Editing History of Equatorial Guinea (section)

===Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)===
At the beginning of the [[Spanish Civil War]] the colony remained loyal to the Republican government. On July 24, 1936, the Republican cruiser ''Méndez Núñez'' arrived at [[Malabo|Santa Isabel]]; on its way back to Spain the officers planned to join the rebellion, but the Spanish government, knowing this, ordered the ship to go back to the colony; on August 14 the ''Méndez Núñez'' was back in [[Bioko|Fernando Po]], where the sailors took control of her; on September 21 the ship arrived in Málaga (Republican Spain). On September 19 the Colonial Guard and the Civil Guard began the rebellion and took control of the island of Fernando Po, while the rest of the colony remained loyal to the Republic. On September 22 a clash took place between a rebel group from [[Cogo, Equatorial Guinea|Kogo]] and a loyal detachment from [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]]. Finally, on October 14 a force of 200 rebels arrived in the merchant ''Ciudad de Mahón'' and took control of Bata and the rest of the colony.