Fight For Madrid

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7

Fight For Madrid

SWELTERING IN SUN. REBELS’ SUPERIORITY IN AIR. ATTACKS WITH 80 PLANES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 23, 11.30 a.m.) MADRID, July 22. Attacks and counter-attaoks continue west of Madrid, with the thermometer at 104 degrees, the soldiers fighting stripped to the waist. The sun turns tanks Into furnaces within an hour, forcing tha crews to emerge despite tne danger. The orew of a Government tank were oaptured as they fell gasping from the baking interior. The area around Brunete Is covered with a white pall of dust, due to artillery duels and air bombardments. The fronts are so complicated and interwoven that -sometimes it is difficult for either side to tell on whom it is firing. The Madrid defenders have large quantities of anti-aircraft and machineguns, but the insurgents maintain their superiority in. the air by more systematic patrolling. The Government supporters make lightning raids with a few machines, whereas the rebels make mass attacks, sometimes with. 80 planes. WOUNDED AT ALGECIRAB. TRAINS AND* DORRIES LADEN. DENIAL BY THE INSURGENTS. United Press Assn.— Elcc. Tel. Copyright (Received July 23, 1.30 p.m.) GIBRALTAR, July 22. Two trains and many motor lorries laden with wounded have arrived at Algeciras from the Corboda Front. SALAMANCA, July 22. The insurgent junta denies that guns have been placed on the frontier in the Pyrenees. ADVANCE BY LOYALISTS. REBEL PLANES DROP BOMBS. TERRIFIED. POPULACE FLEES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 23, 1.0 p.m.) MADRID, July 22. The loyalists made a fresh attack north-west of the capital, in which they claim important advances. Planes bombed Naval Carnero and other rebel positions. The Insurgents dropped incendiary bombs at Colmenarviejo 18 mile's northward. Forty civilians were killed and one hundred injured. The terrified populace fled from the town. THE BRITISH PROPOSALS. ITALO-GERMAN ATTITUDE. BITTER ATTACK IN FRANCE. United Press Assn.—mec. Tel Copy’' , -ht LONDON, July 21. The Paris press bitterly attacks the Italian and German attitude on Britain’s non-intervention plan, declaring that they intend to support only those portions of the plan favourable to themselves while sabotaging the rest. Reports are current that Italian I military experts'have reported that 15 ■ divisions will be necessary to enable General Franco to win the war, and it Jis proposed that Italy and Germany should send them in return for permission for Germany to exploit lead and iron deposits at (he end of the war, and Italy the mercury mines. Germany, however, according to a report, i-s reluctant to commit herself. NON-INTERVENTION PLAN. FURTHER BRITISH PROPOSALS. AVOIDING THE DEADLOCK. (C-mctal wireless.) (Received July 23. 1 p.m.) RUGBY, July 22. The British Government is known to have pnder active consideration an alternative procedure which wilt meet the situation arising from the nonintervention deadlock. Officials are still at work on the final form of the new suggestion, hut it is not impossible that it may !<e suitmilled lo the chairman's sub-eom-millcc before 1 lie end of the week.