Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe

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Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date 17–31 August 1936 Location Area around Guadalupe, Trujillo and Navalmoral de la Mata in NE Extremadura, Spain Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Air Squadron "Spain"	Nationalist rebels
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. José Riquelme y López-Bago André Malraux	Lt. Col. Juan Yagüe Lt. Col. Carlos Asensio Lt. Col. Antonio Castejón Lt. Col. Heliodoro Rolando de Tella
Strength
9,000 soldiers and militia 5–7 aircraft	4,000 regulares
Casualties and losses
high	low

The Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe (English: Guadalupe Mountains), also known as the Tagus Campaign, was a continuation of the Nationalist Army's race north toward Madrid in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War. In mid-late August 1936, the three Regulares columns of General Yagüe's Army of Africa dashed through the Sierra de Guadalupe Mountains, also known as Sierra de Villuercas, in central Spain and forded across the Tagus River, capturing several towns and routing the Republicans in a succession of rapid advances.