 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaMarch 1938, apo yakanga ichirongwazve, varudzi vakavamba Aragon Offensivenomunharaunda yeBelchite. 61st MB, ichiri isina kugadzirirwa zvakakwana, yakatumirwa nokukurumidza kuedza kuvhara mukaha wemuvengi. Yakanga yakabatanidzwa kwenguva pfupi ku18th Army Corps, chimiro chaizoguma chadzokera shure pamberi pekumanikidzwa kukuru kwevavengi. Munguva yekubva uku, mamwe mauto e61st MB akaparadzaniswa kuchamhembe kweRwizi rweEbro, kunyangwe hazvo chikamu chikuru cheyuniti chakava chikamu che13th Army Corps. Chikamu chacho chakaramba chichidzokera kuMaestrazgo, ichiteverwa nemauto emarudzi. Pakazosvika Kubvumbi 5, iro brigade raive muMorella, uko rakagadzira mutsetse wekudzivirira pamwe chete ne52 uye 211th yakavhenganiswa mabhurugwa; zvisinei, rimwe remabhatirioni e61st MB rakatiza mukukanganiswa pamberi pekurwiswa nemuvengi, izvo zvakatungamira kudonha kwepamberi rese. Kukundikana uku kwakanyanya kupiwa mhosva pa 61st brigade. Somuuyo, mumwe wavakuru vakuru varo akapfurwa pamberi pamauto sechidzidzo. 