Rebels’ March on Madrid

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 179, 1 August 1938, Page 7

Rebels’ March on Madrid

TOWN RAZED BY BOMBING RAID Received Sunday, 9.30 p.m. SARAGOSSA, July 31. The Nationalists claim to be continuing the advance on the Estremadura front and to have taken 7000 prisoners and much war material. A Barcelona message says Nationalist aeroplanes practically razed the town of Falset, an important Government communication centre between Gandesa and Tarragona. Forty were killed and 130 injured, while 180 houses were destroyed. FRANCO CLAIMS REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOT BOLT LINES HEAVILY BOMBED SARAGOSSA, July 29. Members of General Franco's stah claim that the Republican attack on the Ebro front has now shot its bolt, and that the attackers are in danger isolation. Over 200 planes are continuously jombing the Republican lines of communication. A Barcelona message reports that the Republicans deny that their advance has been stemmed. They say bat there is npiv c*r»e onen for the Nationalists to leave Gandesa. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Selor del Vayo. states that he is most atisfied with the progress made by the dvance. The brilliance and precision •f the offensive, he says, could not have •een eoualled even in peacetime ma•oeuvres. SINKING OF DELLWYN DELIBERATE BRITISH DESTROYER STOOD BY AND WATCHED ATTACK LONDON, July 29. The Under-Secr^ fc ci.y ol i'airs, Mr R. A. Butler, stated in the House of Commons that reports would suggest that the sinking of the British ship Dellwyn at Gandia, North Spain, was deliberate. If these reports wer% confirmed, the Government would im mediately request an investigation. Tlie Civil Lord of the Admiralty, LtCol. L. L. Llewellin, admitted that a ’.estroyer watched the sinking of the 'hip but had not acted, as instructions ssued to the Navy were not to protect 'ritish shipping in Spanish tsrritoria* vater3.