Second Battle of Arquijas

The battle was a second attack on the positions of Carlist commander Tomás de Zumalacárregui at the pass at Arquijas, Navarre.

Liberal commander Francisco Espoz y Mina sent 5,000 infantry and cavalrymen into the field.

[1] 9,000 Liberal troops were at Estella under Manuel Lorenzo, Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri, and three other generals.

Espoz y Mina gave orders for the passage of the Ega River at Arquijas.

[2] On 5 February Liberal forces took posts opposite the Carlists on the other bank of the Ega River.