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| rdfs:comment | - On July 18, the military governor of Cordoba, Ciriaco Cascajo, started the coup in the city, bombing the civil government and arresting the civil governor, Rodriguez de Leon. After that, he and the major Bruno Ibañez, Don Bruno, carried out a bloody repression (only in the first weeks 2,000 persons were executed). On the second week of August, the Nationalist troops reinforced with 400 regulares and led by the colonel Varela, after capture Huelva, launched an attack eastward from Seville in order to relieve the besieged nationalist held city of Granada. After a corridor to the city was established, Varela prepared to attack Malaga. But then, the Republican Army launched an attack in order to recover Córdoba.
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- 2000
- 3000
- Unknown number of bombers
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| Commander | - José Miaja
- Colonel Ciriaco Cascajo
- Colonel José Enrique Varela
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| combatant | - Nationalist Spain
- Second Spanish Republic
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| abstract | - On July 18, the military governor of Cordoba, Ciriaco Cascajo, started the coup in the city, bombing the civil government and arresting the civil governor, Rodriguez de Leon. After that, he and the major Bruno Ibañez, Don Bruno, carried out a bloody repression (only in the first weeks 2,000 persons were executed). On the second week of August, the Nationalist troops reinforced with 400 regulares and led by the colonel Varela, after capture Huelva, launched an attack eastward from Seville in order to relieve the besieged nationalist held city of Granada. After a corridor to the city was established, Varela prepared to attack Malaga. But then, the Republican Army launched an attack in order to recover Córdoba.
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