Battle of Majaceite

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Majaceite


partof=First Carlist War
date=November 23, 1836
place= Majaceite River, near Arcos de la Frontera
result=Liberal 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= Miguel Gómez Damas
commander2= Ramón María Narváez y Campos
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casualties2= |The Battle of Majaceite was a battle of the First Carlist War. Ramón María Narváez y Campos was ordered to intercept the expedition of the Carlist general Miguel Gómez Damas. Narváez left Madrid in October 1836 with three divisions, while Gómez Damas left Ronda on November 18, 1836, entering Algeciras on November 22.

On November 23, when he departed Algeciras, Gómez Damas found himself surrounded at Alcalá de los Gazules. Gómez Damas attempted to reach Arcos de la Frontera, but met Narváez’s army at the Majaceite River. The battle resulted with Gómez Damas’ withdrawal to Villamartín. An English commentator wrote that “it was at Majaciete that [Narváez] rescued Andalucía from the Carlist invasion by a brilliant "coup de main", in a rapid but destruction action, which will not readily be effaced from the memory of the southern provinces.” [ T. M. Hughes, "Revelations of Spain in 1845" (London: Henry Colburn, 1845), 124.]

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