Infantry Regiment "Asturias" No. 31

[note 2] The uniforms and arms would be paid for from the king's coffers, while the Principality would have to contribute five thousand [gold] escudos, to be raised by a tax on salt.

[1] The unit was raised a second time in 1691 and sent to defend Catalonia against a French invasion and was then stationed at Olot, under the command of Francisco Menéndez de Avilés y Porres.

[4] When the Peninsular War broke out, in May 1808, La Romana made plans with the British to repatriate his men to Spain.

However, at the end of July, when the regiments of Asturias and Guadalajara (2,069 men) were told that they had to swear allegiance to King Joseph, they mutinied and killed the aide-de-camp of General Fririon, who was presiding at the ceremony.

[5] Although the Asturias Regiment was dissolved when it refused to swear allegiance to the Emperor,[1][note 3] it was raised again in 1811, seeing action throughout the rest of the Peninsular War.