Battle of Oriamendi

Battle of Oriamendi
	Part of First Carlist War
	; 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 Auxiliary Legion.
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; Robert Cannon;
Strength
	9,300 (½ Spanish)
Casualties and losses
	~1,000-1,500 killed, wounded, captured or missing

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.

[FOOTNOTEde_la_Cuesta2017-1] Cuesta 2017.

[FOOTNOTEEsposito201716-2] Esposito 2017, p. 16.

[FOOTNOTEThieblin187484-3] Thieblin 1874, p. 84.

[4] Mediterranean Studies. Thomas Jefferson University Press. 1996. p. 90.

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