WARSHIPS & FORTS.

Wairarapa Age, 27 July 1936, Page 5

WARSHIPS & FORTS.

SPECTACULAR DUEL SEEN FROM GIBRALTAR. BATTLESHIP SUFFERS DAMAGE. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) GIBRALTAR, July 25. People at Europa Point witnessed a spectacular warship versus forts duel and simultaneously watched ’planes bomb Algeciras. Warships bombarding Ceuta were troubled by poor visibility. The forts, though similarly affected, in replying damaged the bows of the battleship Jaime Primerio. Crowds watched a Government plane, hit by anti-aircraft fire, crash into the sea. A Lisbon wireless message states that Italy has strongly protested to the Spanish Government against the burning of the Italian Consulate at Barcelona. GOVERNMENT REPORTS. SURRENDER OF A REBEL FORCE. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) MADRID, July 25. The Government Announced that the rebels had surrendered at Albacete and claims to have brought down two rebel ’planes, while another deserted. REBEL LEADER. “WILL SOON BE IN SPAIN.” LONDON, July 24. Ip an interview, General Franco, who has been directing the rebellion from. Morocco, stated: “I will be in Spain very soon.” Asked whether he was assuming the supreme command, he said, “We shall see.”