GIJON STRUGGLE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 252, 23 October 1937, Page 9

GIJON STRUGGLE

PEOPLE FLEE IN PANIC REBELS CLAIM TO HAVE ENTERED INSURGENTS MOPPING L’P NORTH (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SALAMANCA, Oct. 21. The insurgents claim to have entered Gijon. The Asturians blew up the houses and bridges. The Governor of Bilbao stated in a broadcast that the insurgents entered the almost deserted city and that the citizens of Gijon fled in panic to the mountains. Militiamen returned and took refuge and are preparing mines as a means of further resistance.

An insurgent warship captured a ship with 200 refugees, including the head of the Gijon Government. General Franco expects to mop up the north of Spain within a fortnight, releasing 45,000 troops and 120 ’planes. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS BRITAIN SUPPORTS FRENCH APPEAL 1 Received Oct. 22, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 22. The Government has instructed the British Ambassador in Spain to support the appeal of the French Government to General Franco to treat the Gijon prisoners with all humanity possible, announced Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons. He added that 30,000 people had been evacuated from Gijon during the past two months by ships under the protection of the British Navy.