Here's an obscure one from Perry Mins! I've included a very brief outline to put you in the picture.
1st Carlist War 1833-1840
28mm figures designed by Michael Perry
The first blood-bath of a civil war in Spain pitted the supporters (the Carlists) of Carlos, brother of the recently deceased King Ferdinand VII and the King's wife Cristina and her daughter Isabel II, hence their supporters were known as Cristinos or Isabelinos. The war engulfed Spain but concentrated in the northern provinces of the Basque region. Portugal, France and Britain had sided with the Isabalino cause and by the middle of the war had sent legions (small self-contained armies) to help. Britain contributed 10,000 men, Portugal 7,000 and France 6,000.
Carlist Forces
CAT1 High Command (Don Carlos, Zumalacarrequi and Cabrera) B
CAT2 Don Sebastian and 2 mounted colonels B
CAT3 Infantry command standing (2 officers, 2 standard bearers,2 drummers) A
CAT4 Infantry command advancing/marching (2 officers, 2 standard bearers,2 drummers) A
CAT5 Infantry standing at ease, in greatcoats A
CAT6 Infantry marching, in greatcoats A
CAT7 Infantry firing line, in great coats A
CAT8 Infantry skirmishing, in greatcoats A
Isabelino Forces
ISA1 High Command (Espartero, Oraa and Cordoba) B
ISA2 Foreign commanders (Evans and Bernelle) and a Spanish colonel B
ISA3 Infantry command standing, coatee and cylindrical shako (2 officers, 2 standard bearers, 2 drummers) A
ISA4 Infantry command marching/advancing, coatee and cylindrical shako (2 officers, 2 standard bearers,2 drummers) A
ISA5 Infantry standing at attention, centre companies, coatee and cylindrical shako A
ISA6 Infantry standing at attention flank companies
ISA7 Infantry marching, centre companies, coatee and cylindrical shako A
ISA8 Infantry marching flank companies, coatee and cylindrical shako A
Useful sources
Websites
balagan.org.uk - for chronology and army lists
albumsiglo19mendea.net - for contemporary pictures
zm.gipuzkoakultura.net/19thcenturymilitaryhistory - for contemporary pictures
Books
La Primera Guerra Carlista 1833-1840, Carlos Canales Torres, Grupo Medusa Ediciones - in Spanish but good for pictures.
The British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War 1835-1838, Edward M Brett, Four Courts Press - a very good read!
Articles
A Savage and Romantic War, Spain 1833-1840, Conrad Cairns' articles in this very magazine many years ago but still available on WI's CDs - very inspiring stuff
- Code A
- £6.00 GBP (6 infantry)
- Code B
- £7.50 GBP (3 cavalry)