The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-16

"a today with everything they
Their best men, their massed
artillery and their formidable arr
#'81e deet his together In O merci.
ss ottack--to find the new loyalist
6{nly holding fast.
AoyaIiss airplanes struck back
#'tll 4 daring raid In which they
Hezabed and machine gunned I'VE
&eY nationalist positions and claim.
via that 40 nationalist planes were
wrecked by bombs.
Siege In Second Week
The nationalist siege Of Madrid
VA well In eits second week, ana
Heath 30 far had been the only
victor. Yesterdays nationalist ar
raids took q toll Of $50 lives. incluu'
ING those Of many women and chi.
1ren. The artillery shells battered
the city's buildings. It was necessary
ID dynamite one railroad bridge
across the Manzanares river when
the nationalists launched a surprise
attack. But the loyalsst lines held
and more and more men from the
east poured into the city 70
ztrengthen them.
Despite nationalist claims OF O
sreat victory, In which 1t was as:
serted that the northwest part OF
the city had been occupied, the rela: :.
tive positions Of the army remained
unchanged this morning.
EiRht To Death
The new supreme defense council
was functioning smoothly, 1t had
the complete confidence OF the army
and the city, and the defending
militia seemed prepared to stand
to death, unless there was q COM
nIete alteration In the situation.
The great nationalist attack
which loyalists believed to mark the
Beginning OF the climax OF the bat
tie for Madrid, started yesterday
morning on the west and northwest
aides OF the city. The Franceses rail-
road bridge and the Puerto ne
Hero foot bridge were the spear
heads OF attack. ,
Luyalists at the Franceses bridge
were lunching.
30 sudden was the attack that the
loyaiists were taken by surprise
Engineers dynamited the Francesess
bridge In order TO stop them, ano
they were stopped.
$50 Killed Sunday
The $50 persons killed yesterday
were victims OF two more ruthless
Dir raids.
While the nationalist planes were
bombing the city where Sunday
crowds were promenading, loyalist
bOlnbers swept over O wide area OF
nationalist territory on the first OF
q new series OF raids which Is In
tended to stop the nationalist ar
raids at the source-the key airporS
around Madrid. -,
There seemed no doubt that oil
attacks failed In so far as the idea
wAs to penetrate the city. 1t was
possible after the days fighting
ended TO look across the Manza-
fiareg and see the corpses OF the
nationalists who had tried to cross
aiifl had failed, particularly near
the Franceses bridge. Here, after
the bridge was blown up, the battle
deteriorated into an artillery ex-
change.
Stlll Outside City
London, Nov. 18--tUP)--A most
reliable neutral source, telephonlng
ffpnl Madrid today, told the United
Press that the nationalist had nor
taken University City aS they
claimed and had not crossed the
ManzanareS river.
The conversation was not cen.
sofed and the source was qualified
bath by his interest In and expert
isno Wedge OF the Madrid situation
s.Y visited the Manzanares river
front late last evening" said the
Informant. "There was. heavy flring
from both sides but the positions
seemed not TO have changed mate
rally.
-s'Throughout the evening I heard
ofily normal machine gun and rifle
Tue from the direction OF the Man.
zanares. There was no fire then.
m quite certain that unless some'
thing unusual occurs, the national-.
~ claims chat they had crossed
tire ManZanares and penetrated
University City will prove untrue"
: IL Tanks Are Ready
@s'r saw IA tanks. OF Russian make,
missed near University City yester-
day In anticipation OF the rebel ad-
vance," the informant continued.
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