The Battle of Peñacerrada, a battle of the
First Carlist War
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a ...
, occurred at
Peñacerrada (Urizaharra) on June 20–22, 1838. The Liberals were commanded by
Pedro Saarsfield and
Manuel Lorenzo
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, who had crossed the
Ebro
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after the
Battle of Los Arcos. They routed 1,500 Carlist troops situated at Peñecerrada. Saarsfield and Lorenzo entered
Vitoria-Gasteiz
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and
Bilbao
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within a week without encountering resistance.
External links
Carlist: 1833-40 Chronology
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