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...activity. At the time of his death, Mola was responsible not only for the siege of Bilbao but for the siege of Madrid as well. With no capable successor to hand, Generalissimo Franco split Mola's command in two. To the Bilbao front went General José Fidel Davila, a desk officer who had been head of the "technical junta." Put in charge of the Madrid, Aragón and Soria fronts was bleary-eyed old General Andres Saliquet, who looks very much like Cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather's famed Old Bill...
Spurred by the death of Mola, Basque Leftists counterattacked viciously around Bilbao, regained much precious ground with heavy losses to the Rebels. To celebrate his new command Rightist General Fidel Davila ordered a massed attack on the important peak and town of Lemona. At the end of 24 hours Basque forces were still holding out. Star witness of the Lemona attack was Archduke Otto von Habsburg, pretender to the thrones of Austria and Hungary.* At the front to visit his youthful uncle. Prince Gaëtan of Bourbon-Parma, and accompanied by another uncle, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma...
This week General Fidel Davila, taking over the Bilbao sector for the Rightists, won praise from Franco by loosing a thunderbolt attack on the Basque defenses. A monster fleet of 63 airplanes sent bombs whistling into the suburb of Lezama, more into the trenches at strategic Lemona Mountain. After heavy artillery preparation and machine gun strafing from the air, 30 tanks lumbered up the slope followed by Rightist infantry. Announced the Insurgents: "The hill is entirely in our hands...
Meanwhile Havana was ominously quiet. One Jose Davila Valdez, with both his arms blown off, went on trial before a military court charged with setting off the bomb that maimed him. On his return from another military trial. Socialite Ignacio Mendoza de la Torre slipped from his guards, escaped...
...time came last week, just after President Davila had announced the creation of six great corporations (modeled on the trusts of Russia) to nationalize Chilean industry and foreign trade. But Provisional President Blanche's time was short. Col. Grove was still on Juan Fernandez Island, but another colonel of aviation was at hand, Col. Arturo Merino Benitez. He followed his predecessor's precedent, forced Blanche out of office. But only for a few hours. The Army remained loyal to General Blanche. Troops were rushed to El Bosque airport and Col. Benitez with 90 of his aviators prudently took...