carlist
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A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.
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Although Carlist rebels easily ruled the countryside, the government army had no problem in dominating the walled capital of Navarre.
April June * April 14 The Third Carlist War begins in northern Spain.
However, the Carlist Zouaves also wore a distinctive feature that differentiated them from existing zouave regiments elsewhere, in the form of a beret of Basque influence with a characteristic tassel.
However, in three days of fierce fighting, the Carlist General Joaquín Elío, with just 17,000 men, once again drove off the attack at nearby Somorrostro, and it was another six weeks before Serrano managed to relieve Bilbao.
After very heavy fighting both sides claim victory, but Moriones withdraws and Estella remains in Carlist hands.
But at Castellfollit de la Roca, in one of the Government’s worst defeats, Nouvilas was routed by Carlist General Francesc Savalls, and captured along with about 2,000 of his men.