View of the Hernani from the Venta de Oriamendi plateau. The Carlists attacking the position defended by General Evans, on 16 March 1837, and the last position of the soldiers of the British Royal Navy.
Date
16 March 1837
Location
Oriamendi hill, south of San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Result
Carlist victory
Belligerents
Carlists
Liberal Christinos
British Auxiliary Legion
Commanders and leaders
Sebastian de Borbón
Baldomero Espartero
Pedro Sarsfield
De Lacy Evans
Strength
9,300 (½ Spanish)[1]
Casualties and losses
~1,000 and 1,500
The Battle of Oriamendi (Basque: Oriamendiko Gudua) was fought on 16 March 1837 during the First Carlist War.[2] The battle was an overwhelming victory for the Carlists.[3][4]
^de la Cuesta 2017.
^Esposito 2017, p. 16.
^Thieblin 1874, p. 84.
^Mediterranean Studies. Thomas Jefferson University Press. 1996. p. 90.
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