Franco's Difficult Task
LOYALIST AIR AND ARTILLERY STRENGTH. United Press Association—By Electric Telecraph.—Copyrigm. Received Wednesday, 9.20 p.m. MADRID, Dec. 9. General Pranco’s threat to launch a full-powered attacs against Madrid resolved itself into increased gunfire to which the loyalists vigorously responded with air bombing raids and artillery, their guns being now sufficiently numerous to keep the insurgent front line communications under fire by night, thus shaking the hold of the Moors and Legionaries on University City.
Rebels Force Down French Plane FOUR OCCUPANTS WOUNDED. Received Wednesday, 9.20 p.m. MADRID, Dec. 9. A Trench airliner in the service oi the French Embassy was fired on by another aeroplane and forced down near Pastrana, 40 miles oast of Madrid while en route to Toulouse. Four passengers were wounded. A communique issued by the Madrid Government states that the attacking aeroplane belonged to the insurgents.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 7
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