Battle of Huesca | |||||||
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Part of First Carlist War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spanish liberals | Carlist Rebels | ||||||
France | |||||||
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General Iribarren Joseph Conrad |
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French Foreign Legion |
The Battle of Huesca was fought during the First Carlist War on March 24, 1837, between Spanish Constitutionalists and Carlists. During the course of the battle, the French Foreign Legion, which had been attached to the Cristinist army, suffered heavy casualties resulting in its strength been halved. The result of the battle was a decisive Constitutionalist victory.