news from Spain - part 3

By now Nationalist reinforcements were arriving in decent numbers.  These Panzer I were accompanied by a captured T-26.

This company of Moorish infantry reinforced the depleted force defending Hill 77.

I sent a second company of Moors into Gandesa and sent the armour (if you can call it that!) round the right in the hope of taking the International Bde in the flank.

Soon the Moors hoisted their flag over the ruins of Gandesa.

As the Reds readied their final assault on Gandesa another air raid further thinned their ranks.

Endgame.  After bitter fighting a few surviving International Bde troops occupied the two buildings on the right of the photo.  At which point the Commissar ordered a retreat...

In short then a clear victory for the forces of law an order with the Reds put to flight following the loss of all of their tanks.

Military learning points:  the future of warfare is the 'holy trinity' of the tankette, the 37mm AT gun and the tri-motor bomber.