Spanish Army

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Contents 1 État-Major 2 Line Infantry 2.1 Household Infantry 2.2 Spanish Line Infantry Regiments 2.3 Italian Line Infantry Regiments 2.4 Irish Line Infantry Regiments 2.5 Walloon Line Infantry Regiments 2.6 Swiss Line Infantry Regiments 3 Militias 4 Cuirassiers 4.1 Household Cavalry 4.2 Line Cavalry 5 Dragoons 6 Artillery 7 Light Troops 8 Logistic 9 References

État-Major

Organisation
Generalities about the uniform

Line Infantry

Household Infantry

Real Guardia de Alabarderos
Regimiento de Guardias Españolas
Regimiento de Guardias Valonas

Spanish Line Infantry Regiments

Organisation
Generalities about the uniform
Generalities about the colours

Castilla (Rey in 1766) Lombardía Galicia Saboya Corona Africa Zamora Soria Córdoba

Guadalajara Sevilla Granada Vitoria Lisboa España Toledo Mallorca Burgos

Murcia León Cantabria Asturias Navarra Aragón Fijo de Ceuta Fijo de Oran Reina

N.B.: Some authors also list Princesa, Fijo de Badajoz (later renamed Fijo de Extremadura), Principe and Real America as part of the Spanish line infantry. However, these regiments were raised after the Seven Years' War: Real America in 1764, Princesa in 1765, Fijo de Badajoz in 1767 and Príncipe in 1767.

Italian Line Infantry Regiments

Nápoles
Milán

Irish Line Infantry Regiments

Irlanda
Hibernia
Ultonia

Walloon Line Infantry Regiments

Flándes
Brabante
Bruselas

Swiss Line Infantry Regiments

Organisation

Antiguo de Reding
Nuevo de Reding
Dunant
Buch

Militias

Organisation
Generalities about the uniform
Generalities about the colours

Antequera Málaga Guadix Ronda Alpujarras Bujalance Ciudad Rodrigo Palencia Logroño Siguenza Zamora

Soria Orense Santiago Pontevedra Tuy Betanzos Santander Jaén Badajoz Sevilla Sevilla Burgos

Lugo Granada Leon Oviedo Córdoba Murcia Trujillo Jerez Carmona Niebla Ecija

Cuirassiers

Household Cavalry

Reales Guardias de Corps
Brigada de Carabineros Reales

Line Cavalry

Organisation
Generalities about the uniform
Generalities about the colours

Reina Milán Borbón Ordenes Farnesio Alcantara Extremadura Barcelona Malta

Brabante Flandes Algarve Andalucia Calatrava Granada Sevilla Santiago Montesa Costa de Granada

Dragoons

Organisation
Generalities about the uniform
Generalities about the colours

Reina Bélgica Batavia Pavia Frisia

Sagunto Edimburgo Numancia Lusitania Merida

Artillery

Royal Artillery
Corps of Engineers

Light Troops

Migueletes Catalanes

In 1762, two additional light units were raised in preparation of the war against Portugal:

Voluntarios de Aragón (1 bn)
Cataluña (2 bns)

Logistic

Medical services

References

• ETAT general Des Troupes Espagnoles, sur pié en 1760. Jacques Andre Frederic, Augsbourg

Acknowledgments

Juan José Torres and the Asociación Cultural de Modelismo Histórico Alabarda for the information and counselling provided for this article.