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
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Commander in Chief
Chief of Staff
Patriot forces[1]
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
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Commander in Chief
Royalist forces[1]
Vanguard Division; Brigadier Francisco Tomás Morales, (reinforcement of the flank)[2]
- 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)[2]
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)
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References
- ^ a b Gonzalo Pulido Ramirez (2011), Estudio Histórico de la batalla de Carabobo (1821), Universidad Andrés Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, págs. 157 a 218.
- ^ a b Albi de la Cuesta, Julio (2018). "Bolívar contra España. La batalla de Carabobo". Desperta Ferro. Historia Moderna. ISSN 2255-0542.