Evening star., 1936-09-19

leg wounds from the Fascist streams
of steel.
White beams from Government
spotlights Illuminated the scene of
devastation during the ight-long
barrage, but Government officers
waited In vain for the appearance Of
an insurgent white flag to signal
surrender
All survivors except the defending
machine gunners, among the self
imprisoned Fascists were believed to
have fed to the underground cellars.
Only 20 women and children we're
rescued by the Socialist assailants.
Militiamen who took part in the
attack brought back graphic descrip-
tions of the situation inside the
wrecked fortress.
LAS soon as I got over the ruined
walls" related Cabrera. Il saw four
priests with boards down to their
waists pointing machine gun in my
direction.
II threw one Of my hand grenades,
and-well, they won't say mass any
more"
Emilio Vargas, another militiaman,
said he jumped out Of the way of a
Fascist hand bomb so quickly he fell
through a manhole into the under
ground food storeroom of the SELF
made prisoners.
"They had piles and piles OF rich
foods there" Vargas asserted. There
were wines and liqueurs, too.
so 1 broke open a package OF
biscuits and opened a bottle of cham.
payne to celebrate my find. Then
with the help of some other govern
ment soldiers, We carried the entire
store out a door where fortunately
the Rebel CFascisD fire couldn't
reach u.s."
Magtaz Mubru Beramar, the only
Moor known to be fighting with the
government forces, declared he founc
quantity of laundry left to dry ir
one of the cellars which later was
half wrecked by shells.
The Fascists must have run ou
of SOAP he asserted, "for the liner
was still very dirty"
The constant reverberations of gov.
ernment shell fire brought broker
tiles and window panes crashing int
the streets throughout the barrage.
Total damage to Toledo since the
| civil war began was estimated BY
City Councillor Perez Chicano in tht
neighborhood of $4,000, 900 peseta.
approximately $500 900, mot in.
! cluding wreckage of the Alcazar."
THE southeast tower Of the Alcazal
shot bodily upwards like an arrow fol
90 feet when the Socialist mines wert
exploded" he said. "and burst with
shower of granite boulders which
left very few surrounding roof.
undamaged."
Thousands of residents of Toledo
stumbled along rock-strewn street.
and alleys to see the freak result o.
the blast-a 5-ton truck which wa.
/ blown from the AlcaZar courtyard K
fall upside down in the patio of {
house quarter of mile away
Socialist commanders expressed
satisfaction over the campaign agains
the FaScists and at the same tint
regret over the terrible decision
which they made before they ordered
the tons of T N 7 touched of.
Now we are really moving along,
remarked Gen. Jose Asensio, COM
mander Of all government forces in
Central Spain.
we may wipe out the Fascists
tomorrow or the next day or in a
weeks time. but we certainly shall
wipe them out"
Gen. Asensio, after a conference
with Lieut.. Col. Luis Barcelo, Toledo
military commander. was reported tc
have abandoned temporarily plans fol
further dynamiting of the fortress
relying instead on the artillery fire tc
prepare the way for an infantry
charge.
Barcelo was himself wounded In the
leg by an insurgent machine CUR
bullet.
SYNDICALIST DEMAND REJECTED