 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaJuly 1938, Ortiz akasiya kutungamira kweyuniti, akatizira kuFrance; Izvi zvakakurudzira kutsiva kwake naMiguel García Vivancos, uyo akapiwa rairo yekumubata nekumupfura. Mukati megore rakasara re24th Division haina kupindira mumabasa akakodzera. Pakupera kwa1938 yakanga iri pasi pokutonga kwaHermenegildo Roca Oliver. Sechikamu che24th Army Corps, yakaiswa pamberi peEbro. 