Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 1936 i noho pono ia ki te kawanatanga Republican me te arahi i tetahi pou Militia i te mua o Somosierra. I te marama o Noema 1936 i arahi ia i te 3rd Mixed Brigade o te Spanish Republican Army i te wa o te
Te Pakanga o Madrid. I te marama o Akuhata 1937 ko ia tetahi o nga rangatira o te Republican i Asturias a i te marama o Hepetema 1937 i arahi ia i te 14th Army Corps i te Campaign Asturias a i te Oketopa ka rere ia i runga i te poti ika kia kore ai e mau ki nga Nationalists. Whai muri i tera, i te Hui-tanguru 1938 i arahi ia i te XX Corps i te Pakanga o Teruel, i whakakapi i a Leopoldo Menéndez ana i arahi ia i te XII Corps i te whakaekenga o Catalonia. I te Poutu-te-rangi 3, 1939 i tohua ia hei rangatira hoia o Cartagena, engari i te Poutu-te-rangi 4 i mauheretia ia e nga kaitautoko o Casado i te wa o te Cartagena Uprising. I te Poutu-te-rangi 6 ka rere ia mai i Cartagena ki Bizerte i runga i te kaipuke o te motu.