 The troops left the Barracks and marched towards the Plaça de Catalunya, through the Avinguda Diagonal.Soon after, Companys received the news of the troops advancing towards the city.At five in the morning, the Montesa cavalry regiment, the Santiago dragoons regiment and a battery of the 7th light Regiment left their barracks and marched towards the Plaça de Catalunya, but the deployment of troops was badly co-ordinated and the junction of the rebels columns was never achieved.