 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati paDecember 1938 muFatarella battalion yakatakurwa pazvitima uye mukutanga kwaJanuary 1939 yakaiswazve kumaodzanyemba kweExtremadura, panguva ino yakaita mabasa ekudzivirira pakurwiswa kwekupedzisira kweRepublicanyehondo. Munguva yekurwisa-kurwisa chikwata chakabata Valsequillo pamberi pekutanga kwaFebruary yakaendeswa nechitima kuNavalmoral. Yakazoendeswa kuChozas de Canales Toledo uye mukupera kwaMarch yakaendeswa nemarori kuAlbarreal de Tajo, ichifambira mberi pasina chinopikisa. Terç akagumisa hondo muMenasalbas. 