Sea Battle Off Spanish Coast

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 57, 9 March 1937, Page 7

Sea Battle Off Spanish Coast

Insurgents Capture Spanish

Steamer TRAWLER SUNK; DESTROYER BADLY DAMAGED. United Prft.s Association—By Electric Telegraph*—Copyright. Received Monday, midnight. LONDON, March 8. The inhabitants of Bilbao watched a sea battle between a Government destroyer, and several armed trawlers, merchantmen and the insurgent cruisers Canarias and Almirante Cervera. The latter seized the Spanish steamer Gaidames which the Government destroyer and trawlers were attempting to save. The cruisers sank one trawler, holed another and badly damaged the destroyer and then departed with the Galdames, which has aboard 140 passengers, many militiamen and cargo valued at 200,000 sterling, including munitions and provisions. The passengers include Carresco Formigenira, a member of the Catalonian Cabinet. The total casualties are unknown.

A Gibraltar message states that the insurgent sea forces are very active. Armed trawlers forced the Norwegian steamers Breidablik and Erica to proceed to Ceuta to discharge cargoes of fruit. ARMED TRAWLERS CAPTURE INSURGENT STEAMER. Received Monday, midnight. BILBAO, March 7. Two armed Basque trawlers captured the merchantman Yorkbrook, which allegedly contained an aeroplane and other war material despite the fact that it was escorted by an insurgent cruiser from which a shell killed five and injured five of one of the trawlers’ crews. GERMANY OBJECTS TO FORM OF PAYMENT. NEW DATE FOR NONINTERVENTION PROPOSED. Received Monday, 7.25 p.m. LONDON, March 7. It is understood the French. Ambassa dor, M. Corbin, proposed to tho nonintervention sub-committee March 13 as the new date when the control scheme should become operative, urging that at least a skeleton scheme enabling land supervisors and their deputies, chief naval supervisors and their units, to take up tho task by that date. It is expected the full committee will consider the suggestion on Monday; also Germany’s objection to paying her full quota of expenses amounting to £143,000 a year in negotiable currency.

Lord Plymouth told tho sub-commit-tee that, if the German attitude had not altered, Britain would not be prepared to pay her share. Other countries agreed to adopt a similar attitude. The German representative undertook to consult his Government.