Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin Janar na Brigade na Sojojin Sojoji ya kasance mai aminci ga gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Republican daga farkon kwanakin yakin basasar Spain. An nada shi shugaban kungiyar Organic Division I, yana rike da mukamin da ya wanzu bayan juyin mulkin da aka yi a ranar 18 ga Yuli. Ya umurci sojojin da suka kai hari Toledo kuma daga baya suka yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Guadarrama. Duk da haka, a farkon watan Satumba sojojinsa sun sha wahala sosai a Oropesa da Talavera de la Reina
wanda ya haifar da aiki. An sake shi a 1938, ya koma aiki a matsayin kwamandan soja na Barcelona.