Order of Battle at Oriamendi 16 March 1837

The orders of battle for the actual battle are below. A description of the Oriamendi campaign is in the timeline of the First Carlist War. There is a separate Order of Battle for the Oriamendi Offensive.

Cristino Order of Battle

The high level composition was

• General-in-Chief: Lieutenant-General George de lacy Evans
• 12,000 men and 16 guns
• British (9 Battalions, 1 regiment of lancers, and artillery)
• Spanish (13 battalions plus artillery)

The detailed order of battle was as follows:

Organisation and Deployment

The Cristinos were deployed in brigades in multiple lines across the left, centre and right wings.

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Fitzgerald’s Brigade (Brigadier Fitzgerald) 8th Highlanders, British Auxiliary Legion 9th Irish, British Auxiliary Legion 10th Munster Light Infantry, British Auxiliary Legion	Vanguard Division (Brigadier Rendón) 1st Brigade (Colonel Llanos) 3 Spanish Battalions 2nd Brigade (Colonel Muñoz) 2 Spanish Battalions Definitely including: 5th Line Regiment (Infante) (1 battalion) 16th Line Regiment (Castilla) (1 battalion) Oviedo Provincial Regiment (1 battalion; 250 men)	5th Division (Brigadier Jáuregui) 1 ½ battalions left to garrison Ametzagaña and Passajes 5 ½ or 6 battalions at the battle (which probably means in two brigades) Definitely including these units at the battle: 2nd Light Infantry (Voluntarios de Aragon) (2 battalions; 1200 men total) 4th Line Infantry Regiment (Princesa) (3 battalions)
Chichester’s Brigade (Brigadier Chichester) 1st English, British Auxiliary Legion 4th Queen’s Own Fusiliers, British Auxiliary Legion Rifles, British Auxiliary Legion Rocket Troop, British Auxiliary Legion Battery of mountain guns (4 guns) (I don’t know if these were British or Spanish)	Godfrey’s Brigade (Brigadier Godfrey) 6th Scotch Grenadiers, British Auxiliary Legion 7th Irish Light Infantry, British Auxiliary Legion Chapelgorris (1 battalion)	British right supporting Jáuregui 1st Lancers (Reina Isabel), British Auxiliary Legion Battalion of British Royal Marines (450 men) Battery of British Auxiliary Legion Artillery (4 guns??) Battery of British Royal Artillery (4 guns??) Battery of British Royal Marine Artillery (4 guns??)

These Spanish units were present but I don’t have deployment information for them.

• 12th Line Regiment (Zaragoza) (1 battalion)
• Segovia Provincial Regiment (1 battalion; 280 men)
• Jaén Provincial Regiment (1 battalion)
• Marine Infantry (1 battalion; 550 men)

2 of these battalions would have been with Rendón and 2 – 2 ½ of these battalions would have been with Jáuregui (possibly in the 1 ½ battalion garrisons at Ametzagaña and Passajes).

Carlist Order of Battle

Composition

• Staff
  • General-in-Chief: Infante Don Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón
  • Chief of Staff: Teniente General Don Vincente González Moreno
• 10,000 Infantry
• 450 horse
• 11 guns.

The detailed breakdown was:

Organisation and Deployment

The Carlists deployed in brigades in multiple lines in the left, centre and right wings.

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Brigadier Qúilez 1st Aragon (Infante Don Juan) 2nd Aragon (Infante Don Sebastián) – possibly present	Teniente General Villareal (2nd-in-command) 1st Alava Granaderos del Ejército	Brigadier Iturriza 6th Guipúzcoa plus 2 more from Guipúzcoa
Brigadier Iturriaga 1st Guipúzcoa 5th Guipúzcoa (Los Chapelzuris) or might have been the 2nd	Colonel Alz (in support of Villareal) 3 from Guipúzcoa	Brigadier Sopelana 3rd Alava 4th Alava plus 1 more from Alava
Brigadier Goiri (in support) 3rd Vizcaya 5th Vizcaya (or 6th)	Brigadier de las Vacas (reserve) 1st Navarra 1st Castilla
	7 guns in redoubts in and around Hernani Battery of 4 mountain guns

These units were present but I don’t have deployment information for them
Infantry:

• 2^nd Guipúzcoa
• 3^rd Guipúzcoa
• 4^th Guipúzcoa
• 7^th Guipúzcoa
• 8^th Guipúzcoa
• Guías de Navarra
• 3 squadrons of Navarrese Lancers – although these were probably in the centre or Carlist left as they attacked the Chapelgorris early in the morning in the Centre and then attacked the 6th Regiment on the right before being seen off by musketry and the Marine Artillery howitzers.

Don Sebastián’s flying column, who arrived on the morning of the battle included

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