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Battle of Huesca

Battle of Huesca was a battle fought on 24 May 1837 at Huesca, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Royal Expedition. The recorded result: Carlist Victory.

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Lucha entre la caballería isabelina y la infantería carlista en la batalla de Huesca, 24 de mayo de 1837
Lucha entre la caballería isabelina y la infantería carlista en la batalla de Huesca, 24 de mayo de 1837. Luis Bordas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought24 May 1837
WhereHuesca, Spain42.140N, 0.409W
OutcomeCarlist Victory
BelligerentsSpanish liberalsagainstCarlist Rebels
Part ofRoyal Expedition1837

Where it sits in the Royal Expedition

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7 placed engagements of the Royal Expedition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date24 May 1837
PlaceHuesca, Spain
42.140N, 0.409W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Commanders
  • Joseph Conrad (French colonel)
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between AD 812 and 1837.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1837

Battle of Huesca is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871253, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Huesca, revision 1370265813, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.