Evening star., 1936-10-04
Wounded Men
and Children
FleeCapital.
BATTLE RACES
TONORTHWARD
Insurgent Forces
Meet Stubborn
Resistance.
BACKGROUND

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Spanish conservatives Uho re-
Dolted against popularity elected
coalition OF Lettists parties last
Ueek resumed definite push on
Madrid. after hauing been forced
to abandon that objective BIZ firm
resistance OF government forces
earlier in ciuil irar.
Meanwhile, Fascist insurgents
hare captured Irun and San
Sebastian, northern key cities. and
are besieging adjacent Bilbao.
Toledo, in path to Madrid, tUaS
occupied recently.
Fy INC Associated Press.
MADRID, October 4 Sunday
Evacuation of Madrid, nearly encircled
by Fascist battle lines, was reported
early today to have begun following a
new bombardment by insurgent planes.
Wounded government militiamen
and children were understood to have
been the first to leave the city.
They were said to be going to
Valencia on the Mediterranean Coast
TO the east.
In that direction alone could
persons flee from the capital without
encountering the Fascist forces, which
were strung south, west and north OF
MadridD
Officials reported that the insurgents
had dropped As bombs in the latest
raid, but that there were no casualties
and little damage.
North of Madrid, surging Fascist
attacks broke on the governments
defenses.
From the northeast and northwest,
In the Sierra sector, the insurgents
rolled their lines forward on Madrid
as the government pushed expansion
of its anti-aircraft defenses.
Much importance was attached IN
the capital to air raids on Madrid, as
it was feared the insurgents hoped to
clear their way into the capital by
1nstilling terror into the inhabitants.
A war ministry communique, how
ever, said $50 of the enemy were
killed in action near Elvacar village,
on the Cordoba front.
Renew Counter r-attackS.
Government forces operating from
Olias Cabanas de la Sagra were re-
ported to have renewed their counter
attacks on the Fascist captors of Bar
gas, despite a continuous lombard
ment from II insurgent bombers
which lasted the entire morning.
Reports from Iznalloz, about 16
miles from Granada, said the govern
ment fighting men "annihilated" an
insurgent column OF 40 trucks ad-
vancing toward Alcala la Real, while
their anti-aircraft batteries shot down
two of the three enemy bombers STRAIT
ing their troops.
Reports received here said 1000
copper miners were defending the area
In Southwestern Spain, north of Sc
vile, where the British-owned Rio
Tinto copper mines are located.
They were said to be using tanks
made from the copper out of those
mines in meeting bitter Fascist as
saults.
Minister Is Named.
Lulo JlIlcilCI uc Aoud, Oil dtlCulpt
on whose life was one of train of
Incidents leading up TO the outbreak
Of the civil struggle July 18, was
named by the government as Minister
TO Czechoslovakia.
(Three Fascists were sentenced to
long terms for firing on Jimenez de
Asua, leading Socialist, March II.
A month later the Judge who presided
at the tribunal which sentenced them
was shot and killedO
The government today gave Span
iards seven days in which to hand
over to the Bank of Spain all their
gold coins, personal ornaments, for
eign money and bonds:
The decree, announced after
(See SPAIN, Page A-4.)