Editing Zouave (section)

==Zouave units in Spanish service==
[[File:Acción de Gandesa. Carga de caballería dada a los zuavos de D. Alfonso (Segunda parte de la Guerra Civil. Anales desde 1843 hasta el fallecimiento de don Alfonso XII).jpg|thumb|Carlist Zouaves during the [[Third Carlist War]]]]
In the [[Third Carlist War]] (1872–1876) the [[Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime]], (the brother of the Carlist Pretender to the Spanish throne, [[Carlos, Duke of Madrid]]) raised a unit of Spanish zouaves, the Carlist Zouaves (''Batallon Zuavos''), as an honor guard for himself and his wife [[Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal|Maria de las Nieves Braganza]]. The Carlist Zouaves originated as the sixth company of the second battalion of the [[Pontifical Zouaves]]. (Don Alfonso Carlos had formerly served as a lieutenant in the Pontifical Zouaves.) The Carlist Zouaves had the status of an elite unit within the army of Catalonia and the Maestrazgo.

The uniforms of the Carlist Zouaves included the baggy trousers, short jacket, vest and sash of both the French and Pontifical Zouaves. However, the Carlist Zouaves also wore a distinctive feature that differentiated them from existing zouave regiments elsewhere, in the form of a [[beret]] of Basque influence with a characteristic tassel. In order to distinguish the troops from the officers, the color of the officer's jacket was a blue-gray shade, with a darker blue for the other ranks. The beret worn by the troops was white with a yellow tassel, while the officers wore a red beret with yellow tassel. The baggy trousers were grayish for all ranks.<ref>Don Jose Bueno, plate 5 "Uniformes, Banderas y Organizacion de las Tropas Carlistas 1872–76", Alcaniz Fresno's Editores, {{ISBN|978-84-96935-40-2}}
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