Domènec Batet

Domènec Batet i Mestres
Domènec Batet photographed in 1931.
Born	(1872-08-30)August 30, 1872 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Died	February 18, 1937(1937-02-18) (aged 64) Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
Allegiance	Spain (1887–1931)  Spanish Republic (1931–1937)
Years of service	1887–1936
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Cuban War of Independence Events of October the 6th Spanish Civil War
Awards	Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand

Domènec Batet i Mestres (Spanish: Domingo Batet Mestres. Tarragona, August 30, 1872 – Burgos, February 18, 1937) was a Catalan military man who became general of the Spanish Army.

Starting as a lieutenant, Batet quickly escalated ranks during the Cuban War of Independence. After the Disaster of Annual, as a colonel, Batet took part in the investigation of the defeat taking part in the drafting of the Picasso Files. During the Second Spanish Republic, Domènec Batet was designated chief of the IV Organic Division in Catalonia and crushed the Catalan Uprising of October the 6th. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War Batet remained loyal to the Republic and was deployed in Burgos, where his subordinates betrayed him and captured him for the Nationalists. After months of captivity, Franco ordered the execution of Batet.

Domènec Batet i Mestres started his career in the Spanish Army as a volunteer lieutenant in the Cuban War of Independence. During the war he won condecorations and was promoted multiple times, he also developed a pacifist ideology.

After that, during the Rif War, as a colonel he was one of the instruction judges that wrote the Picasso Files, a report directed by Juan Picasso González that pointed out the corruption of the African deployed Spanish officers, including Francisco Franco.