Siege of the Loyola barracks

Siege of the Loyola barracks
Part of the Spanish coup of July 1936
Military barracks in Loyola
Date 19–27 July 1936 (1936-07-19 – 1936-07-27) Location Loyola, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Result Republican victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Confederal militias	Nationalist rebels
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Augusto Pérez Garmendia Lt. Col. Mauricio García Ezcurra	Col. León Carrasco Amilibia   Lt. Col. José Vallespín Cobián

The siege of the Loyola barracks (Spanish: Sitio del Cuartel de Loyola) was a siege and uprising at the military barracks in the Loyola neighborhood of San Sebastián, Spain, on 21 July 1936. It was part of the Spanish coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic, which led to the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Background

In the Basque province of

On 19 July 1936, the military governor of San Sebastián, Colonel León Carrasco Amilibia, was arrested, but the commander of the Loyola barracks, Colonel José Vallespín Cobián, encouraged by Emilio Mola, decided to start the uprising against the government.

Vallespín pointed his cannons at the civil government, and the staff inside fled. Carrasco escaped from his captors and declared a state of war. Carrasco established himself with right-wing supporters in the María Cristina hotel, and the Civil Guard in the city supported the rising and seized the Gran Casino.

On 20 July, a column from

The nationalists occupied San Sebastián on 14 September.[4]

See also

• List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War
• List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War

Footnotes

Bibliography

• Beevor, A. (2006). The Battle for Spain. London:
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• Thomas, H. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. New York:
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