By Michele Armellini
The offensive against the Reinosa pocket (prior to the battle for Santander) began on August 14th, 1937. The CTV had prepared a fast detachment to exploit the initial breakthrough carried out by the infantry units. This detachment included:
1 Tank Company (the others were attached to the infantry divisions for the initial attack) 1 lorried Infantry Battalion detached from the Littorio div (that was remaining in reserve) 1 MG motorcycle Company 1 Armoured Car Company and, here they are, 5 Nationalist Cavalry Squadrons! Also note that at this time the Raggruppamento had a Flame-thrower Tankette Platoon and an attached Spanish Tank Company (most likely, T26Bs from the ist Bandera Carros de Combate de la Legion Extranjera). A small but interesting mobile force, I think. The cavalry is present and under command of the CTV, although these aren't Italian troopers. I assume the 5 squadrons form a regular regiment with 4 sabre and 1 MG squadrons. Related Back to Abanderado Vol. 4 No. 1 Table of Contents Back to Abanderado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Rolfe Hedges This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |