Evening star., 1936-10-23
REBEL ARTILLERY
IN RANGE READY
TO SHELL MADRID
Big Guns Moved Up as
Pamphlets From Air De.
mand Surrender.
WORKERS ARMY MOVES
TO CAPITALS DEFENSE
insurgents Report Storming Of
Mountain Strongholds as 10y
alists Drop Back.
BACKGROUND

struggle between tascism and COM
munisn,-,Dhich threatened to
spread to other European nations,
as Russia, Italy, Germany and
Portugal hurl charges at each
other, continues to center in the
Madrid sector Insurgent Fascists
yesterday pushed back the toeak
detenses of the Socialists and hare
1isoped their big guns to ,Dithin
range of the capital Meanwhile
high government o1fcidls haze fed
the city and haze taken refuge in
Barcelona.
By the Associated Press.
MADRID, October 23.-Terrified
women householders raced into the
streets of Madrid today as two Fascist
planes droned over the capital, drop
ping thousands of leaflets threatening
to lombard the city unless it sur
rendered.
Anti-aircraft guns, mounted on
rooftops of the siege-gripped city, un.
leashed volley after volley at the
planes roaring overhead.
The leaflets, which futtered down
In the heart of the Madrid business
district, did not specify any time
limit" for the capitals surrender.
The white puffs of exploding anti
aircraft shells could be seen billow-
ing close by the two daredevil planes,
but they sped away apparently un-
touched.
Planes Strait Capital.
Later machine-gunning Fascist air.
planes, in their first daytime raids,
swooped over the capital four times.
The damage, however, was stated to
be negligible and government leaders
believed the raids were intended mere
ly to demoralize Madrid.
No attempt was made to bomb the
city proper, although one Of two fight
ing planes sprayed the brick walls of
Montana Barracks, scene of a short
Lived rebellion on the first day Of the
war, with machine-gun fire.
Residents Of the area scurried for
cover as the plane swooped down amid
bursting anti-aircraft shells. Later, it
dropped several small bombs in open
fields northwest of Madrid.
The bombers then flew to the out
skirts of Madrid, where they were
Joined by several pursuit planes.
Then, once more, an eerie silence
settled over the city.
Almost destitute of able-bodied
men, as the newly-mobilized work
ers army" 100000 strong, streamed
forth across the plains Of Castillo to
meet the enemy, the city lay hushed,
in tense expectancy.
Defenders Dig in.
Only 10 miles distant, at Mostoles,
government defenders dug In for
desperate stand against the sweep
ing advance of the Fascist guns.
associated Press correspondents
with the insurgents reported Fascist
modern, heavy artillery, capable Of
throwing shells into the heart Of
Madrid, rumbled through Navalcar-
nero, 20 miles southwest, early today)
(Reports from Lisbon said che
Fascists' heavy guns began pounding
the governments second defense line,
within sight of Madrid)
--(The insurgent Spanish radio sta
ton at Seville today broadcast report
that insurgent airplanes had bombed
and badly damaged foreign steamer
unloading war supplies at Cartagena. I"
"a simultaneous broadcast from the
insurgent radio station at Jerez de la
Frontera reported so Russian air.
planes had arrived in Spanish govern
ment territory and that more were en-
route.
(The Seville station said $50 gov
ernment troops were killed in an un-
successful attack on insurgent lines
near nlescas, south of Madrid)
Reports trickling In from the nortl,
and west brought at least faint cheer
to Socialist sympathizers in the capital.
At Huesca, on the Aragon front
government troops stormed the Fascist
held town, advancing inside the range
Of insurgent artillery, and assailing
Moors and other insurgent troops in
buildings and trenches on the out
skirts Of the city.
Insurgents Repulsed.
Near Navas Del Marques, IS miles
west Of Madrid, another band of gov
eminent troops beat OF an insurgent
assault. Virtually isolated from other
government lines, they held their
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