As a result of these defeats, Cartaojal was forced to relinquish his command of the Army of the Centre to General Venegas, and in April was arrested pending a court martial,[1] together with Field marshal Tomás Moreno and Brigadier Abadía.
[1] Abadía's situation was further complicated when the Junta Superior de Granada accused him not only of fomenting unrest among the troops by his reforms, without ever achieving order and discipline, but also cast doubt over his loyalty due to his friendship with General Tomás de Morla[1] who, having been sent to Madrid to negotiate the capitulation of the capital, had surrendered himself to the French as a prisoner of war and was thereafter branded a traitor by the Cortes.
After a month and a half, given that the accusations against him had not been proven, together with his evident illness, he was allowed to travel to Málaga, pending any possible implication in the court martial against Cartaojal.
[2][note 1] That August, 30,000 French troops under Jean-Marie Dorsenne, set on expelling the Spanish forces from region of Astorga, attacked Abadía's outposts.
Fortunately for his army, Abadía, heeding the advice of his predecessor, Santocildes, had already taken to the hills and his divisions only suffered serious defeats at the mountain passes of Manzanal (under General Federico Castañón) and Fuencebadon (under Conde de Belvedere).
[2] In June 1812, while still commander-in-chief of the army of Galicia, Abadía was appointed minister of War, although he later resigned both posts for health reasons.
[1] Once recovered, in November, he was transferred to the Army of the Reserve being created at El Puerto de Santa María, and the following month accepted the command of its 1st Division.
While at Murcia, he was denounced by a deputy for his opposition to the Government, for which the Supreme Court of Spain, following a request from Parliament, initiated proceedings against him.
[1] In August 1823 he was taken prisoner by the Milicia Nacional who had an order signed by General Riego to deport Abadía to Tangier.
[1] In April 1834 he was appointed member of the War commission of the Royal Council of Spain and the Indies, although he resigned the following October and took up residence at the barracks at Granada.