 In the Basque province of Álava, the city of Vitoria was easily seized by the rebels led by the general Angel García Benitez and the Colonel Camilo Alonso Vega, but the rising failed in the Biscay and Gipuzkoa provinces.The Basque nationalists supported the government, established "Juntas de Defensa" in all the cities and towns, arrested right-wing personalities, and requisitioned their automobiles.There was no military uprising in Bilbao.