The first Carlist war was the last of the European Napoleonic wars. The war started after the death of King Fernando VII. The two armies involved, the Cristinos or governmental army, supporting the liberal regency of Maria Cristina (the wife of Fernando VII, and mother of the Queen Isabel II), and the Carlists, who supported the conservative candidate to the kingdom: Carlos V (brother of Fernando VII). So commenced a full scale civil war with international involvement . The British, French and Portuguese sent troops to support the Cristino forces. The war was fought with the Carlists trying to capture the capital, Madrid, and the Cristinos trying to block Carlist operations in the north, and the Catalonian and eastern provinces. It can be classed as the last of the Napoleonic wars because of: The weapons This was the last of the wars where all troops used the flintlock musket - the percussion cap system had been introduced in other countries, but the huge production of flintlocks for the Napoleonic wars meant that the armies of the Carlist wars used that weapon. Some selected units used the magnificent Baker rifle (perhaps this was the last great scale war in Europe that see saw the Baker rifle in action) The artillery still used the guns of the Napoleonic Gribeauval system. There was substantial development of the mountain artillery, because pack artillery was required to fight in the mountains of the north. The tactics The Carlist Wars were not wars involving great battles, but all the troops were trained in Napoleonic formations: line, column & square, and with the Napoleonic battalion organization: centre companies, and grenadier & light companies. The command system was the same as the Napoleonic wars, with officers extracted from the nobility and “buenas familias” (burgees families) and there was a great social and financial gulf between officers and other ranks. The 1st Carlist War can be played with Divisonal Commander with no change to the rules.

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