Most of the army officers in the city supported Supporting the coup , but the Civil Guard , the Assault Guard ( `` Guardia de Asalto '' ) and the Mossos d'Esquadra remained Presence loyal to the government .

On the 20th , the barracks was stormed Catastrophe by a mixture of workers and `` Guardias de Asalto '' ( `` assault guards '' , an urban police force ) loyal to the government , as well as five battalions of the Communist-led Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias ( MAOC ) —one of these battalions became Becoming the famous `` Fifth Regiment '' — totaling about 10,000 fighters .

Eventually the barracks fell Conquering when the `` Guardias de Asalto '' brought Bringing up a 75 mm field gun to bombard Attack the complex and its gate was opened Openness by a sapper sergeant sympathetic to the Republican side .