 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaAugust 1936, Alberto Bayo akanga ari mutariri wokuita basa rokumhara nokuda kweHondo yeMallorca, ipapo pasi pokudzora kwechiuto chorudzi. Musi waAugust 6, gadziriro dzokupamba dzakapedzwa uye Central Committee yeAntifascist Militias yeCatalonia yakapa rutsigiro rwemagetsi. Musi waAugust 16, varume vanenge 6.000 kusvika ku10.000 vakasvika muMallorca ndokurwa pakati pePunta Amer nePorto Cristo, kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa chacho. Mauto aya akaumbwa kunze kweMenorca garrison, iyo yakaramba yakatendeka kuRepublic, uye vanozvipira kubva kumasangano ezvematongerwo enyika eRepublican nemasangano emubatanidzwa. 