Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-27 | Page 1 | Spain Rebels Bombs French border Town

SPAIN REBELS BOMB FRENCH BORDER TOWN I Francos Franco's Ships Blast Blast- Sectors on Both Sides of Line France May 27 AP Many AP-Many Many of of the 2000 residents real resi dents of this little French frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier town huddled underground until early morning hours ours to today today today to- to day seeking protection from eig eight t. t in insurgent ur ent Spanish air ar raiders who bombed both sides of the border Village authorities rushed the citizens to safety last night in the railroad f tun tunnel el several hundred yards l Ionic ni u i- i ib connects b Cerbe e with the neighboring Spanish town Port Tort Bou Not a single bomb however struck Port Bou although for the time jt was insurgent aviators aviators' objective Three persons here were wounded by flying glass windows and doorways doorways doorways door door- ways of the international railway station were shattered three houses were destroyed and a ton 41 mail car was blasted from the tracks Drop 15 Bombs The squadron dropped 15 bombs before retreating under fire of Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish government antiaircraft bat bat- teries French searchlights silhouetted silhouetted silhouetted the planes but French guns did not fire French border officials doubted that the rain of bombs on French I territory was anything but a tragic error but soon soon pointed out that thai the attack was concentrated about the clearly marked mark d railroad station which insurgents had claimed to be bethe bethe bethe the source of much equipment for government troops is the control point of the principal railway linking France and government Spain Comes From North Border observers observers' were puzzled that the attack came from the north The planes were said to have flown down the French coast from the direction of Sur Mer about four miles above bere bore The ships departed in the direction of the insurgent air base in the Balearic islands Across the Pyrenees frontier meanwhile the government in increased increased increased in- in creased its efforts to crack lines the insurgents have established on the western fringes of Catalonia Border dispatches said the he heaviest vl- vl est fighting was going on between the Manigo range north of and arid the range south oJ of Tremp PARIS Ma May 27 27 INS Premier INS Premier Edouard today ordered new antiaircraft equipment to bere here on the Spa Spanish ish frontier and instructed the general commanding the sixteenth military region to take defensive measures following a I Spanish insurgent aerial attack on the town acted when Mayor Cruze of minced no words in callIng calling caning call can ing the bombers not Spanish Spanish but but Italian and German