Nationalists Within Hour's Marching Distance Hendaye, Aug, 24 Two Spanish Nationalist columns were. to-day within twelve and eighteen miles of Santander, respectively. A third was within sixteen miles of the city Both sides reported considera aerial activity in the area, and each claimed to have downed several of the other's planes. Nationalist bom-' bers flew over the port of Santander to-day and inflicted slight damage, but no casualties resulted Nationalist forces to-day entered eleven miles south-west of Santander Their officers said they expected Santander to fall within 48 hours A brigade of Navarre monarchists was the first to occupy the city—United Press,
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