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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
Patriots Royalists
Simón Bolívar
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
Miguel de la Torre
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)
References
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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.
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a b Albi de la Cuesta, Julio (2018). "Bolívar contra España. La batalla de Carabobo". Desperta Ferro. Historia Moderna .
ISSN
2255-0542 .
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