The XI Army Corps was a military formation belonging to the
Spanish Republican Army
The Spanish Republican Army () was the main branch of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.
It became known as People's Army of the Republic (''Ejército Popular de la República'' ...
that fought during the
Spanish Civil War
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. During the war it was deployed on the fronts of Aragon, Segre and Catalonia.
History
The unit was created in June 1937, within the
Eastern Army. It was made up of the divisions
26th
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...
,
27th and
32nd, having its headquarters in
Sariñena
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The Baroque monastery of Nuestra Señora de las Fuentes is located in the municipal term.
Villag ...
. It covered the front line that ran from the south of Huesca —in union with the
X Army Corps – to the Ebro river – where, in turn, it united with the
XII Army Corps. During the following months some of its forces intervened in the
Zaragoza
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and
Belchite
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offensives, which, however, did not bear the desired results.
In the spring of 1938, during the
Aragon campaign, the forces of the XI Army Corps were unable to cope with the pressure of the
nationalist
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units. By early April, the remnants of the army corps had established their positions along the defensive line of the
Segre river
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The river Segre, known to Romans and Greeks as Sicoris, and to the Arabs of Al-Andalus ...
. During the following months it did not take part in relevant military operations, reorganizing its battered forces after the withdrawal in Aragon. After the beginning of the
Catalonia campaign, they maintained resistance in their defensive positions, some units managing to offer strong opposition —as was the case with the
26th Division. Despite this, the enemy pressure did not subside and at the beginning of 1939 the XI Army Corps was forced to withdraw towards the
French border along with the rest of the Eastern Army.
Command
; Commanders
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Alfonso Reyes González-Cárdenas
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;
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Antonio Gil Otero;
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People
* Bartolomé Abdala (born 1964), Argentine politician
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* Bartolomé Castagnola (born 1970), Argentine pol ...
;
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Francisco Galán Rodríguez;
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Manuel Márquez Sánchez de Movellán
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;
; Commissars
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Juan Manuel Molina Mateo, of the
CNT;
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, of the
PSOE
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;
; Chiefs of Staff
* Ricardo Clavería Iglesias;
* Mariano Fernández Berbiela;
* Antonio Muñoz Lizcano;
Order of Battle
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