FORLORN BRITONS
INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE PRISONERS REGARDED JUST AS CANNON FODDER SARAGOSSA, Aaril 3. Ninety-six British prisoners, part of a battalion of the International Brigade, captured in Catalonia, have arrived here. They, appeared a motley crowd, with cropped heads, unshaven faces and nondescript clothing. A Londoner, Mr John Myers, said they were supposed to be advancing to a new position east of Alcaniz, when they were ordered to fall out, and were told that a mechanised column was coming. Suddenly Francoite tanks appeared round a bend of the road. “We had no alternative but to surrender,” said Mr Myers, “I don’t believe any more volunteers- would come to Spain if we could return home and tel our experiences. We were regarded as just cannon fodder.” A majority of the Britishers previously were unemployed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1938, Page 10
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