Vuilleman Battalion

The Henri Vuillemin Battalion was a largely French -Belgian battalion of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. It was named after Henri Vuillemin, a French revolutionary. The list of Henri Vuillemin Battalion took place on December 1, 1936 in Albacete, the central base and the training camp of the International Brigades. The battalion was part of the XIII. International Brigade. It was designated No. 10 The commander of the XIII. International Brigade was Wilhelm Zaisser, better known as General Gomez.

After fighting at Teruel, the battalion was reconstructed by merging with the Louise -Michel Battalion in January 1938. In February, the advance of the Nationalists began with Moroccan colonial troops and Italian Corpo troops Volontarie to Malaga.

Battle of Málaga

In order to avert the defeat of the Republicans in the battle of Malaga, was the XIII. International Brigade ordered to Andalusia. During the Battle of Málaga, the battalion moved into positions near Orgiva. The Brigade succeeded in this sector of the front to stabilize the front. It could be prevented that the nationalists could advance further in Almería.

After these battles was the XIII. International Brigade ordered to the province of Córdoba. It succeeded the brigade to take four small villages, which also prevented in this sector of the front the further advance of the Nationalists to Cordoba. In June 1936, the Henri Vuillemin Battalion was with the Chapaev Battalion before Peñarroya.

Battle of Brunete

During the Battle of Brunete in July 1937 the Henri Vuillemin Battalion fought the Chapaev Battalion, the Juan -Marco Battalion and the Otumba Battalion. The battalion moved with the Chapaev Battalion at the start of the battle on the left of the road from Valdemorillo to Villanueva de la Cañada in Villanueva de la Cañada before and the two Spanish battalions left the road. The battalion may be 300 to 400 meters to the nationalist positions approach, whereupon the attack faltered. But the Spanish Juan -Marco Battalion succeeded in the nationalist positions break. By attacking the Chapaev Battalion from the cemetery ago and the onset of the XV. International Brigade succeeded the International battalions the village of Villanueva de la Cañada take.

XIV International Brigade

On August 5, 1937, the battalion of the XIV International Brigade was assigned. The battalion was disbanded on 23 April 1938.