Show TRebel T- T Rebel Defenders of Teruel Foodless less for Week T eel Surrender MADRID Jan 8 AP The AP-The The agonies of thirst of cold and of hunger in embattled Teruel today forced the surrender of more than 2000 ragged insurgent soldiers and their wailing and weakened wo wo- men and children For 17 days they had stood against government guns fire and dynamite dynamite dynamite dyna dyna- mite in guerrilla warfare from building building building build build- ing to building through the narrow and twisting streets of the old provincial provincial provincial pro pro- capital miles mlles east of Madrid A reinforced insurgent army outside outside outside out out- side the city fought in vain to come cometo cometo cometo to their rescue and they bowed at I last to the hardship of siege against their hideouts in Asuncion hospi hospital al aland I and the dynamite wrecked Santa I Clara church The unsuccessful rescuing army itself was encountering trouble trouble- insurgents were captured duning during during dur dun ing the battle about Muela de Teruel outside Teruel the government government government govern govern- ment said The capitulation was in sharp contrast to a previous dramatic siege when siege when about 1700 Insurgent troops and their kin were rescued by comrades after nearly 10 weeks of government siege against their fortress the Toledo Alcazar in 1936 A government announced announced announced an an- surrender of the Teruel garrison trapped in the city by a sudden offensive of the Madrid army on December 21 Teruel had been an important insurgent base for most of the nearly 18 months of civil war Lieutenant Colonel Rey dHarcourt dHarcourt dHarcourt dHar court commander led 1500 of his troops and women children aged and wounded from the hos hos- pital Thirty-four Thirty Insurgent soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers surrendered from Santa Clara church Many were ill They had not eaten for a week Emerging in groups of six under undera a promise of safety as prisoners all asked first for water A number number number num num- ber who had been underground dunIng during dur dun ing the siege fainted Their condition condition condi condl- tion lion was pitiable the government commander reported and many were wounded Some were unable to walk The exodus began yesterday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon and was completed about midnight mid mid- night Medical aid was brought from Barcelona Barcelon and Valencia and early today doctors were attending the ills of all With capitulation of the main Insurgent Insurgent in insurgent In- In body within Teruel the government government government gov gov- appeared definitely in control control control con con- of the strategic front which had been a menace to government Valencia and the eastern coastal territory The insurgent army outside Teruel appeared stymied after the most intensive fighting of the war Government forces said they beat back two furious attacks on the heights of Celadas t to td 5 the north and an open country tank charge Forty government planes machine gunned insurgent positions near Celadas |