In early August, the situation in western Andalusia was stable enough to allow him to organise a column (some 15,000 men at its height), under the command of then Lieutenant-Colonel Juan Yagüe, which would march through Extremadura towards Madrid.
U ranom kolovozu, situacija u zapadnoj Andaluziji bila je dovoljno stabilna za Franca da organizira kolumnu (oko 15,000 trupa na njihovom vrhuncu) pod vodstvom natpukovnika Juana Yagüea, koja bi marširala kroz Ekstremaduru sve do Madrida.