Lisbon, Aug. 26.
Twenty-one new Spanish Government planes, including. "the best, bombers recently imported" tr France," were destroyed in the by insurgent machines on Madrid last Sunday, according to a report Fecoived here from the Burgos Junta, The message declares that rebel spies In Madrid sent the news 30 quickly that the Government "planes Were bombed and destroyed only 20 minutes after their arrival in Madrid, The Burgos Junta claims that! hangars, workshops and depots were Moreover, both sides were favoured with plenty of cover. Compared with the insurgent regulars, the Government militia looked Like - farm= hands shooting rabbits, but they Seemed determined to hang on to their positions, Shortly before noon, a ris checked ® the "artillery" "fire" and facilitated infiltration tactics, the killed attackers evading the defend ers' machine-guns by creeping around the flanks of the defending army. Subsequently, single les could be advancing up the mountains, fon reaching the crests and ig the Government positions, Mola's troops, however, arr id to meet considerable resist nee, as all the peaks ure strongly entrenched forees.
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