Evening star., 1937-02-09
Spain
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the provincial towns before the ao-
vancing Fascist armies.
| In army trucks, wagons. on burros
and on foot they went silently back
to the homes that had been destroyed
by the retreating government forces
The entrance of the Fascist soldiers
changed the city into military camp.
Squadrons of airplanes settled down
at the Malaga airport, abandoned less
than 48 hours before by the govern
ment ships.
| Anti-aircraft batteries were set up
on the outskirts Of the city to protect
it from possible assault from govern
ment planes. Warships patrolled the
harbor front.
Bridges along the highways still
were strongly guarded and last night
the searchlight from Ceuta, Morocco.
across the Mediterranean, still swept
| the straits.
Aspect of City Changed.
The population found the entire as
pect of the city changed when they
took their evening promenade along
| the main street.-the Passeo de la Ala
media. All Socialist and Communist
bulletins and emblems had been torn
down or plastered over with insurgent
slogans by Fascist organizers who en-
tered the city on the heels OF the con-
quering soldiers.
Malaga today! Madrid tomorrow"
was the cry of the troops. but the gen.
eral staff plans remained secret.
Most observers expected Generals
simo Francisco Franco to use his crack
southern arm. with its enthusiasm
now at high pitch, to drive northward
against Almeria, Cartegena, Murcia
and Alicante.
It was thought he would finally un-
leash double attack of the northern
armies against Madrid and the south
| ern armies against Valencia.
Their immediate attention. however,
was directed to consolidating their po-
sition in the region around Malaga
and rebuilding the damaged sections
of the city.
City Sacked and Burned.
The entire central part of the Med!-
terranean metropolis of 100000 resi-
dents had been sacked and burned,
they said, before the Fascist southern
army climaxed its drive with a tri-
umphal entry.
Bands of anarchists, the leaders re-
ported, had roved the city after the
sweeping advance threw them back
into the provincial capital and bottled
up Malaga's exits by land and sea.
More than 5000 Rightists, they esti-
mated, had been killed during the So
cialist occupation.
As an indication Of the sudden col.
lapse Of the cfty's resistance. however,
Fascist officers said they found "not
single body in the streets" when they
entered the city.
Vanish Into Crowds.
When the first troops of Gen. Con-
zalo Queipo de Llano's western sea-
board column marched through the
suburbs they found no preparations
made to hold the defense positions
the Socialist defenders had vanished
into the crowds lining the sidewalks,
seeking to merge their identity with
throngs welcoming the invaders.
The only continuing resistance came
from bands of anarchists armed with
pistols and hand bombs, who sniped at
the army OF occupation from house
tops and upper windows in futile at
tempt to harass the parading Fascists.
One Of the first acts Of the victori-
Gus commanders was to reclaim Ma
laga Cathedral, which had been used
as common living quarters by Social
ist refugees.
Whole families had been doing their
cooking and sleeping under the shadow
OF the high altar in the almost mod
ern Renaissance style cathedral.
To facilitate rehabilitation of the
ancient seaport, whose history has
been one of recurrent sieges. Gen. de
Llano restricted he movement OF all
non military persons.
It was expected. however, full free
dom of movement would be restored
later today.
City OficiaIs Fled.
Facing the insurgent commanders
was the problei. of organizing the city
SONcIIlIliSIG, H. flO IuuIl4Clp8l 6uIAAOAA-
ties remained even to proclaim sub
mission.
One group Of government leaders
was captured by the cruiser Almirane
Cervera while attempting to escape by
sea under cover of darkness. Another
got away by way of Velexmalaga to the
east before the insurgents closed their
circle Of steel to Isolate the city.
The occupation from land was COM
plete when the insurgent columns con-
verged in the Plaza da Ia Constitution
IN the brilliant morning sun. A few
hours later the insurgent feet steamed
into the harbor.
AL was not Joy, however, in the wild
scenes that marked the capture.
Some who sought their loved ones
found only grief. A broad-shouldered
Fascist regular, his rife sllIng across
his back, stood In the midst Of . crowd
Of old neighbors. sobbing with tears
rolling down his cheeks, a. they told
him how his father had been executed
~ Socialists.