The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02

NINhting men were killed on the loy- #Iist side in Trun yesterday. The I|Kure may be revised. It may seem EE1all in view of some reports of the lighting but 1t is based on my care- Fui personal observation of the Fighting and the reports of the most reliable people can find. There has been considerable surprise here at some dispatches of fighting on 6cale that would soon depopulate northern Spain. It is terrible enough.
 Uneasy Silence
 There was an uneasy silence on the battle front this morning. Bad visibility caused by fog kept the rebel airplanes from resuming their b0mbardment and the rebel artil- 1ery observers from sighting loyal ast positions. During the night the rebels and loyalists took their dead and wounded down the hills to the rear.
 The hostage who escaped from Fort Guadalupe was Pedro Blanco, a Iaborer held as a fascist sym pathizer. He was questioned for hours by the French police. Blanco told me the following story:
 How Hostage Escaped
 q escaped at 3 o'clock this morn Sng by climbing a 20 foot wall and running as the guards fired at me, one bullet shaved by head and caused scalp wound. AS went over the wall smashed my wrist watch. It said 3:0l when I looked ct 1t later.
 "r managed to reach the river and swim to France even though was bleeding from my scalp wound, and the French police arrested me.
 q do not know why was made a hostage. l am not @ right wing | sympathizer. I blame some personal enemy for denouncing me. was in | the fort for two weeks. saw at least 200 hostages in my wing of | the fort. Some have been executed and many more executions are im- minent. The hostages are terrified at the bombardments, fearing that they will be the first targets"
 Rebels Begin Again
 Biriatou, French Spanish frontier, Sept. 2-(UP)-A smashing rebel offensive against Irun was resumed at 9 p. m. today after Q lull during the morning because of fog. The combatants fought under Q broiling sun.
 The insurgent infantry for the eighth time captured the fortified position of Puntza which was shat tered mass of wreckage, sandbags ard logs caused by the constant bombardment. The government forces were driven out of many | trenches at the position.
 Loyalists Fought Savagely
 L0yalist carabineros in the block houaes, cursing fluently, sought cour- ageously to break the advance. The PCntza redoubt has been the scene of the bloodiest fighting.
 It was captured and recaptured | seven times yesterday and remained In lcyalist hands until this after noon, although virtually destroyed by shells.
 The loyalists were fighting sav- agely. Tn retaliation for the deaths | of civilians in the bombing of Irun, they executed an unknown number of rebel hostages at dawn today at Fort Gaudelupe.
 The rebel advance shock troops | captured half Q mile of territory in | the direction of Behobie, French | bodre town east of Irun.
 The rebel advance caused nasty evacuation of Behobie. At 4:30 p. m, the popular front government or- dered the 5000 villagers to cross the Frontier into France.
 As they advanced victoriously. the Carlists planted the red and gold flag of the monarchists on the cap- tured heights.
 Spanish War Zephyr With the Asturias Miners, outside | Oviedo, Sept. 2-(UP)-The Spanish rebels continue their courageous and apparently hopeless defense of Oviedo. their only stronghold in this area. Under fire for weeks. short of | food and water, the rebels sent a raiding force through the city gateway last night and surprised | and wiped out Q loyalist militia column arriving to join the besieg- |