 Pashure pokukundikana kutora Madrid nokurwisa kwokumberi, General Francisco Franco akarayira kuti mugwagwa waibatanidza guta racho neSpain yose yeRepublican udimburwe. Mauto eNationalist evarume 40 000, kubatanidza varume veHondo yeAfrica, akayambuka JaramaRwizi pana February 11, 1937. General José Miaja akatumira maBrigade matatu eInternational kuJarama Valley kuti avhare kufambira mberi. Mutemo wakatanga kushanda musi waFebruary 17. Pashure pokurohwa kwakaipisisa musi waFebruary 27, Law akanga aita zvakanaka zuva iroro uye nokukurumidza akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiriri weboka. Mavhiki maviri gare gare akaitwa mutungamiriri wekambani yemapfuti, apo mukuru wake akaurayiwa. Utungamiri hwebhatani hwakaparadzwa paJarama uye Mutemo wakakurumidza kukurumidza, kunyange zvazvo paiva nekutsoropodza kwekushanda kwake pakurwiswa kweVillanueva de la Cañada. 