 On August 17, Major Heli Tella pushed through to Trujillo and crossed the Tagus at Almaraz.Guadalupe fell to Major Antonio Castejón on August 21.According to the novel "L'Espoir", at Medellín, a section of Colonel Carlos Asensio's column was surprised and savagely attacked by Republican aircraft under André Malraux, but on the whole resistance was minimal.