Government artillery bombards rebels in the Somosierra.

Government artillery bombards rebels in the Somosierra. Government artillery, hidden in a wood, thunders a reply to a rebel bombardment in the fierce battle raging for possession of Somosierra, the important pass to the north of Madrid, where the insurgent forces remarking a desperate stand against the Republican troops in the Spanish civil war. Possession of Somosierra would leave the way open for the rebels to march on the capital.