REBELS GAINING
Loyalists Being Forced Back (Eeceived 28, 8.45 a.m.) ST. JEAN DE OEXJZ, April 27. General Mola's troops are apparently gaining impetus in their advance towards Bilboa, and the Basque resistance is breaking down, whole companiefi sttrrendering. The totai prisonfrs reportcd captured is 2,500, besides enough war material to equip a divij sion.The rebel advance-guard entered Durango, the key to Bilboa sixteen miles i . , '
yyvwvyyvwwvvVYVvv VVVVVVTYYV xxillIXJULLJUlXJLlj^L^ away, which they stormed with handgrenades and bayonets. The insurgents took Eibar after loyalists, having flred it, evacuated. The town and entire district is now aflame. The loss of Eibar, which manufactuied ^munitions, will be serious to the Govemment. '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 86, 28 April 1937, Page 5
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