226th Mixed Brigade (Spain)
226th Mixed Brigade 226.ª Brigada Mixta | |
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Mixed Brigade | |
Role | Home Defence |
Size | Four battalions: The 901, 902, 903 and 904 |
Part of | 42nd Division (1938 - 1939) |
Garrison/HQ | La Pobla de Massaluca |
Engagements | Spanish Civil War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Antonio Ortiz Roldán José de la Fuente Álvarez |
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The 226th Mixed Brigade (Spanish: 226.ª Brigada Mixta),[1][2] was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Part of its forces had belonged to the former Bautista Garcet Battalion, which had distinguished itself in the combats of the Córdoba offensive at the beginning of the Civil War.[3] Its formation began in August 1937 in Catalonia, but it was delayed for a long time, the brigade not becoming fully operational until 1938. It had four battalions, the 901, 902, 903 and 904.
History
Following a long delay, the 226th Mixed Brigade was finally established on 22 April 1938 and placed under the 42nd Division of the XV Army Corps, at the time part of the Agrupación Autónoma del Ebro (A.A.E.). The command of the unit was assigned to Militia Major Antonio Ortiz Roldán.[4] The political commissar was José Carmona Requena.[1]
The bloodbath at the Auts
At the onset of the
After covering some of the many casualties the brigade returned to the bridgehead in order to give a much-needed reinforcement to the 45th Division on 20 September, moving to Hill 496 of the Serra de Cavalls. Later it was relocated to the defence of Miravet town, which was lost to enemy forces on 4 November. Together with the also much-battered 227th Mixed Brigade it arrived to Benissanet on 5 November and camped at Mount Picossa by Móra d'Ebre on 7 November. On 12 November the brigade made its last stand of resistance against the rebels at Ascó, but it finally had to withdraw in the face of the vehemence and strength of the enemy onslaught.
Withdrawal and extinction of the brigade
After the Battle of the Ebro ended badly for the Republican forces the 226th Mixed Brigade was concentrated in
While retreating northwards the brigade offered some resistance at Vilafranca del Penedès. On 25 January in the evening the remainder of the 226th Mixed Brigade gathered at the Tibidabo Mountain over Barcelona, but all new recruits disappeared the following morning as the fall of the city was imminent.[1]
While withdrawing towards
See also
- Spanish Civil War, 1938–39
- Mixed Brigades
- Battle of the Ebro
References
- ^ a b c d e f SBHAC - Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular, 226ª Brigada Mixta
- ^ a b Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999
- ^ Francisco Moreno Gómez (1985); La Guerra civil en Córdoba: 1936-1939, p. 395
- ^ Eduardo Yasells Ferrer (2008); Sencillamente anónimos, México, p. 68
- ^ Andreu Besolí et al (2005); Ebro 1938, Inédita Ed., p. 88