The Battle of Talavera de la Reina was fought on 3 September 1936 in the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans, attempting to bar the road to Madrid at Talavera de la Reina, were defeated by the professional army of the Nationalists, with heavy casualties on both sides. The defeat had as consequence the fall of the government of José Giral and a new designation to the new Government of Francisco Largo Caballero.