French Foreign Legion in Spain

 

From the Blandford book World Uniforms and Battles 1815-50  by Haythornthwaite and Chappell

Perry Miniatures 28mm Carlist War

 An impressive range. Here

1st Carlist War

 My Pinterest page to get you started.

B.A.L. (British Auxiliary Legion) by Carlos Van Zeller

First Carlist War: Siege of Bilbao (1835)

A Savage and Romantic War: A Wargamer's Guide to the First Carlist War, Spain, 1833-1840 (Helion Wargames)

 If you are interested in seeing more try Carlist Wars War games group on Facebook.

In the quarter-century after the fall of Napoleon, there were several wars in Europe, and this Spanish civil war was the lengthiest, and most varied. It was the first of a set of conflicts that split the nation and would continue to do so for a century and more. A Savage and Romantic War gives the wargamer all the information needed to play games set in Spain in these tumultuous seven years, and to make and paint the armies that fought.

The First Carlist War is one that is becoming more familiar to English-speakers, and can be gamed in any scale, with dedicated ranges available in 28 and 18mm. Although taking place only two decades after the latter stages of the Peninsular campaign, and sometimes over the same landscape, it has a quality all of its own. It was big enough to have full-scale battles with two dozen or so units a side, and small enough that games can be played with a brigade or two, and with no need to compromise on scale - every pair of guns or battalion can appear on the table. There were numerous skirmishes, with Carlists in their huge berets and irregular bands facing militia, guardsmen and everything in between. The sheer variety and picturesque appearance of the soldiers of four nations who fought, the involvement of larger-than-life generals on both sides, and the spectacular scenery over which it took place make this a perfect conflict for re-creating in miniature.

Those who play most Napoleonic rules will be able to use them for this war, and this work is not linked to any particular set.

The book has a short history of the war, then full details of the Spanish, French, British and Portuguese forces, including organization, tactics, uniforms, weapons, equipment and flags. Then there are descriptions of 13 battles, each with the map and orders of battle that will make it easy to translate onto the table-top. Finally, there is a lengthy account of the Oriamandi campaign of 1837, culminating in the dramatic battle which saw the largest involvement of British troops in Europe since Waterloo.

Throughout, there is detail of which regiments did what and how they did it.

Jordi Bru photography Legión auxiliar británica

 

The First Carlist War - Sell-off and annihilation of the Foreign Legion

Here to read an article on the subject

A Narrative of the British Auxiliary Legion: With Incidents, Anecdotes, and ... By Alexander Somerville

Free ebook. Publsihed 1838; there's a facebook group Carlist Wars Wargaming, and someone recommended it. 

Wargaming the Carlist war in 15mm

totentanz-miniatures.com

A good start is with this company Stonewall figures.
Totentanz do a nice range/
Also see this piece
There are new out figures by Quick Reaction Force that look good. 

Order of Battle for the British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War

Here
Also see painting guide here
https://balagan.info/first-carlist-war-painting-guide-british-auxiliary-legion

Carlist Battle 1837

Hornbrook, Thomas Lyde, Twelve Views in the Basque Provinces illustrating several of the actions in which the British Legion was engaged with Carlist troops, Londres, Day and Haghe Lithographers to the Queen, 1840.

La Legión Francesa asaltando una trinchera carlista.

Civil war in Spain. Characteristic sketches of the different troops, regular and irregular, native and foreign, composing the armies of don Carlos and queen Isabella, also various scenes of military operations, and costumes of the spanish peasantry. London: J. Dicckinson, 1837
More here

I have put a new label Carlist so you can see all the posts I've done to date

Carlist forces

Here

1st Carlist War (1833-40) - Isabelists

Here

French; Foreign Legion. Legionaire, Corporal & Rengage, 1832-33. Part of the Isabelist forces

British troops in the First Carlist War

"The British Legion" by J. W. Giles

Here to learn about these troops

Perry Minaitures Carlist War 28mms

1st Carlist War 1833-1840
Designed by Michael Perry
28mm Figures
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 Kings 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.

 

The First Carlist War was an important but often overlooked conflict that raged between 1833and 1840. It began a series of wars that ultimately led to the Spanish Civil War of 1936. This is the first book in English to cover it's military history and uniforms. 104 pages, colour throughout. It contains contemporary images, the theatres of war described, detailed uniform reconstructions, maps, orders of battle, flags and photos of miniatures.

Buy it here

First Carlist war reenactment

See more from Jordi Bru photography here
Wiki on the war here

Perrry Miniatures 28mm Carlist Wars

You have to hand it to the Perry's - when they get into a period they go for it producing a demand through their enthusiasm and their 'selling' of the period through their figures and uniform guides. Visit their website and see if you get bitten by the Carlist bug.
Carlist wars wiki