Spanish expeditionary army (Spanish American independence) order of battle

Viceroyalty of New Spain

Counter insurgency (1812-1821)

Period year Number of men Units and Commanders (units changes names in 1820)
European Expeditions
1812 - 1817
year 1812
  • total men 3857
Unitsoldiers Officers
Battalion Asturias (Mallorca) 270 men -
Battalion Lobera (Infante Don Carlos) 847 men Francisco Bucelli, teniente coronel
Regiment América (Murcia) 817 men,
one Battalion
Juan José Olazábal
Battalion Castilla (Voluntarios de Castilla) 649 men Francisco Hevia
Battalion Zamora 910 men Rafael Bracho
Battalion Fernando VII -expediciónario- 364 men Ángel Díaz del Castro, teniente coronel
year 1813
  • men total 1895
Unitsoldiersofficers
Battalion Extremadura 995 men coronel Benito Armiñan
Battalion Saboya (Reina) 900 men coronel Melchor Álvarez
Year 1815
  • men total 1749
  • Brigadier Fernando Miyares y Mancebo, commander of expedition
unitsoldiersofficers
Regiment Órdenes Militares 1126 men,
2 Battalions
Coronel Francisco LLamas
Battalion Voluntarios de Navarra (Barcelona) 623 men Coronel José Ruiz
Year 1817
  • men total 1547
  • Mariscal de Campo Pascual Liñan, commander of expedition.
unitsoldiersofficers
Regiment Zaragoza 2 Battalions brigadier Domingo Luaces

Defense of San Juan de Ulúa (1821-1825)

Expedition of Isidro Barradas (1829)

Division of Vanguard (1829)
  • Total 3,000 men

Commander

Units

  • Regiment de la Corona (3 Battalions )
    • I Battalion Rey Fernando
    • II Battalion Reina Amalia
    • III Battalion Real Borbón
  • Squadron of cavalry (dismounted) (incomplete)
  • Company of artillery (short)

Expeditionary Army of Costa Firme

(Venezuela and New Granada)

Viceroyalty of Perú

(Perú, Chile and Upper Peru)

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