REBEL DRIVE

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20275, 18 August 1937, Page 7

REBEL DRIVE

BIG ADVANCE MADE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN. SEVERAL COMPANIES WIPED OUT, United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Aug. 18. 11.40 a m.) SALAMANCA, Aug. 17. Supported by planes, tanks and heavy artillery, four Insurgent columns, Including the Italian Black Arrows Brigade and Moorish legions, are driving towards Santander. They captured twelve villages and 2000 prisoners In the Reinosa sector. The advance covers 300 square miles over difficult mountains. The insurgent casualties were heavy. Several companies of Moorish s!u-ck troops were wiped out. In the Yalmaseda and Castrourdiales sectors the Government continues to check the rebel attacks. SHIP TORPEDOED. SPANISH VESSEL SUNK. several of crew killed. ATTACK BY ITALIAN DESTROYER. tinted Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright - (Received August IS. 11.7* a.rn.) 1 ALGIERS. August 17. The captain of the Spanish •steamer ‘ Conde de Aba-solo, upon arrival in : the British steamer Oily of Wellington with 23 of the crew, declared that an Italian destroyer torpedoed his ship off the island of i'antelleria, killing several of the crew. Seventeen are missing. The remainder were picked up the following morning by tin* City ..f Wellington. The eaptain adds that an Italian aeroplane tlew over the ship two dj\s before the attack. ATTACK ON A TANKER. STORY BY THE CREW. FIVE MEN INJURED. United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON. Aug. 16. The tanker British Commodor® landed at Tunis the crew of 38 men from the tanker George W. McKnight (12,442 tons;. They state that what appeared to he a submarine emerged from the sea 400 yards from their vessel and fired 20 rounds, slightly injuring five men and setting fire to tin* ship, which was adrift until the arrival of the British Commodore. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHIPS. ORDERED TO COUNTER-ATTACK. INSTRUCTION? BY GOVERNMENT. Wireless (Received Aug. is. i p.ni.) RUGBY, Aug. 17. After a meeting of the Ministers at the Foreign Office in London a statement was issued that the British Government has been seriously perturbed at the increasing number of attacks upon shipping which have occurred of late in the Mediterranean and at the extension of the area in which these incidents are now taking place. The British Government has issued instructions through the Admiralty that if .any British merchant ship is attacked by a submarine without warning His Majesty's ships are authorised to counter-attack tlie submarine. CARLISTS MOWED DOWN. SUCCESS OF LOYALISTS. AIR RAIDS CAUSE PANIC. REFUGEES TERROR STRICKEN. United Press Assn. — Elec. Tel. Copyright Received Aug. IS. 1 p.ni.) MADRID. Aug. 17. Two companies of Carlists were mowed down by machine-guns on the Tcruei front while unsMercssfully counter.Ml.oking the loyalists, who were entrenched in Urn Ihe «:..rdob.i front the loyalists hav 'cup . d Zacrilia mountain and Zuerilla village. Dynamiters blew up a laden troop train. After the British steamer Thorp® Ray had embarked women and children refugees from Santander Junkers and bombers raided the city three times, causing a panic. The. I. fuge d into the ships* left behind Wh. I. III.: steamer sailed.