The Archive · 1937

REBELS READY FOR DRIVE. VALENCIA

Almeria is Next Point in March East: Madrid Cut Off: — Malaga Assault Directed from Reich Warship

London, Feb. 9, Malaga's fall marks the successful beginning of a campaign to capture Valencia, the new capital of Spain, into which the insurgents are thro ing every ounce of energy. Reuter's correspondent at Gibraltar learns that the rebels intend to advance next week on Almeria, a Mediterranean port 104 miles east of Malaga. The obols claim that they have already partly "blocked the "road between Madrid and Votenci, isolating' the Inhabitants of the coastal region between Malaga and Almeria are reported to be fleeing into the interior following "heavy bombardment by the rebels from the alr and_sea. Insurgent warships which covered the attack on' Malaga Inter bombarded the aerodrome at Mfotril, an ancient town in Granada, a mile from the 'Mediterranean, while rebel bombing machines raided Adra, further to the feast. 'The main street of Adra is reported to have been wrecked, twenty persons to have been killed and thirty others seriously' Injured.—Reuter.

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