Battle of Venta de Echavarri

Significance

The Battle of Venta de Echavarri was a Carlist victory fought on October 28, 1834, during the First Carlist War. Occurring the day after the Battle of Alegría de Álava, it represented an immediate continuation of Carlist offensive pressure against Liberal forces. The engagement involved a Liberal force of 3,000 troops under Joaquín de Osma facing Carlist commanders Tomás de Zumalacárregui and Manuel Iturralde. Coming in such close succession to the previous day's action, the battle at Venta de Echavarri suggests a sustained Carlist operational tempo in the region, reinforcing whatever gains had been made at Alegría de Álava and further straining Liberal cohesion in the Basque theater of the war.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (3)