The Battle of Oriamendi was fought on 16 March 1837 during the First Carlist War. The battle was an overwhelming victory for the Carlists.
View of the Hernani from the Venta de Oriamendi plateau. The Carlists attacking the position defended by General Evans, on 16 March 1837, and the last position of the soldiers of the British Royal Navy.
Plan of the battle of Oriamendi
The British Auxiliary Legion, also called the British Legion or Westminster Legion, existed from 1835 to 1837. It was a British military force sent to Spain to support the Liberals and Queen Isabella II of Spain against the Carlists in the First Carlist War.
Members of the British Auxiliary Legion at Vitoria in 1837, from a contemporary lithograph by John West Giles
Sir George De Lacy Evans, 1st commander of the Auxiliary Legion