REBEL SUCCESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 134, 8 June 1937, Page 7

REBEL SUCCESS

RIDGE RECAPTURED ITALIAN ’PLANE BROUGHT DOWN THE WAR IN SPAIN (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) MADRID, June 6. After a violent offensive the rebels recaptured Lemona Ridge. A Fiat 'plane which was brought down is of the latest Italian type and manufacture. It had machine-guns dated July, 1935, and the Minister of War stamp. The pilot’s body bore a letter congratulating him on his prowess for Il Duce and glorious Italy. ALMERIA CASUALTIES TWENTY-FIVE DEATHS [ British Official Wlreles*. | RUGBY, June 6Fuller information has now reached London regarding the havoc caused at Almeria by the bombardment last Monday. It is now stated that 25 people were killed and 40 seriously injured. DEUTSCHLAND WOUNDED GIBRALTAR’S ATTENTION GERMAN ADMIRAL’S THANKS GIBRALTAR, June 6. Another Deutschland rating has succumbed. The German Admiral personally thanked the Governor of Gibraltar for the attention given to the wounded. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL VALENCIA’S DISCUSSIONS VALENCIA, June 6. Senor Negrin’s Cabinet, one of whose first acts after succeeding Senor Caballero was to dissolve the Supreme War Council and take over the campaign itself, has now re-established the council. QUESTION OF REPRISALS BRITAIN MAKING INQUIRIES Received July 7, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, June 6. The Times’ diplomatic correspondent says that Britain is ascertaining whether the right of individual action claimed by Germany and Italy if one of their warships should again be attacked off Spain refers to selfdefence only or whether it includes individual reprisals similar to the Almeria bombardment.