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The Auts position in the Battle of the Ebro

Mequinenza, Bajo Cinca, Zaragoza

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The Auts position in the Battle of the Ebro

Historical milestone · Mequinenza, Bajo Cinca, Zaragoza

Image of Mequinenza, not of the place itself.

In July and August 1938, during the battle of the Ebro, the Republican units that crossed the river opposite Mequinenza were trapped at the position of Auts. The sector ended with some three thousand casualties and was one of the worst disasters of the offensive.

1938

Photo: Ecelan (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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