The Carlists had enjoyed a victory in the Battle of Venta de Echavarri in October and also the fruits of a raid on Navarre, in which Tomás de Zumalacárregui would station himself at La Berrueza with a number of supplies, clothes, money, and new troops. The morale of the Carlists was very high, and they decided to fight the Liberal troops in a formal battle (rather than with guerrilla tactics). This would happen on December 14, 1834, at the Battle of Mendaza.
Tomás de Zumalacárregui concentrated his forces at the bottom of the valley of La Berrueza between Mendaza and Asarta.
Zumalacárregui attempted to follow a plan of battle similar to that enacted by Hannibal at Cannae: he would allow enemy forces to drive themselves into a large arc — whereupon the Carlist infantry, positioned on the flanks in the forests of Holm oaks on the mountain of Dos Hermanas, would encircle the main body of Liberal infantry and destroy it.
However, the Liberal leader of the vanguard, Marcelino Oráa, himself a Navarrese and familiar with the terrain, recognized the potential trap and instead marched towards Mendaza rather than through the valley itself. The Carlists, surprised by this maneuver and inexperienced on the field of battle, were thrown back and retreated, taking refuge in the mountains.
battle, mendaza, early, battle, first, carlist, occurring, december, 1834, mendaza, navarre, part, first, carlist, wardate12, december, 1834locationmendaza, navarre, spainresultliberal, victorybelligerentscarlists, supporting, infante, carlos, spainliberals, i. The Battle of Mendaza was an early battle of the First Carlist War occurring on December 12 1834 at Mendaza Navarre Battle of MendazaPart of First Carlist WarDate12 December 1834LocationMendaza Navarre SpainResultLiberal victoryBelligerentsCarlists supporting Infante Carlos of SpainLiberals Isabelinos or Cristinos supportingIsabella II of Spain and her regent mother Maria ChristinaCommanders and leadersTomas de ZumalacarreguiLuis Fernandez de CordovaMarcelino Oraa The Carlists had enjoyed a victory in the Battle of Venta de Echavarri in October and also the fruits of a raid on Navarre in which Tomas de Zumalacarregui would station himself at La Berrueza with a number of supplies clothes money and new troops The morale of the Carlists was very high and they decided to fight the Liberal troops in a formal battle rather than with guerrilla tactics This would happen on December 14 1834 at the Battle of Mendaza Tomas de Zumalacarregui concentrated his forces at the bottom of the valley of La Berrueza between Mendaza and Asarta Luis Fernandez de Cordova s forces were stationed outside of this valley at Los Arcos Zumalacarregui attempted to follow a plan of battle similar to that enacted by Hannibal at Cannae he would allow enemy forces to drive themselves into a large arc whereupon the Carlist infantry positioned on the flanks in the forests of Holm oaks on the mountain of Dos Hermanas would encircle the main body of Liberal infantry and destroy it However the Liberal leader of the vanguard Marcelino Oraa himself a Navarrese and familiar with the terrain recognized the potential trap and instead marched towards Mendaza rather than through the valley itself The Carlists surprised by this maneuver and inexperienced on the field of battle were thrown back and retreated taking refuge in the mountains Sources editFirst hand accounts C F Henningsen Campana de doce meses en Navarra y las Provincias Vascongadas con el General Zumalacarregui Madrid 1935 Alexis Sabatier Tio Tomas Souvenirs d un soldat de Charles V Chez Granet Bordeaux 1836 Juan Antonio Zaratiegui Vida y hechos de D Tomas de Zumalacarregui Escelicer S L San Sebastian 1946 Fernando Fernandez de Cordova Mis memorias intimas Madrid 1886 1889 Luis Fernandez de Cordova Memoria justificativa Paris 1837 Marcelino Oraa Conducta militar y politica del Teniente General D Marcelino Oraa Madrid 1847 Secondary Antonio Pirala Historia de la guerra carlista y de los partidos liberal y carlista Segunda edicion Madrid 1867 1871 Jose M Azcona Zumalacarregui Estudio critico de las fuentes historicas de su tiempo Instituto de Estudios Politicos Madrid 1946 Francisco de Paula Madrazo Historia militar y politica de Zumalacarregui Libreria Santaren Valladolid 1941 Isidoro Magues Don Carlos e i suoi Difensori Firenze Batelli e Figli 1837 Benjamin Jarnes Zumalacarregui El caudillo romantico Madrid 1972 42 38 11 N 2 14 55 W 42 63639 N 2 24861 W 42 63639 2 24861 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Mendaza amp oldid 1069562427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
