Alfonso Beorlegui Canet

Alfonso Beorlegui Canet (1888 - 1936) was a Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry in the Spanish Army. In the Spanish Civil War, he led the Nationalist campaign to capture Guipúzcoa in August and September 1936.

On July 18th, 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, in Pamplona, Canet put himself under the orders of General Emilio Mola, who ordered him take control the Civil Guard and Assault Guards of the city (approximately 2,000 men) and put him in charge of public order in the city. Shortly afterward, Mola ordered Colonel to lead an offensive to the Basque province of Guipúzcoa with the regular troops, Civil Guard forces and some newly raised units of requetés. After heavy fighting they occupied Irún on September 5th, closing the French border to the northern provinces of the Republic. Canet was wounded in the advance towards the international bridge of Irún and died a month later. Mola's forces soon went on to secure the whole of the province isolating the remaining Republican provinces in the north which lead to their fall the next year.

Source

* cite book
last = Thomas
first = Hugh
authorlink = Hugh Thomas (historian)
year = 2003 reissued
title = The Spanish Civil War
publisher = Penguin
location = London
id = ISBN 0-14-101161-0

External links

* [http://www.guerracivil1936.galeon.com/bionac.htm Biographias Del Bando Nacional] (Spanish)
* [http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/13026?idi=es Entrada de Alfonso Beorlegui] en la Enciclopedia Digital Ilustrada del País Vasco "Auñamendi"