The New International Encyclopædia/Zumala-Cárreguy, Tomas

ZUMALA-CÁRREGUY, tho͞o-mä′lȧ-kä′rā̇-gē̇, Tomas (1789-1835). A Spanish Carlist leader. He was born at Ormaiztegui, in the Biscayan province of Guipuzcoa. He served against Napoleon, leaving the study of law at Pamplona to enter the army. He was loyal to Ferdinand VII., but in 1832, being suspected as a Carlist, was dismissed from the army. In October, 1833, he was called to lead the Carlist forces in the Basque Provinces. He was the ablest of the Carlist leaders, and won many successes against the Cristinos, displaying marked talents as a guerrilla leader, as well as fine capacity for leading large bodies of men. On June 15, 1835, while besieging Bilbao, he received a gun-shot wound and died ten days afterwards. With Zumala-Cárreguy’s death all hope of success for the Carlists was extinguished; and though the war dragged on for some years longer, the result was never doubtful. Consult Henningsen, Twelve Months’ Campaign with Zumala-Carreguy in Navarre and the Basque Provinces (London, 1836).