DEFENCE OF SANTANDER
BASQUES ENTRENCHED WELL TRAINED ARMY Munition Factories Work Feverishly Press Association —Copyright. Received 2 p.m. Hendaye, June 25. The Rebel vanguard entered the Santander province, and made contact with the Basque troops at Valmaseda, eight miles from the seaport of Castro Urdiales, which is the Insurgents first important! objective. The Basque army at Santander numbers 55,000 well-trained and well-arm-ed, militiamen. Factories are working night and day making munitions, while all able-bodied persons are digging in the trenches.
FOOD RIOTS Hungry Refugees Raid Shops Press Association —Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) Lisbon, June 25 A Nationalist broadcast alleges that a throng of foodiess fugit ve s at Santander demonstrated against the Government. The Civil Guards were helpless, and anarchists seized the opportunity of leadership and proclaimed a Communist Libertarian Republic. The crowds raided the shops.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 5
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136DEFENCE OF SANTANDER Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 5
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