Forward, People of Madrid!
THE HOUR HAS SOUNDED. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 11.40 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 16. A Salamanca insurgent communique claims that thirty-seven British members of the International Column were taken prisoner in yesterday’s fighting on the Madrid front. ‘•The hour has sounded, and everyone must take a post in the defence of the capital,” declared General Miaja in a speech to the troops defending Madrid. “It is a grave hour. The enemy is doing his utmost to cut all Madrid’s communications and a time of intense struggle approaches, but we will conquer. Forward, people of Madrid!”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 6
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