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This is the Order of Battle for the Battle of Carabobo in 1821 during the Venezuelan War of Independence.

Order of Battle[]

Order of Battle
Simón Bolívar
Flag of the Gran Colombia

Commander in Chief

Chief of Staff

Patriot forces[1]

1st Division; Maj Gen José Antonio Páez
  • APP-6 Infantry Ifn Btn "Bravos de Apure", Lieutenant Colonel Juan José Conde
  • APP-6 Infantry Ifn Btn "British Rangers" (British Legions), Colonel Thomas Ferrier
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Honor", Lieutenant Colonel José Cornelio Muñoz
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Muerte de Guasdualito", Colonel Juan Pablo Burgos
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Venganza de Mantecal", Coronel Juan Briceño
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Cazadores Valientes de Apure", Teniente Coronel José María Angulo
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Húsares de Apure", Coronel Guillermo Iribarren
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Guías de Apure", Teniente Coronel Facundo Mirabal
2nd Division; Maj Gen Manuel Cedeño
  • APP-6 Infantry Inf Btn "Tiradores", Lieutenant Colonel Rafael de Las Heras
  • APP-6 Infantry Ifn Btn "Boyacá", Teniente Coronel Ludwig Flegel
  • APP-6 Infantry Ifn Btn "Vargas", Teniente Coronel Hilario Lopéz
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Sagrado", Colonel Francisco Aramendi
3rd Division; Colonel Ambrosio Plaza
  • APP-6 Infantry Rifle Btn (British Legions), Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Sandes
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Granaderos de la Guardia", Teniente Coronel Juan Pantaleón
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Vencedor de Boyaca", Colonel Johannes Uslar
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Anzoátegui", Teniente Coronel José María Arguindegui
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Guardia de Honor", Coronel José Rondón

Miguel de la Torre
Regimientos Realistas

Commander in Chief

Royalist forces[1]

Vanguard Division; Brigadier Francisco Tomás Morales, (reinforcement of the flank)[2]
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Burgos" -Expeditionary- , Teniente Coronel Juaquín Dalmau
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Cazadores del Infante Francisco de Paula", Teniente Coronel Simón Sicilia
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Húsares de Fernando VII" -Expeditionary-, Teniente Coronel Ramón Calderón
  • Horseicon Cav Rgt "Lanceros del Rey", Teniente Coronel Tomas de Renovales
1º Division; Teniente Coronel Tomas García
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Valençey" -Expeditionary-, Teniente Coronel Andrés Riesco
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Voluntarios de Barbastro" -Expeditionary-, Teniente Coronel Juan Nepomuceno Montero
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Hostalrich" -Expeditionary-, Teniente Coronel Josef Istúriz (reinforcement of the flank)[2]
5º Division; Coronel José María Herrera
  • APP-6 Infantry Btn "Príncipe", Teniente Coronel Diego Fragoso
  • Horseicon Horse Rgt "Cazadores de Guías del General", Teniente Coronel Domingo Loyola
  • Horseicon Horse Rgt "Dragones Leales a Fernando VII", Teniente Coronel Antonio Gómez
  • APP-6 Artillery 6th Artillería Volante Squadron; Capitán Inocentes Mercadillo (2 cannons)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gonzalo Pulido Ramirez (2011), Estudio Histórico de la batalla de Carabobo (1821), Universidad Andrés Bello, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, págs. 157 a 218..
  2. 2.0 2.1 Albi de la Cuesta, Julio (2018). "Bolívar contra España. La batalla de Carabobo". ISSN 2255-0542. 
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