Voice of Spain: a weekly summary of facts and comment. No.8
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WEEKLY SUMMARY OF FACTS AND COMMENT Incorporating The War In
Spain EDITED BY CHARLES DUFF UNITED EDITORIAL LTD. No. 8 LONDON,
27th MAY, 1939 PRICE 2d. THE FRUITS OF VICTORY ON Friday, May
19th, Generalisimo Francisco Franco held his "Victory Parade" in
Madrid. It was led by General Saliquet - a Spaniard - in an open
car escorted by some lancers. He was followed by the Italian
General Gambara and a part of the Italian Expeditionary Force,
who were the substantial head of the column: 12,000 men. The
Littorio, the Black Arrows, the Blue Arrows, and the Green
Arrows, in their Italian olive-green uniforms, took nearly an
hour and a half to march past the saluting point, where El
Caudillo — the " Leader " — watched them with pride as he and
the Italo-German Staff and representatives of the Diplomatic
Corps, including the British Ambassa