REBEL LEADER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22933, 11 January 1938, Page 9

REBEL LEADER

TERUEL SURRENDER GENERAL'S ATTACK MILITARY CRIME DIRE FATE PREDICTED TROOPS STILL FIGHT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 10, 5.5 p.m.) SEVILLE, Jan. O General del Lano in a broadcast made a violent attack on, the .insurgent commander Colonel Raydancourt; who surrendered at Teruel. He said: "It cannot be denied that the Reds had a small success thanks to the treason of the unworthy scoundrel who gave up the command of the troops at Teruel. "This criminal surrendered without consulting his superior. He committed one of the greatest military crimes. "This will be paid for because God is just and will have him assassinated by the Heds or shot by a firing squad." Undaunted by the surrender of their compatriots at Teruel, the rebel forces are still attacking the city from the north. SOUTHERLY, THRUST INSURGENTS' OPERATION RECAPTURE OF A TOWN (Received January 10, 5.5 . p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 9 A message from St. Jean do Luz says the insurgents claim to have recaptured Celadas enabling them to concentrate for a further southerly thrust. The first attack failed but a subsequent infantry onslaught supported by artillery succeeded.

PITIFUL PLIGHT REFUGEES FROM CONVENT OFFICERS HELD FOR TRIAL MADRID, Jan. 9 With the surrender of the Santa Clara Convent, the Spanish Government claims to have receive.d the submission of 2000 combatants and 2000 civilians. The refugees told pitiful stories of their 27 days' ordeal since the beginning of the Government offensive. One prisoner said he had had only two sardines and a little bread, and hardly any water daily during the past five days. Two hundred officers and noncommissioned officers are being held for trial. The remainder of the- prisoners will be sent to Valencia. The insurgents to-day carried out an air raid on Barcelona and suburbs, and 20 were killed; DEVASTATING BOMBS USE BY INSURGENTS ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE LONDON, 'Jan. 8 Bombs of a new type, used in a Spanish rebel air raid on Barcelona, killed 49 people and wounded 50. The new projectiles, the most devastating used in the war. gashed everything within a radius of 500 yards of the point of impact. They splintered trees, tore but the fronts of houses, and inflicted frightful wounds. Military experts noted that they made only a very shallow indentation in the ground. Hidden Government guns trapped and wiped out a rebel truck convoy on a narrow mountain road near Teruel. The icy track was too narrow to allow of the .trucks being turned to make their escape. They were literally blown from the ledge along which they had been travelling.