Barcelona, May 29, Major Troncoso, formerly Military Governor of Irun, who was released by the French authorities in March after several months' detention in connection with an abortive attempt to seize a Spanish Government submarine at Brest, was killed in action today when commanding a brigade operating against Republican forces on the Eastern fron The attempted seizure of the submarine was made by a party of ten men armed with light machineguns, They boarded the vessel in a raid and attempted to per-submarine's commander, Captain Ferrando, to go over to General Franco's side, offering him £40,000 to do so, When Captain Ferrando refused the offer, the raiders took possession of the submarine and endeavoured to put to sea, A loyal member of the crew, however, escaped, shot one of the raiders and, locking himself in the conning tower, summoned help by sounding the siren, The assailants dispersed, but while making a dash for the.frontier were arrested, Subsequently, members of the crew of the submarine informed the police that they recognised Major Troncoso as the leader of the boarding party After many months, the French judicial authorities withdrew the charges against the major and three others of attempting to steal the submarine, deciding that the vessel was not under French jurisdiction at the time.—Reuter,
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