Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 27, brigade yakabuda ne213rd, 216th uye 230th battalions kuenda kuVizcaya kumberi, ikozvino iri pasi pekutungamira kwaJoaquín Burgos Riestra. Pakusvika kwayo muVizcaya, yakawedzerwa ku2nd Basque Division, ichiisa mabhatani ayo maviri muAmorebieta uye imwe muMiravalles. Mukati mokurwa kweHondo yeBilbao
, musi waJune 13 chikwata chacho chakanga chakaparadzwa munharaunda yeinonzi "Belt of Death" - yekupedzisira yemitsara yekudzivirira yaidzivirira Bilbao. Zvisinei, zvisaririra zvaro, zvakakwanisa kubvisa uye gare gare kudzokera kuAsturias.