 Exploiting the resultant gap, Barrón's troops almost reached the town of Arganda del Rey and the coveted Madrid–Valencia road, but elsewhere the Nationalists were not able to capitalise on the success as the advance had ground to a halt, and as a result Varela ordered Barron to halt his advance as he was concerned that they would be cut off if they advanced too far ahead of other Nationalist units.On February 14, the Republicans counter-attacked Barrón's men with fifty T-26 tanks, supported by infantry, artillery and air cover.Although it did not re-take any lost ground, the counter-attack again bloodied the Nationalists and halted their advance.