The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-17

/ tionalist army, the veteran army
colonies who took the war front
all the way from the Portuguese
frontier 10 Madrid. were thrown
Into the fight. Newspaper dis
patches asserted that $40 field guns
we're blasting the city while the ma.
tionalist feet OF 102 airplanes
bombed 1t In squadrons at intervals
II was made clear that the fight
was just beginning, apparently; but
that II was in its climatic phase
and must thunder toward cres-
cendo increasingly.
Mo0rS. Leglonnalres Advance
From their position In q single
building in University City, the ma
tionalist Moors and foreign legion
naires fought their way to stronger
ground. Another force tried to Gu,
around directly north Of Madrid and
strike southwark. On the city's
west side, 1t was asserted that the
nationalists crossed the Manzanares
northward OF the palace and thence
were trying TO fight their way south
toward the model prison and the
Montana barracks. Two strong coll
umns struck directly east trying TO
cross the river and flank the loyal
lists.
Fighting Is Ferocious
The fighting was ferocious. Much
OF 1t hand TO hand according to all
indications with airplane bombs
and artillery shells adding to the
horror OF the infantry fighting
with rifles machine guns hand
grenades and bayonets.
Tank units led infantry In most
attacks stopping only when the
attacking force reached q group OF
buildings and made O temporary
fortress OF 1t ready for q new at
tack.
Two columns which sought to
drive across the river from the
Casa DE Campo ON the west side
seemed the principal threat 10 the
loyalists. IT was the nationalist idea
that the men OF these two columns
! should attack the flank OF the 10y.
alists trying TO stop the nationalist
In the northwest suburbs.
II the Casa Dc Campo Columns
columns reached their detectives,
they would hold both the great
Montana barracks and the model
prison where thousands OF hostages
were imprisoned until yesterday.
Decorations Inside City
The nationalists Las Palamsa rad
10 asserted that strong detonations
were inside Madrid during the
night and from this. the nationalists
deduced that the loyalists were de-
stroying strategic buildings TO i'm
pede the attack. But this assertion
was denied by the United Press
Madrid Bureau which said that the
loyalists had destroyed only the
franceses bridge. This they dyna-
mited Sunday to stop surprise at
tack.
Gen. 0onzalo Queipo DE Llano
nationalist commander In chief In
the south, broadcast from Seville
an assertion that nationalists COM
pletely occupied the Casa Do Cam
po, and that two nationalist coll
umns completely occupied UNIVERSE
~ city. He said that the nationalist
infantry occupied University city
supported by tanks and 30 airplanes,
taking buildings In which loyalists
were fortified.
Women Children Sacrificed
Queipo De Llano charged that the
loyalists were placing trucks filled
with women and children in princi-
pal roads TO prevent the nationalists
from firing. He suggested that hos
tages were used. He said that the
nationalists crossed the Manzanares
at several points. AS TO the terrific
air bombardments OF the city, he
explained that they were intended
to eliminate military detectives"