied north of Madrid and must defend Burgos to prevent the advance of the loyal forces. ■On the northern front the rebel success recorded is the capture of Pozuelo de Alarcon, a suburb a few miles west of University City, where an insurgent column repulsed the loyalThe rebels took advantage of fine weather to bomb the outskirts of the capital from the air.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume LVI, Issue 95, 3 December 1936, Page 4
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