WAR IN SPAIN.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13372, 28 September 1936, Page 5

WAR IN SPAIN.

MOORS DRIVEN BACK. BOM LUNG PLANES DESTROYED United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 27. The Government troops counterattacked, supported by aircraft, end forced the rebels two miles back from Torrijos after they had approached within two miles of Toledo, capturing the villages of Villamiel and Vargas. The loyalist counter-attack resulted in the annihilation of 400 Moors by aerial bombardment and the destruction of two rebel bombing planes. BILBAO BOMBED. SAN SEBASTIAN, Sept. 26. The insurgents dropped hundreds of bombs on Bilbao yesterday, setting fire to many buildings, including the administrative headquarters, and damaging the British Consulate. There were hundreds of casualties. The bombardment is to be repeated till the city surrenders. SPANISH PRESIDENT A REFUGEE, NEW YORK, September 25. According to a New York Times despatch from Buenos Aires, Senor Azana, President, oi Spain, has taken refuge in the Argentine Embassy at Madrid. Other sources in close touch with the Argentine Government declare that the President js not at the Embassy but with several other officials lias asked for asylum mi the* cruiser Veinticino De Mayo. Reports declare that the situation in the capital is chaotic. The Argentine Government gave no indication whether it would grant the request.