MADRID HEAVILY SHELLED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 82, 23 April 1937, Page 5

MADRID HEAVILY SHELLED

Telegraph— Press Assn.-

Eieventh Day and Populace Still Undaunted W0RKERS CARRY 0N

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(Received 23, 2.5 p.m.) MADRID, April 22. For the eieventh day in succession the insurgents heavily shelled the eapital, between 200 and 300 eight-inch shells falling daily. Twenty fell in the afternoon around Granvia, scattering a funeral procession ' accompanying yesterday's dead to the cemetery. The casualty roll is now 200 kiHed and 250 injured in 11 days. The North American newspaper AlJiance special author, Ernest Beramgway, at present at Madrid, declares; "These heavy, indiscriminate bombardments haye no mdlitary objective. Despite the sighij of dead and wounded and men hosing the streets, washing away the debris and blood, the people are not impressed. , They scatter to aveid bombardment and return to their employment when the shelling ceases and trams reeommence running. "The loyaiists claim that they have routed the insurgents near Duranga with loss of 600 killed and 1000 wounded. A Government offensive in the Cordoba seetor is strongiy pressing the rebels, of whom ari entire qompany of 170 N-C.O.'s and men desertied and entered the insurgent lines after murder ing their officers-"