Battle of Villar de los Navarros
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| Battle of Villar de los Navarros | |||||||
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| Part of First Carlist War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Carlists supporting |
Liberals (Isabelinos or Cristinos) supporting Isabella II of Spain and her regent mother Maria Christina |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Don Carlos | Don Ramón Solano | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 11,000 infantry; 1500 cavalry | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,245 taken prisoner | |||||||
The Battle of Villar de los Navarros (August 24, 1837) was a battle of the First Carlist War. It occurred near the town of Villar de los Navarros and was a victory for the Carlists.
The Carlists took many prisoners, including the brigadier Ramón Solano, 84 officers, 60 sergeants, and 1,500 infantrymen -400 of whom were forced to join the Carlist army.[1]
1,245 prisoners, many badly wounded, were taken on the night of August 24 to the towns of Herrera and Villar de los Navarros. These prisoners, called los prisioneros de Herrera, were stripped completely naked and despoiled of all of their possessions.[2]
On August 25, the Carlist army departed from Villar with this contingent of prisoners.[3] The Carlist army included the Briton adventurer C.F. Henningsen.
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