The daily independent., 1936-10-12

ton in Seville SaiG alr- -L.IcS had
bombed Madrid. The report was
not confirmed by other sources,
however. A United Press Cores
pondent in Madrid tc!cphoncd his
London office that ne was Re-
manning in the central telephone
exchange there because 1t was
too dangerous to leave.
Weather Slows Up Fighting
The unreasonable weather
helped to reduce the bittclncSS Of
the fighting over the weekend.
Rebel and government almicS On
most fronts spent til time con-
solidating their POSITIONS.
The Toledo -AranjuC2 O'iaS-
Santa Cruz sector remained un
changed. The Guadarrama front
directly north of the capital has
been unchanged for month. with
the exception Of battles in and a.
round Navalpcral.
The rebels still hold mountain
crestS at SomoSicrra and Alto Dc
Leon. but find such tactically ad-
vantagcous positions have the
disadvantage of intense cold and
are difficult to reach with sup
plies. The loyalists are on tho
Madrid side Of the SierraS except
at Navaccrradc PegucinCS where
they arc on the rebel side. Loyal
forces still hoid the important
points of LOzoluela and Santil!ana
whence most Of Madrid'S water
supply comes.
The only important cLanTc
during the whole week was the
capture Of San Martin Dc Va.d!g-
lesiaS by the rebels, but tactic.aIS
point out that by taking that VII
age the rebels. put their head
in the lions mouth" since they
are surrounded on three sides. The
Importance Of San Martin is that
it commands the way to Ii TiCm-
bio, location of waterfalls prOduc-
ing most of Madrid's electricity
Rebels claimed 10 have captur-
cd Ell Temb,O. but there has been
no change in the quantity o.!
quality Of Madrid's electric pow
er.
Rebels Use Dynamite
The outstanding exception TO
The weekend iull was at Ovicdo.
where the remnants of a beSicCcd
rebel garrison. harricd and BON
5ardCd for u weeks by fierce As
turian miners seemed on the
;.crec CT cXtarmininatiCl. The
miners possessed mere than half
the city. Hurting sticks Of Dyna-
mite, they were closing in on Gen.
Miguc hranda'3 800 surviving
fighting mcn-All that left OF a
garrison of $500 regular soldiers.
Civilian deaths in OyicdO. where
there were 10000 men, women and
children a few weeks ago, also
we're reported to be heavy. No
quarter was asked or given.
Loyalist troops were reported
to have opened a countcr-offcn-
SiVC from NaVa$ Eel RCy n an Cl-
fort to rcCap:ure the impOltan.
key town Of San Martin De Val
ucigicaSlas, 81 miles wet Of Mad
rid.
Bitter fighting occurred for
more than two hours until night
fell. The rebels fortified thcmScl-
yes IL. an ancient caste within
the town and ShowCrcd the ad-
VancinG loyaliStS with machine
gun bullets.
The Madrid government put in
to force stern measures to obtain
discipline and at the same time
gain recruits. DEGREES were sigh
c calling for the establishment Of
concentration camps and d Sy3-
ten OF enforced labor for evil
ian foes Of the government.
international. aspect Of the war
took on added significance when
Russia charged that Italy. Ger
many and Portugal continued 20
furnish aid to the Spanish rebels.
and accused the Diplomatic re-
prcsentativcs of those countries
on the International Neutrality
Committee of fa!Schood and
Slandcr.