The Capture of a Key Position.—Spanish Government troops in the act of surrendering to rebel riflemen who have just reached the crest of a hill near Somosierra, about 50 miles north of Madrid. This was a key position which, when it fell into rebel hands, turned the flank of the Government armies defending the line of the Guadarrama Mountains and opened the way for the advance on the capital.
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Southland Times, Issue 23026, 21 October 1936, Page 5
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69The Capture of a Key Position.—Spanish Government troops in the act of surrendering to rebel riflemen who have just reached the crest of a hill near Somosierra, about 50 miles north of Madrid. This was a key position which, when it fell into rebel hands, turned the flank of the Government armies defending the line of the Guadarrama Mountains and opened the way for the advance on the capital. Southland Times, Issue 23026, 21 October 1936, Page 5
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