Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 2 | Loyalists' Offensive Turns into Retreat

Loyalists Loyalists' 9 Offensive Turns Into Retreat Rebels Beat Beal Back Defenders of Madrid I Insurgents Continue Air la Raids ds GIBRALTAR Oct 15 UP Spanish UP-Spanish Spanish nationalists smashing with terrific force inflicted on the troops of the left wing government government government govern govern- ment today of defeats defeat that threatened to become a n rout A leftist loyalist counteroffer counteroffensive I sive sive on the front west of Madrid was turned into a re retreat reat which dispatches dispatches dispatches dis dis- dis- dis patches from Madrid itself indicated was disorderly Fearing the nationalists might soon be at the city's gates the leftist government intensified the b building of or fortifications In suburbs Insurgent dispatches asserted that by the capture of two small towns in the Cordoba region they had cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off completely the capitals capital's supply of coal needed not only to heat homes dur during ng the present cold weather but to operate essential defense defenso de de- works It was indicated that the insurgents insurgents insurgents gents had resumed aerial bombardment bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment of the Madrid east coast railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road and that at any moment the government might find itself cut off oft except for automobile and air transport transport trans tram port to the coast It was persistently reported that tha nationalist troops sent to relieve the besieged garrison at Oviedo had effected effected effected ef ef- ef- ef contact with the defenders and must soon penetrate the city streets and be fighting hand to hand the miners trying to overwhelm the garrison Hints that the loyalist leftist towns on the tho east coast were going to be bombarded by the r rebel bel fleet flee continued Madrid admitted a severe aerial aeria bombardment of Malaga yesterday One bomb ignited a gasoline tank and another It was asserted fell on ona ona ona a German freighter in the harbor but did not explode The position of the Madrid government government government gov gov- at the moment was perhaps the most serious since the start o of the civil war three months ago