Battle Likely

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 5

Battle Likely

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LOYAL FLEET HEADS NORTH * Reconditioned Ships Leavc Mediterranean OFF TO BAY OF BISCAY

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(Received 16, 8.45 a.m.) LODDON, April 15, CortespfiBdente bf ffie Daiiy Mail #fid News CBrbfiicte. afid crther iotttces eipr&s tfce fipinion tfiat a "battle' in the Bay of Biscay is iminiaefiit because the reconditioned Spafiisfi loyaittt flbeti fcased at Cartagena, 5fi the MediterSrnean, is fieadifig noftEward. The Seeretary of State for Hbfiie Af/aifsy Sir John Simon, in the Course of his speeeh in the House of OomJ Ittottej esid .thftfr thd AdaiFUlty had received infdrinatiofi that Sevefal Spanish Govefnment mine-S"w66pera hfid fceen blown np during their operatiOns. The cOrefspondent of the Times at Bt. Jeaii-de-Luz,. Fiafcee, says grave exception is taken ther'O to Sir Jbhfi Simfiii's stateinCnt that the inSiitgent fieet sank six ships. The only loss in those seas since the ontbreak of hoStilities was a small coastal ship> sank by the trfiWlef GUlefnd on April 12, 25 Iniles frofii Bilbao. No inerchahtmen tnder nfiVai pr6tecfi6fi would suffef fnch a fate. The Basque Govermfient d6mes that iOines or a blddkade fexist in BiibAo laf&ofir, Which 12 Spanish aird sevefi Bffitish flierfih&ntnieft adfeiy uSed between April 1 hnd Apri! 15, « A report- from Salamanea saye that the ihsnrgents have raised the lOyalist fcfibmfiririd C/3, which sanh in a dOpfh of 320 feet of wfitef ofE Malagat in Dedeinfeef. Twenty bodies Wefe found insid«j It is intended to repaif the Submarifie for Servico with the insufgent fleet.