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 | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Don Carlos | Don Ramón Solano | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
11,000 infantry; 100 cavalry [1] | Slightly over half the Carlist force [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,245 taken prisoner |
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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. [2]
1,245 prisoners, many badly wounded, were taken on the night of August 24 to the towns of Herrera de los Navarros and Villar de los Navarros. These prisoners, called los prisioneros de Herrera, were stripped completely naked and despoiled of all of their possessions. [2]
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