Lisbon, Aug. 30.
The bloodiest and bitterest fighting Jor the Spanish civil war carried the rebels sull closer to Madrid to-day. Elsewhere, battles raged on land, sea Jand in the alr. With the exception Jof increasing casualties, however, the situation was changed' only on' the Estremadura front. Irun and) San [Sebastian resisted for the fifth day the aeroplane bombardment and artilety and naval shelling from the rebel Gen. Quiepo de Llano, one of the leaders of the southern rebels, claimed {in a radio broadcast from Seville that the insurgents had triumphed Calzoda and De Propesa. "We took many prisoners. of both' sexes." said. "At present, our attention 1s Axed on Toledo, which will fall shortfy. Then we shall attack Madrid, Where there are now three govern ments. possession of the Government "The Madrid murders are contuinuing." Gen. de Hano brondeast, "Thus far, there have been 2,000 assassinations, The Marxists have requisition fed bank funds, The Communists have tried to rob'the Bank of Spai Gen. "do Llano also claimed th JJapan had ordered the Spanish Minister to Tokyo, Senor Mendez Vigo, to sever relations with the Leftist Loyalist aviators bombarded Hanes, preventing rebels from capturing Puerto Espina, and advancing on the }way to Oviedo, where rebels are hold Jing the town through a bitter siege, Jaccording to a Madrid broadcast, he broadcast also said that' a. obel Jeolumn at Luarea had been defeated, A spectacular battle is in progress [between rebel shore batteries and the loyalist cruiser, Libertad, according te reports from Gibraltar to-day United Press,
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