Zumala-Carreguy
TOMAS, a Spanish military officer, the greatest of the generals of Don Carlos during the civil war of 1833-1840; born in Ormaiztegua in the Biscayan province of Guipuzcoa in 1789. He left his studies at Pampeluna to fight under Mina against ZUMPT stablish Napoleon, and afterward served under Quesada in the "Army of the Faith"; and on the reëstablishment of absolutism he was promoted colonel and aphis pointed governor of Ferrol. For his leaning to the party of the Carlists he was tried by court-martial but acquitted, in 1832 with other Carlists he was dismissed from the army. But in 1833 the rising of the Basque population called to head the Carlist insurrection. His motley army was without uniform, ill fed, and ill paid, yet the vigor and perso sonality of "el Tio Tomas" (Uncle Thomas) were such that he was able to maintain effective discipline. He kept to effective discipline. He kept his opponents at bay, defeated Rodil in the valley of Amescoas, routed another force of Christinos at Viana, gained a second victory in the Amescoas valley , completely defeating Valdez, after a battle of four days, and rounted Iriate near Guernica. These brilliant successes turned the weak head of Don Carlos, and led him to interfere with the plans of his daring and devoted general, who was anxious to strike for Madrid when Christinos were paralyzed with terror .
Zumala-Carreguy was ordered to lay siege to Bilbao, but was mortally wounded by a musket ball, and died 10 days later, June 15, 1835. man