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The Spanish Line Infantry uniform changed several times during the Napoleonic wars. Both officially with the introduction of new model uniforms, the supply of British made uniforms, locally produced clothing and those captured as the spoils of war. The M1797 uniform was officially listed as being white with collars, cuffs and facings according ...
Hussar. Archduke Stephen of Austria, Palatine of Hungary, in 19th-century Hungarian general's hussar style gala uniform; [1] with characteristic tight dolman jacket, loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket, and busby. A hussar[a] was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Cavalry Regiment El Rey (Spanish: Regimiento de Caballería El Rey) is the oldest cavalry regiment in the Spanish Army, distinguishing itself on several occasions during the Peninsular War. They are best known for their charge at the Battle of Talavera where they dealt the decisive blow against General Jean François Leval's German Division.
Dragoon. Mounted Russian dragoon armed with an infantry long gun, c. 1710. Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from ...
The Regulares were first raised in 1911 as a "batallón indígena" of infantry [1] of four companies plus one cavalry squadron that was expanded the following year to 2 Infantry Tabores plus 1 Cavalry Tabor. Their formation came at a time when the Spanish army was expanding into the Moroccan hinterland from the long-held coastal enclaves of ...
Soldado de cuera. Soldados de cuera and Indian auxiliaries, 1720. The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") [1] served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century. [2] They were mounted and were an exclusive corps in the Spanish Empire.
Spanish Army Ejército de Tierra Seal of the Spanish Army Founded 15th century Country Spain Type Army Role Land force Size 75,822 personnel (2018) Part of Spanish Armed Forces Garrison/HQ Buenavista Palace, Madrid Mascot(s) Crowned rampant eagle with Saint James cross Commanders Commander in Chief King Felipe VI Chief of Staff of the Army Army General Amador Fernando Enseñat y Berea Insignia ...
The Spanish Legion was formed by royal decree of King Alfonso XIII on 28 January 1920, with the Minister of War José Villalba Riquelme [] stating, "With the designation of Foreigners Regiment there will be created an armed military unit, whose recruits, uniform and regulations by which they should be governed will be set by the minister of war."