SURROUNDING MADRID

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 342, 25 January 1937, Page 5

SURROUNDING MADRID

INSURGENTS' MOVE. Change In Tactics Learnt In Recent Fighting. Press Association—Copyright. London, Jariudfry 23. The insurgents, Says ’.'the Daily Telegraph’s special correspondent, have abandoned their attempt to take Madrid by direct attack and- are now concentrating' on surrounding th© capital, which at has unhampered communications’ Eastward and north-eastward’. The change in tactigs .is the result of lessons learned in recent, fighting, showing that the 'Government forces are superior in house to house fighting but can be outmanoeuvrecf in open country. Madrid to-day suffered its worst bombardment throughout the stige. Shells were rained on the capital at frequent intervals throughout the day, causing many casualties. Buildings were greatly damaged and numerous fires resulted. . , A Valencia communique alleges that the German battleship Graf Spee appeared on the horizon at dawn and shortly afterwards four insurgent seaplanes appeared Sind dropped two load of bombs on the aerodrome at Roquetas, near Almeira. They later alighted alongside the Graf Spee, which hauled them aboard. The British consulate at Malaga is being closed because of the damage done by shelling.