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:
Cristino Order of Battle at Oriamendi
- General-in-Chief: Lieutenant-General George de lacy Evans
- Foot
- British Auxiliary Legion
- 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Rifles
- British Royal Marines
- Battalion (450 men)
- Spanish Line
- 4th Line Infantry Regiment (Princesa) (3 battalions)
- 5th Line Infantry Regiment (Infante) (1 battalion)
- 12th Line Infantry Regiment (Zaragoza) (1 battalion)
- 16th Line Regiment (Castilla) (1 battalion)
- Spanish Light
- 2nd Light Regiment (Voluntarios de Aragon) (2 Battalions)
- Spanish Provincial Regiments
- Oviedo Provincial Regiment (1 battalion; 250 men)
- Segovia Provincial Regiment (1 battalion; 280 men)
- Jaén Provincial Regiment (1 battalion)
- Spanish Marine Infantry
- Marine Infantry (1 battalion; 550 men)
- Spanish Volunteers
- Chapelgorris (1 battalion)
- British Auxiliary Legion
- Horse
- British Auxiliary Legion
- 1st Lancers Reina Isabel
- British Auxiliary Legion
- Artillery
- British Auxiliary Legion
- Artillery (4 guns??), Rocket Troop
- British Royal Artillery
- Battery (4 guns??)
- British Royal Marine Artillery
- Battery (4 guns??)
- Uncertain nationality but probably Spanish
- Battery of mountain guns (4 guns)
- British Auxiliary Legion
Organisation and Deployment
The Cristinos were deployed in brigades in multiple lines across the left, centre and right wings.
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing | ||
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Fitzgerald’s Brigade (Brigadier Fitzgerald)
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Vanguard Division (Brigadier Rendón)
Definitely including:
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5th Division (Brigadier Jáuregui)
Definitely including these units at the battle:
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Chichester’s Brigade (Brigadier Chichester)
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Godfrey’s Brigade (Brigadier Godfrey)
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British right supporting Jáuregui
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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:
Carlist Order of Battle at Oriamendi
- Staff
- General-in-Chief: Infante Don Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón
- Chief of Staff: Teniente General Don Vincente González Moreno
- Foot
- Guipzcoa
- 1st – 8th
- Vizcaya
- 3rd, 5th (or 6th)
- Navarra
- Guías de Navarra ( possibly present), 1st
- Alava
- 1st, 3rd, 4th, and one other
- Castilla
- Granaderos del Ejército, 1st
- Aragon
- 1st, 2nd (possibly present)
- Guipzcoa
- Horse
- Navarra
- 3 squadrons of Lancers
- Navarra
- Artillery
- 7 guns in redoubts
- 4 mountain guns
Organisation and Deployment
The Carlists deployed in brigades in multiple lines in the left, centre and right wings.
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
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Brigadier Qúilez |
Teniente General Villareal (2nd-in-command) |
Brigadier Iturriza |
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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 |
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Brigadier Goiri (in support) 3rd Vizcaya 5th Vizcaya (or 6th) |
Brigadier de las Vacas (reserve) 1st Navarra 1st Castilla |
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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:
- 2nd Guipúzcoa
- 3rd Guipúzcoa
- 4th Guipúzcoa
- 7th Guipúzcoa
- 8th 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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I would like to know what was the first name of,Brigadier Quilez an how old was he, also where was his body is buried. yours truly Leopoldo Quiles
Hello,
where the Irish regiments (tercio Irlandes) in the Spanish (Cristinos),i believe the regiment was destroyed.
The only Irish in the Spanish / Cristino order of battle during the First Carlist War were those in the British Auxiliary Legion that fought at Oriamendi. The Irish regiments of the regular Spanish army that featured in the earlier periods (e.g. Napoleonic) no longer existed.