The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-30
CIVIL WAR
In SPAIN
The Entire Military Force
Modified
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ARMY CORPS AND MARINES
Rushed to catalonia--The Situation
There Considered Alarming -cata-
Ians Ever Ready to Strike at
Spanish Authority.
ARMY CORPS AND MARINES

Madrid, July 3o Spain has modified
her entire military establishment in an
effort to meet the situation which con.
fronts her-cigil war In Catalonia and
foreign war in Morocco, It certainly
Is grave situation which she is called
upon 70 face. In the eyes Of Europe
the internal insurrection oyershadows
the conflict in Africa, notwithstanding
the fact that Spain has sustained a dis
astrous defeat and may have to abandon
Melilla, a. the decision Of Premier Mau.
ra's cabinet to place the county under
martial law and employ the army to
repress the revolt or as an alternative
move to eonvoke Parliament may pro.
woke an extension Of the revolution to 4
point which would endanger the dynasty
The entire Third and Fourth Army Corps
and the Madrid Cavalry Brigade. under
command Of Prince Charles Of Bourbon,
which was about to leave for Melilla,
has been sent TO Catalonia. Prince Fer
dinand Of Bavaria is one Of the squad
ron commanders Of this brigade. The
withdrawal Of troops for the campaign
Ia Africa left fewer than 5000 men in
the garrison at Barcelona and the in
furiated mob after committing al sorts
Of excuses, including the burning and
sacking Of church property everywhere,
erected barbados IN order to hold their
positions. Yesterday tbs lighting there
was Of the fereest nature and the gut
tiers were literally running with blood
The government forces also were seat.
tered 81 the need IF quelliuc outbreaks
at many detached points The isolation
of the province, owing 70 the destruction
Of railways, gave the revolutionary ele.
ment and strikers forty,eight hours In
which to cut on tie arrival 81 reinforce
ments They were thus masters Of the
situation The line from Madrid to Bar.
celona Is a scene Of dssolation Wide
trenches have been cut across the rail-
way embankments into the country dis
triets The small bridges spanning the
streets IN several towns have been pulled
down The situation i further compli.
Gated BY the spread Of the general strike
ordered BY the labor organizations of
Barcelona two days ago The indics-
tions are that ire strike win spread to
the provinces Of Leyda, Corona and Tar.
ragona. but DO definite news has been.
received from these points. The battle
in front o. Melllla Tuesday was q dis
a4trous defeat for Spanish arms. The
Moors showed great bravery and the in.
yaders lost heavily, their casualties ex-
ceeding 1000 officers and men killed and
] 800 officers and men wounded The
extent Of this battle WIS al first mini,
mized IN Spain in an effort to paeify the
public, and dispatches concerning the
battle were vigorously censored. Early
reports gave the losses at a few hun.
bred, The official admission yesterday
that the killed and wounded reached in
the neighborhood Of three thousand gives
the battle the Importance Of real war.
fare, the casualties being far greater
than any engagement during the Span
ish-American war, and exceeding some
Of the most stubborn fights Of che Rus.