REBEL VICTORY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 7

REBEL VICTORY

CONFLICT IN SPAIN TOWN OF RONDA TAKEN ROOKY HEIGHTS SCALED WAY TO MALAGA OPEN

(Elec. Tel. Copyright —Unitod Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 18, 11.30, a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17. A message from Burgos says that the Spanish rebels claim an important victory in the south.

It is claimed that they scaled the rocky, precipitous heights of Roiula and captured the town, opening the way to Malaga. Honda is a town on the banks of the Guadiaro River, and is about. t 43 miles to the west ot Malaga. It is built on both sides of a deep rocky gorge, surrounded by .mountains. The population of the town is about 24,000. 7 Elsewhere the situation is little changed, and only isolated skirmishing is reported. AID TO AMERICANS EUROPEAN SQUADRON ORDER TO U.S. NAVY WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Due to the Spanish situation and the disturbed European conditions generally, the Navy Department was to-day instructed by the -Department of State to recreate the' European squadron after a lapse of seven years. The cruiser Raleigh, of 7500 tons, will be Rear-Admiral Fairfield’s flagship, replacing the Quincy. Other units will be the destroyers Kamo and Hatfield, and the coastguard cutter Cayuga. All are now operating near Spain. The fleet’s mission will be to protect Americans in emergencies and display the American flag in European ports.