The Picado government had at its disposal only a few hundred soldiers in the national army but the communists had three thousand in its militia. The show down was going to be between Figueres' insurrectionists and the communist militia. ###>Le gouvernement de Picado a eu à sa disposition seulement quelques cent soldats dans l'armée nationale mais les communistes ont eu trois mille dans sa milice. L'exposition descendait pour être entre les insurrectionists de Figueres et la milice communiste.