The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-26
Rebel Forces Push
 Rapidly To Front
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 up to il (. m. e c. SL EDTJ. ThO rebels brought up 6 tenk which de- feated the loy9iiStE home made af1llofed train 1i . thrilling hght and forced t to FGn 0E flii steam backward to 1ftlii. Sitting Os1 the Toof Of c hotel in this French border village Of Bifiatou I Sin watching tiie battle. ! sec waves Of rebels FItSl- ming down the mountain side despite c continuous bombing from c government aiFpIane,
 Tragic Battle Tn View
 IL is . serious battle on c f1iniaS ttire scale, as compared with great waFs, but t 1s c tragic enc. There iS one tank to bD seen now, end one aifplane. The rebel artillery, fl aty is 1n position, is silent. The rebels afe pushing through 6 corn field behind their tank now to Fe- paif c bombed foad and aiiow three aFfIcred cars to join them in tlGeiE attack. Beyond the IlillS ether febejS are advancing from 0yafzltr, foliF miles iniand on the road to Her, f1af1i. This seems t0 mean inst the rebels gre going to try t0 cut 1Fun of from San Sebastian, aiid thus cut GafI esbaSti0n entirely of from the frontier in ar effort to force It's bloodless stifTender. 4 bonbaFd- fnent might mean the death Of 2S00 hostages, men, women afid children, whom the 1oyaliSt1 have taken.
 Government RIane Over France
 AS I write, ( government plane, ignoring the French governments neutrality, circles widely ever France whenever the rebel machine gun fire becomes too hot for ik Only one rebel plane has appeared Wftii- in several hours. IL did not seek battle with tiie government plane but dropped leaflets on 1fur, caII- ing on the population to rise against the I0y&iiSts.
 As the rebel attack developed, the woFkerg' rnilitiA who form the bulk Of the 1oyaiist forces, aild mostly raiiroad men, withdrew into the city proper behind barFicadeS where they intend to swat the rebels for hand to hand fighting.
 Women JOin RenkS
 At the baEricades many women, wearing red ilaif Fibb0nS afld red arm bands, joined the men, some taking rifles, others volunteering ag runners. Seven hundred asSd fifty MooFs advanced through the Fascist lines at noon to form the speaFiIead Of an stack. Two hundred rebel shells afld bombs hAve fA1Ien in run during the morning, doing great property damage and killing several persons. Refugees began CFowding t0 the Spanish side Of the run bridge. Heavy casualties in the fighting were reported by E0th sides. The government asserted inst Iniiitlanlefl FetoOk Afld0na, feaf 1fuil, while tiie rebels pushed their Way ai0ng the BtdagsOa river ofl the frontier t0 cut of 1FutI. L0yaIist Plane Hit
 4 rebel afM aircraft gun hit c 10yalist plane, Four rebel tanks were ordered from pampIona to Fe- iaf0rce the attackers. The feeling on both sides is ct tle explosion point Men, women afld children af6 hold hostage by 1Oyaiistg ct San Sebastian, under thFeat inst they viii Dc shot # rebels xiii civilians. The Moors afid foreign IegiotiaaiFes haVe arrived ffl the rebel lines to form the speafi1ead Of attack a1d on the Lcyalist side gre the tough miners.
 Bridges Mined
 Here, the miners, using pfleutgia~ tic drills, i1ave mined bridges, reads, CulVerts, tunnels, Failway tracks afld even buildings ia afld aFCuDd 1Ftifl. The mines, made of dynamite, Afe connected by electric wires to cefl- tFaI defense points 90 inst any DO. . siti0a nlay be blown tp as desired during the iinminentiy expected rebel attack.
 I l1aVe seen the miners ct 1Fun, where half the buildings already gre scared by the pOck marks Of bullets or the holes Of gtlellg, atld some gre rc0fIesg as the result Of aiFplane bombs. United Press C0E- respondent HaFriSOsa L@gOcl1e, peEIes tfating to Sen Sebastian last night saw more miners arriving after their capture Of dtjOfl, farther west on the coast They come iil trucks painted with the letters "fat" Of t1e Spanish anarchist federation, isl red. They told LafEOci1e NlAt 4,OOC in aII gre On the way,
 Miners Ready Te Dte
 There is no doubt at ajl that nlesl miners gre ready to de. Thick mHscIed, daredevil men, bitter eS1e- mics of Tascieni, they carry ti1ett dynamite tn little sacks elong with their fuses --ifI the same pockets iiI which they carry their cigars etSd lighters. The only ones among them who have ary weapons but dynamite gre rifle grenade men These men empty ordinary FifIe grenadeg a1Sd FefiIl them with dy. namite, to be fired ct the end 0f the ordinary grenade stick from tsld end Of rife barrels. "YOa have te work rather quicIEly," cSe 0f them told LafOCI1e.
 Rebels Are Rsnl AIteekesD
 The rebels gre tl1e attacking force, distinctly. The Logaligtg osa thinking of nothing but 6 degeIlea in which defeat means eeft@nl