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August 13, 1936

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Headlines from August 13, 1936

REBEL DEFEATS REPORTED IN DRIVE TO SEA IN NORTH; AIR RAID ON MADRID NEAR; ROUT AT SAN SEBASTIAN Insurgents Also Hurled Back at Irun -- Attack on Their Rear in View. THEY GAIN NEAR PORTUGAL Surround Badajoz as Their Planes Bomb It -- In Contact With Mola's Men. PARIS AWAITS REICH REPLY Nazis Won't Act on Neutrality Until Madrid Answers for Killing of 4 Germans. Rebels Defeated on Coast INSURGENT DEFEATS REPORTED IN NORTH

By the Associated Press

Govt forces dislodge Rebels besieging San Sebastian and Irun; 25 Belgian volunteers admitted to Popular Front army at Irun; Leftist govt at San Sebastian orders civilians to turn in arms and contribute to war expenses; Rebel propaganda in Irun promises to settle autonomy demands of Catalan and Basque Provinces if they surrender; Rebels claim victory at Belchita on Saragossa front; Mola invites expelled officers from regular army to join Rebels without change of rank; Madrid govt claims Avila; Carlists occupy Tolosa; Huesca reptd desperate; Pal ma elec and gas plants put out of commission by planes

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