Dawn came not with peace, but with the rifles and armored cars.
In Seville, the sound of boots filled the narrow streets as General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano's men marched on the city's military barracks.
Captain Antonio Castejón Espinosa of the Spanish Foreign Legion stood atop the steps of the General Captaincy building shouting.
"Secure the broadcast station! Control the airport! All entrances into the Plaza de España must be under armed guard by 08:00!"
Rebel troops fanned out, accompanied by local Carlist volunteers and off-duty police officers who had quietly pledged support.
Gunfire began by midmorning as Republican loyalists attempted to regroup around the railway junction.
It lasted thirty minutes.
By 7:15 a.m., the Republican governor had been arrested in his office, dragged out by guards who'd sworn loyalty to him just the day before.
Smoke drifted from a telephone exchange across the plaza.
