I have recieved two letters which deal with Mr. C.A. Norman's list of Spanish troops dispatched to the Americas that will be of help to us all, the first one is from Sr. J.L. Meige Amezaga of Spain, while the second is from Mr. Rene Chartrand of Canada:

About the Regular Cavalry Units of the Spanish Army dispatched to South America, I enclose the following notes:

Only two Corps of Cavalry were sent to America in this period. With the "Experditionary Army" of General Morillo to the "Costa Firme" (Venezuela) in 1815, four squadrons of the Regiment "Husares de Fernando VII" with 426 horses, plus the newly created Regiment "Dragones de la Union" also of four squadrons.

In 1817 arrived two squadrons sueltos (free) of the Regiment "Lanceros del. Rey" which never mustered more than 25 fit men in each. The composition of the rest of the Royalist cavalry used during the Wars of Independence being American born, except for the Superior Officers.

The situation of Spanish Cavalry in the Peninsula showed a total strength in 1815 of 2973 horses, while General Morillo's Army had with them 574 horses destined for "Costa Firme".

In the List of Spanish Infantry remit the following notes:

"Regiment Extremena" is really the Regimiento de Infanteria de Linea "Extremadura", dispatched for America in 1813, and in 1815 it was added the "Legion Extremena" composed of one Battalion of Infantry (this was an old unit created to fight against the French troops in the Peninsula in 1811). In 1815 this Regiment captured the Isla Margarita, in 1816 it was used in the defence of La Capilla and San Petrillo, in 1821 it was sent to Peru and was in the fight for Huatamanga, 1822 at the Battle of Ica, 1823 used in the fighting in Torata, Atunhuari and Tomas, 1824 at the Battle of Ayacucho.

Regiment "Tiradores de Castilla" in 1815, your name being "Voluntarios de Castilla" Regiment "Asturias", only the 3rd. Battalion was sent to America.

"Tiradores de Doyle" is the name of a unit created on the 1st June 1809 with the name "Batallon de la Union ale Osera en Aragon", at the First Siege of Zaragoza in honour of the British Colonel Sir William Doyle that took command the name was changed to the "Tiradores de Doyle" in 1814 , while in Spain the title of the Regiment was changed again this time into the "Regimiento de Infanteria Barbastro", at Cadiz in 1815 it embarked for Cumana (Venezuela.). In the same year at Caracas it was retitled "2nd. de Cazadores de Barbastro" No.9. In 1818 your name is "Batallion de Cazadores de Barbastro") and in 1823 it became the "Batallon de Infanteria Ligero No.10," therefore no unit with the title of "Tiradores de Doyle" were sent to South America.

"Regimiento de Infanteria de Lobera" their 1st Battalion arrived at Veracruz in 1811, with the rest of the Regiment arriving in Mexico in 1812. During the year 1818, the Regiment changed its title to the "Regimiento de infanteria Don Carlos Expedicionario," returning to Spain in 1822.