Siege of Oviedo

Siege of Oviedo
Part of the Spanish Civil War
A bunker at the outskirts of Oviedo
Date 19 July–16 October 1936 Location Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Result Nationalist victory Siege lifted
Belligerents
Second Spanish Republic Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias Confederal militias	Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders
Col. José Franco Mussió Lt. Col. Alfonso Ros Hernández  Lt. Col. Javier Linares Aranzabe Francisco Martínez Dutor Higinio Carrocera	Col. Antonio Aranda Col. Eduardo Recas Lt. Col. Carlos Lapresa Rodríguez Lt. Col. Gerardo Caballero (WIA)
Strength
10,000 1 light tank 1 armoured tractor	3,000 3 light tanks
Casualties and losses
5,000+ 1 light tank	2,500+ 1 light tank

The siege of Oviedo was a siege in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from 19 July until 16 October 1936. The town garrison, under the command of Colonel Antonio Aranda Mata, took sides for the Nationalist uprising and held out until relieved by a Nationalist force from Galicia.