FOUR COLUMNS AGAINST MADRID (3) NATIONALIST BREAKTHROUGH AT CALATAYUD
Rebel forces succeeded in taking Hill 302, the feature that dominates the road from Zaragoza to Calatayud and Medinacelli. The battle for this position saw some particularly hard fighting between a company of loyal army forces supported by anarchist militia and attacking rebels spearheaded by a battalion of the Guardia Civil. The government forces were reinforced by a company of dinamiteros who decimated the attacking Guardia Civil. However, in the end, numbers told and the defenders – who lacked artillery and machineguns – had to fall back leaving the road to Calatayud open to the Rebels.