Second Battle of Arquijas

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Second Battle of Arquijas


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partof=First Carlist War
date=February 5, 1835
place=Arquijas
result=Carlist victory
combatant1=Carlists "supporting"
Infante Carlos of Spain
combatant2=Liberals ("Isabelinos" or "Cristinos") "supporting"
Isabella II of Spain and her regent mother Maria Christina
commander1= Tomas de Zumalacarregui
Officers included Ituralde, Guibelalde, Villareal, Gomez
commander2= Manuel Lorenzo
Manuel Lorenzo, Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri, and 3 other generals
strength1=8,500 [William Bollaert, "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.]
strength2=14,000 [William Bollaert, "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.]
casualties1=
casualties2= heavy |The Second Battle of Arquijas (February 5, 1835) was a battle of the First Carlist War. It followed the First Battle of Arquijas. The battle was a second attack on the positions of Carlist commander Tomás de Zumalacárregui at the pass at Arquijas, Navarre.

Liberal commander Francisco Espoz y Mina sent 5,000 infantry and cavalrymen into the field. [William Bollaert, "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.] 9,000 Liberal troops were at Estella under Manuel Lorenzo, Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri, and three other generals. Espoz y Mina gave orders for the passage of the Ega River at Arquijas. [William Bollaert, "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.]

Meanwhile Zumalacárregui had 8,500 men. His generals were Ituralde, Guibelalde, Villareal, and Miguel Gómez Damas. [William Bollaert," The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.]

On February 5, Liberal forces took posts opposite the Carlists on the other bank of the Ega River. They then attacked at several points, but were repulsed, suffering heavy casualties. They retreated to their entrenched towns. [William Bollaert, "The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840" (E. Stanford, 1870), 128.]

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