Battle of Villar de los Navarros Historical milestone · Villar de los Navarros, Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza Image of Villar de los Navarros, not of the place itself. On 24 August 1837 the Carlist army of the Royal Expedition defeated the liberal troops here, with some four hundred dead on each side and more than two thousand prisoners. The British correspondent Charles Lewis Gruneisen reported the battle for the Morning Post. 1837 Photo: Pacoxo (Public domain) What to see and do in Villar de los Navarros