ADVANCE ON SANTANDER.
INSURGENTS SUCCESSFUL
Received August 18, 11.40 a.m. SALAMANCA, Aug. 1/. Supported by ’planes, tanks and heavy artillery, four insurgent coiumns, including the Italian Black Arrows Brigade and the Moorish Legions are driving towards Santander. They have captured 12 villages and 2000 prisoners in the Reinosa sector. The advance covers 300 square miles of difficult mountains. The insurgent casualties were heavy; several companies of Moorish shock troops were wiped out. „ In the Valmaseda and Castroudiales sectors the Government continues to check the rebel attacks.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 221, 18 August 1937, Page 9
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86ADVANCE ON SANTANDER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 221, 18 August 1937, Page 9
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