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Battle of Carabobo order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Carabobo in 1821 in the Venezuelan War of Independence during the Spanish American wars of independence.

Order of battle

PatriotsRoyalists
Simón Bolívar

Commander in Chief

Chief of Staff

Patriot forces

1st Division; Maj Gen José Antonio Páez

  • Ifn Btn "Bravos de Apure", Lieutenant Colonel Juan José Conde
  • Ifn Btn "British Rangers" (British Legions), Colonel Thomas Ferrier
  • Cav Rgt "Honor", Lieutenant Colonel José Cornelio Muñoz
  • Cav Rgt "Muerte de Guasdualito", Colonel Juan Pablo Burgos
  • Cav Rgt "Venganza de Mantecal", Coronel Juan Briceño
  • Cav Rgt "Apure Horse Chasseurs", Teniente Coronel José María Angulo
  • Cav Rgt "Apure Hussars", Coronel Guillermo Iribarren
  • Cav Rgt "Apure Scouts", Teniente Coronel Facundo Mirabal

2nd Division; Maj Gen Manuel Cedeño

  • Inf Btn "Tiradores", Lieutenant Colonel Rafael de Las Heras
  • Ifn Btn "Boyacá", Teniente Coronel Ludwig Flegel
  • Ifn Btn "Vargas", Teniente Coronel Hilario Lopéz
  • Cav Rgt "Sagrado", Colonel Francisco Aramendi

3rd Division; Colonel Ambrosio Plaza

  • Rifle Btn (British Legions), Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Sandes
  • Inf Btn "Guard Grenadiers", Lieutenant Colonel Juan Pantaleón
  • Btn "Vencedor de Boyaca", Colonel Johannes Uslar
  • Btn "Anzoátegui", Teniente Coronel José María Arguindegui
  • Cav Rgt "Guardia de Honor", Colonel José Rondón
Miguel de la Torre

Commander in Chief

Royalist forces

Vanguard Division; Brigadier Francisco Tomás Morales, (reinforcement of the flank)

  • Btn "Burgos" -Expeditionary- , Lieutenant Colonel Juaquín Dalmau
  • Btn "Cazadores del Infante Francisco de Paula", Lieutenant Colonel Simón Sicilia
  • Cav Rgt "HM Ferdinand VII's Hussars" -Expeditionary-, Lieutenant Colonel Ramón Calderón
  • Cav Rgt "King's Lancers", Lieutenant Colonel Tomas de Renovales

1º Division; Lieutenant Colonel Tomas García

  • Btn "Valençey" -Expeditionary-, Lieutenant Colonel Andrés Riesco
  • Btn "Voluntarios de Barbastro" -Expeditionary-, Lieutenant Colonel Juan Nepomuceno Montero
  • Btn "Hostalrich" -Expeditionary-, Lieutenant Colonel Josef Istúriz (reinforcement of the flank)

5º Division; Coronel José María Herrera

  • Btn "Príncipe", Lieutenant Colonel Diego Fragoso
  • Horse Rgt "General's Scout Rifles", Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Loyola
  • Horse Rgt "Ferdinand VII's Loyal Dragoons", Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Gómez
  • 6th Light Artillery Squadron; Captain Inocentes Mercadillo (2 cannons)

References

  1. ^ Gonzalo Pulido Ramirez (2011), Estudio Histórico de la batalla de Carabobo (1821), Universidad Andrés Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, págs. 157 a 218.
  2. ^ Albi de la Cuesta, Julio (2018). "Bolívar contra España. La batalla de Carabobo". Desperta Ferro. Historia Moderna. ISSN 2255-0542.


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