Big Rebel Advance

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 185, 23 August 1937, Page 5

Big Rebel Advance

— Press 'Assn.-

%— ~ - PUSH TO SANTANDER Franco's Troops Dnve Back Loyalists BASQUES IN RETREAT

(Bv Telegraph-

— CopyrighL)

(Eeceived 23, 9.25 a.m.) . LONDON, Aug, 28* The British United Pt'ess cofresp0iident at Reinosa says that the insutgehts have begun to Climb the Ihgt range mountains separating them frOUx the manufacturing town, Torrela'^ga, Which is regardcd as the key to Sk SX" tander. -Most of the lnhabxtants Ilitfl been evacuated from Torfeiavega, before which Government troops 3i& ®h« frenChed. General Er anco 's forces, sincx their advaUce beghil a WOCk ago, have pushed their advance guatds bftlfWay to Santander, have OCCtipied IBdO square iniies had have captufed 1(10 Villages and 14,000 priSbhefs, A Madrid message reports that the rebela are attacking violeatiy on "the Sa'ntander fronf &hd are preising on to Selaya, ll miles nofth oi Reiftosa. Wie loyalists, despite desperate bravesy, were compelled to retire after taklftg heavy toi! of the rebels, WhOse planes bombed Government ontpbste and also villages in the rear bf the loyalist lines, kiiiing many civliians, The rebels imployed humef6u's tank's heavily Stippbrted by italian and Mobrish troOpS, A Gibraltar message says; General de Llanb claims that bight Gbvernm6nt' planes were brought down on August 21 and ten on August 20 on the Santander front, The Valeneia Government, itt a istate"ment, aecuses the Italian Navy oi having sunk four Spanish sliips in the , Mjditerranean recently— the Campeador, Condeabasolo, Ciuda de Ciadiz and Armurn. It cdmplains that those who profess tb be custodians oi Eurbpean peace have not made the slightest protest. it' appeals to European and American public opinion, declaring that it has iittle faith in diplomatic efforts.