REBEL ADVANCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 77, 1 April 1938, Page 7

REBEL ADVANCE

STIFFER RESISTANCE REPUBLICAN DEFENCE ’PLANES MORE ACTIVE [By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright] Received March 31, 10.5 p.m. LONDON, March 31. There is a noticeable stiffening of the Republican resistance, ’planes being more active supporting the infantry, says The Tinies correspondent at Henday. The insurgents are pushing their ad- | vance in other sectors. I The Navarre brigade captured the i villages of Maeila and Fabara, 13 ■miles east of Caspe, and later entered ! the Catalan province at Tarragona, {three miles east of Maeila. Govern ment troops are reported to be retreating at Gandcsa. The republicans claim offensives at South Guadalquivir, in which a cavalry charge was followed by an extensive bombardment. Aerial bombing drove the insurgents from important positions in the border provinces of Corboda and Jaen The Moroccans fought their way to within two miles of Lerida, where heavy machine-gun and rifle fire from the outskirts checked the advance, says the Daily Telegraph s Fraga correspondent. APPEAL FOR MEN LOYALIST SUPPORTERS. Received March 31, 7.5 p.m. BARCELONA, March 30. The Popular Front women, antiFascist committees, trade unions and Senor del Vayo (Spanish delegate to the League of Nations) have appealed for another 200,000 workers who are not afraid to die for their country. Senor del Vayo has been appointed ■ Ambassador to Moscow. DELIBERATE ATTACK I BOMBING OF BRITISH STEAMER STANWALL I STRONG PROTEST MADE ( British OJOcial Wireless.] RUGBY, March 30\ ■ Mr R. A. Butler informed the I House of Commons that the Government had completed inquiries into the bombing of the British steamer Stanwall on March 15, and after careful consideration of all the evidence, had come to the conclusion that the vessel was the object of a deliberate attack. The British agent at Burgos had accordingly been instructed to inform the Nationalist authorities to this effect and enter a strong protest against the attack, which the British Governmnet must regard as entirely unjustifiable and for which they must hold those authorities responsible. The British agent had further been instructed to demand an immediate investigation into the incident and reserve the right of the British Government to claim in due course full compensation for damage to persons and property resulting from the attack.

FIRED ON BY FRENCH RETURNING REBEL ’PLANES INCIDENT ON FRONTIER PERPIGNAN, March 30. j French anti-aircraft gunners fired on insurgent 'planes which were Returning along the French frontier after bombing Portbou. The ’planes flew along the railway linking Pol tbou and Perpignan, the French firing as they passed over Collioure station. Heavy damage was done at Portbou, where trains were \\Jting to take provisions and supplies south.