 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa1938, pakatanga kurwisa kwenyika kurwisa Teruel, 61st Brigade yaive iri muRepublican vanguard, muSierra Palomera, chinzvimbo chaive chakagara kubvira kutanga kwe Hondo yeTeruel. Kurwisa kwenyika kwakaitika panzvimbo yekusangana pakati pe61st Mixed Brigade ne132nd Mixed Brigade; 61st MB yakanyatsokundwa nekurwiswa nemuvengi muchikamu ichi, uye semhedzisiro yaifanira kudzokera kumashure kusingaite kuti vadzivise kukomberedzwa nemuvengi. Mutungamiri weRepublican akabvisa 42nd Division kubva pamberi, achienderera mberi nekugadzirisa uye kubvisa huwandu hwakawanda hwevakuru vebhuroka, sezvakaitika kuna brigade commissar, Antonio Rodríguez Saravia. Kune chikamu chake, Bernabé López Calle akasiya basa kuna Francisco García Lavid. 