Vuilleman Battalion
The Vuilleman Battalion (full name, the Henri Vuilleman Battalion) was a unit of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. It was raised on 12 December 1936, mostly from French and Belgian volunteers, absorbing surviving members of the Louise Michel (I) Battalion. It was first mustered as a battalion of XIII International Brigade. On 5 August 1937, it transferred to the XIV International Brigade. On 23 April 1938, it was disbanded.
Sources
The information in this stub has been extracted from:
- (Spanish) EPR Order of Battle XIIIth Brigade
- (Spanish) EPR Order of Battle XIVth Brigade
- (Catalan) Associació Catalana Website
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