REBELS CLOSING-IN ON SANTANDER
-Press Association.
Capture df SutrOUtlding Areas COASTAL TOWN FALLS
By Telegrapb—
(llctieived 24, 12.30 a.m.) BILBAO, Aug. 23. The i-ebCls have captured Castro Urdiales, att impbttaUt Cdastal Stronghold. Geherai Eranco's liiie now occupics a 35-lniJe i'roufc from tlie Coast to Espinosa, tiie whole lengtli of the rebei pincerS 'cidsiug rdulid Santender bcing 70 miles, lhclllding tbe Asturiatt frout. Tbe rebel fofces are lidw oil tbe odtskirts of Las Cbgelas, 7^ miles from Torrelavega. An Italian colnnltt sUrrounded Punto -Ciesga, capturing nine tanks 20 armolifed cars and 100,000 hand-grenades. Rebel plattes drepped tons of bombs on Torfelnyega, Latedo, and Arenas de Iguna. The twb lastnamed were almost wiped oiit. Santander, however, claims td have repuised furious rebel attackS frbm Viliacarriedo. v .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 186, 24 August 1937, Page 7
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