 There was an unsuccessful uprising in San Sebastián, however.On 19 July 1936, the military governor of San Sebastián, Colonel León Carrasco Amilibia, was arrested, but the commander of the Loyola barracks, Colonel José Vallespín Cobián, encouraged by Emilio Mola, decided to start the uprising against the government.Vallespín pointed his cannons at the civil government, and the staff inside fled.