Battle of Monte Pelado

Battle of Monte Pelado
	Part of the Spanish Civil War
	; Frontlines of the civil war, as of July 1936
Date	28 August 1936
Location	Torre Lierta, Uesca, Aragon, Spain42°05′42.78″N 0°30′14.78″W / 42.0952167°N 0.5041056°W
Result	Anti-fascist victory
Belligerents
Italian anti-fascists	Spanish Nationalists
Commanders and leaders
Mario Angeloni †; Giuseppe Bifolchi;	Carlos Sanez
Units involved
Italian Column	Spanish Army
Strength
100–130 volunteers	600–650 soldiers; 6 armoured cars; 3 artillery cannons;
Casualties and losses
≥6 dead	>600 dead; Few taken prisoner;

The Battle of Monte Pelado (Spanish: Batalla de Monte Pelado; Italian: Battaglia del Monte Pelato) was an early engagement of the Spanish Civil War, which took place on 28 August 1936 in the province of Uesca. During the battle, roughly 100 Italian anti-fascist volunteers defended Torre Lierta (nicknamed Monte Pelato by the volunteers) from a trained and well-equipped Nationalist force several times its size. The Italians held out for four hours against a frontal assault and flanking maneuvers, before counterattacking. The anti-fascist victory in the battle opened the way for a further series of Republican offensives in Uesca.