The Washington times., 1936-08-18
By H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright, 1886 by international
News SerVice)

News Service)
NORTHERN SPANISH INSUR-
GENT ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
BURGOS, Aug. 18.-Squad-
ronS of White war planes took off
today to bomb Madrid, whose Red
armies, fighting with the courage
of despair, attacked on three Sec
tors of SPANS civil war front but
were repulsed, leaving upwards OF
500 dead and $500 prisoners in
the hands of the Whites.
The spectacular Red woman
warrior, Dolores Ibarruri, called
La PaSionaria," Is reported among
the missing. La PaSionaria," a
Communist member Of the Span
iSh parliament, won the nickname
by her passionate speeches, which
sought to arouse the workers to
make Spain BolShevik.
She organized and led her own
battalion of volunteers, including
a score of women fighters, who
shared with their men all the
hardships of the battlefield. To
day the Madrid authorities indi-
Gated that la Pasionaria" with
her column is "lost."
Reds Defeated
AS the ring Of Generals Emilio
Mola'S and Francisco Frances bay
onets closes tighter around Ma
drid, the Reds have begun for the
first time to take the offensive.
They made a daring drive with
200 motor trucks from Guadala-
jara to Athena, striving to cut off
an inSurgent SaragosSa column
heading for Siguenza, but the at
tempt met with disaster.
Before the 200 trucks carrying
around 1000 troops came into con-
tact with the White forces, q
squadron of White bomberS located
them, and in a murderouS attack
with machine guns and bombs, SuS-
tanned over several hours, de-
stroyed the entire column. Re
turning again and again with
fresh bombs and ammunition, the
White war planes left not one Red
truck intact, while the White pilots
reported that they flew low enough
to see the bodies Of the Reds eX-
PEELED in fragments from their eX-
ploding trucks.
200 Reds Killed
Another audaciouS Sortie of the
Reds was an attempt to capture
the island of Majorca, with its i'm
portant petroleum refinerieS.
Two thousand Red militiamen
from Catalonia under Captain
Mayo landed on the island and
reached the city Of MANAGER, where
the White forces from Palma met
them, killing 200 Reds and taking
1000 prisoners. Captain Mayo and
the remnants of his column
escaped to their ships.
Another Red column Of 20 motor
trucks driving from Madrid to-
wards Guadarrama was overtaken
by White war planes, indiStinguish-
able from Red planes.
The Reds, mistaking the White
planes for their own, greeted the
pilots with fists raised in Com
muniSt style. The Whites waited
until they got low enough to see
the faces Of the Reds, then cut
loose with a blast of machine gun
fire which left the 20 trucks filled
with the killed and wounded.
5000 Driven Back
The Whites repulsed 5000 Reds
at Belchite, near SaragosSa, and
another red band at FL Almude-
bar. near Huesca.
Bitter fighting around San Sc
bastian gave the Whites the village
of Andoain, only seven miles from
the seaside resort. From Andoain
the Whites command the valley
leading to San Sebastian.
Gen. Queipo De Llano reiterated
in a radio broadcast that the
Whites reject any attempt at
mediation by foreign powers. He
declared:
There will be no peace un-
less the MarxiStS surrender un-
cOnditionalIy."
Another 1000 foreign legion.
naires and native troops have
reached Spain from Morocco, and
today foreign legion battalions
are operating in Valladolid prov
ince