The Archive · 1937

Il Duces Son Thought Leading Italians

Hendaye, Oct, 14.

Republicans and Nationalists fought savagely for supremacy in the air on northern fronts to-day with a total of 350 aeroplanes engaged, of which many were reported to have been shot down.

On the Aragon front eighty Republican planes attempting to wipe out Zaragoza took part in a fight with a new squadron of Italians in which Signor Bruno Mussolini, son of Italy's Premier, was said to have flown. The Italians finally forced the Republicans to retreat Seventy Nationalists bombarded Sobiebressa near the Bay of Biscay.

On the Asturian front thirty Republicans bombed Collado'de Fuente.

Tt was reported that fifteen Republicans had crashed in the Orna region on the Aragon front, while eight Nationalists and two Republicans crashed along the Fuentedeebro-Zaragoza highway and twelve Nationalists crashed along the Ebro River.

As the result of Nationalist resistance, Republicans were forced to bomb the suburbs of Cartuja instead of Zaragoza. The planes, however returned later and lost eight more of their number.—Umited Press.

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