This list of Spanish Regular Infantry units that were despatched to the New World during the period from 1812 - 1818, this information is taken from the Marquis de Clonard's "Historia Organica de la Infanteria Espanola"
UNIT SENT TO YEAR
REGIMENT LEON, 3rd. BATTALION BUENOS AIRES 1811
REGIMENT AMERICA 1st. BATTALION MEXICO 1811
REGIMENT ASTURIAS MEXICO 1811
TIRADORES de CASTILLA 2nd BATTALION MEXICO 1812
REGIMENT LOBERA MEXICO 1812
REGIMENT ALBUHERA MONTEVIDEO 1812
VOLUNTARIOS de MADRID, MONTEVIDEO 1812
REGIMENT ZAMORA MEXICO 1812
REGIMENT FERNANDO VII MEXICO 1812
REGIMENT SABOYA MEXICO 1813
REGIMENT LORCA MONTEVIDEO 1813
REGIMENT FERNANDO VII (transferred from Mexico) MONTEVIDEO 1813
REGIMENT AMERICA 3rd. BATTALION MONTEVIDEO 1813
REGIMENT TALAVERA LIMA 1813
REGIMENT ESTREMENA LIMA 1813
REGIMENT LEON (minus 3rd Battalion in Buenos Aires) VENEZUELA 1815
REGIMENT UNION VENEZUELA 1815
VOLUNTARIOS de la VICTORIA VENEZUELA 1815
TIRADORES de CATALUNA 1st. BATTALION VENEZUELA 1815.
TIRADORES de CASTILLA 1st. BATTALION VENEZUELA 1815
TIRADORES de BARBASTRO VENEZUELA 1815
TIRADORES de DOYLE VENEZUELA 1815
REGIMENT ORDENES MILITARES MEXICO 1815
VOLUNTARIOS de NAVARRA MEXICO 1815
VOLUNTARIOS de GERONA LIMA 1815
REGIMENT ZARAGOZA MEXICO 1817
REGIMENT NAVARRA VENEZUELA 1817
REGIMENT BURGOS 2nd. BATTALION VENEZUELA 1817
REGIMENT BURGOS 1st. BATTALION LIMA 1817
REGIMENT CANTABRIA 1st. BATTALION LIMA 1818
REGIMENT CANTABRIA 2nd. BATTALION LIMA 1818
Unfortunately no indication of how long each unit stayed, the cavalry volume gives no listing of it's units that were sent to the Americas during this period, if anyone can help with this information please write in.
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