Siege of the Loyola barracks

Siege of the Loyola barracks
Part of the Spanish coup of July 1936

Military barracks in Loyola
Date19–27 July 1936 (1936-07-19 – 1936-07-27)
Location
Result Republican victory
Belligerents
 Spanish Republic
Confederal militias
Second Spanish Republic Nationalist rebels
Commanders and leaders
Col.
  • León Carrasco Amilibia Surrendered Executed
  • 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.


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