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Show SHIP ATTACKED ' BY SUBMARINE MADRID, Feb. S (INS) A possible pos-sible new and grave complication broke out today In Spain's civil wsr L. when the steamer Delfin was reported re-ported attacked by a foreign sub-marThebetweenNerla sub-marThebetweenNerla and Torrox near Malaga. ' Advices said the Delfin, carrying a general cargo, ran aground, w' e-upon e-upon the submarine fired two tor- . pedoes, damaging ths ship's hull. Cargo and crew of the De"ia were reported saved. Whether the Delfin was an - Italian or Spanish vessel could not be Immediately ascertained. Lloyd's ' register lists a Delfin as an Italian vessel of 5323 tons operating out of Naples. It also lists another vessel of the same nam as registered in Barcelona. An earlier report from Malaga described de-scribed the Delfin as a Spanish vessel. This report said ths steamer was attacked by two rebel planes, forced aground near Nerja and then torpedoed by an Insurgent submarine. sub-marine. Later reports regarding the Incident Inci-dent did not mention the plane attack at-tack and stated the submarine was t a foreign craft GIBRALTAR, Feb. 2 (UP) General Gen-eral Oonzalo Quelpo ' de Llano". Spanish insurgent army spokesman, aanouneing owee the radio that e number of Italian fliers, serving with the Insurgents, had made forced landings In government territory, terri-tory, threatened destruction today to any town which harmed them. |