SURRENDER IN SOMOSIERRA

TAKEN: AUGUST 1936

Republican soldiers are captured by Nationalists in the Somosierra mountain pass of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, north of Madrid. The Battle of Guadarrama was one of the first engagements of the Spanish Civil War, which saw entrenched Republican militia attempt to stop Nationalist troops from crossing the mountain range. Though the Republican government did field regular troops in the battle, thousands of irregulars, including communist militiamen, also joined the fight.