 This force included José Solchaga's four Navarrese brigades, Aranda's three divisions and the Italian "CTV".The Nationalists also had 250 cannons and 250 aircraft.Opposing them, the Republicans had the Army of the North, led by Colonel Prada, with the XIV Army Corps led by Francisco Galán (8,000–10,000 men) and Colonel Linares's XVII Army corps (35,000).