Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Carlos Asensio Cabanillas

Battles of Carlos Asensio Cabanillas

Spanish soldier, politician (1896–1969)

Carlos Asensio Cabanillas is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1937: 6 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 423 km apart end to end, 70 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (7).

Battle of the Sierra GuadalupeBattle of Ciudad UniversitariaBattle of MéridaBattle of BadajozBattle of Talavera de la ReinaSiege of MadridBattle of JaramaBattle of MéridaBattle of BadajozBattle of Talavera de la ReinaSiege of MadridBattle of JaramaSalamancaCoimbraToledoGuadalajaraCovilhãÉvoraCastelo BrancoGuardaViseuPortalegre200 km39.655N, 5.235W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 6 engagements6 in 19361937: 1 engagements19361937
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Mérida, 1936Battle of Badajoz, 1936Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe, 1936Battle of Talavera de la Reina, 1936Siege of Madrid, 1936Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, 1936Battle of Jarama, 193719361937
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 August 1936Battle of MéridaMérida, SpainNationalist victory
12 August 1936Battle of BadajozBadajoz, Spain55 km WNationalist victory; Massacre of Badajoz
31 August 1936Battle of the Sierra GuadalupeTrujillo, Spain151 km NENationalist victory
3 September 1936Battle of Talavera de la ReinaTalavera de la Reina, Spain72 km NENationalist victory
8 November 1936Siege of MadridMadrid, Spain110 km NENationalist victory; Republicans win the battle in 1936...
15 November 1936Battle of Ciudad UniversitariaMadrid, Spain4 km NWRepublican victory
1937Battle of JaramaMadrid, Spain31 km SEIndecisive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Nicolás Muller (1913-2000), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.