However , rebelling Hostile_encounter units in some important cities—such as Madrid , Barcelona , Valencia , Bilbao , and Málaga—did not gain Getting control , and those cities remained Presence under the control Control of the government .

The Biscay Campaign resulted in Causation the loss Earnings_and_losses of the part of the Basque Country still held Defending by the Republic and Bilbao , the greatest Spanish industrial center .