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STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN,
FEBRUARY 1, 1809

N.B.—This return includes effective men, présents sous les armes, only, not sick or detached.

1st Corps, Marshal Victor:
1st Division, Ruffin [9th Léger, 24th and 96th Line (three batts. each)]5,429
2nd Division, Lapisse [16th Léger, 8th, 45th, and 54th Line (three batts. each)]7,692
3rd Division, Villatte [27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, and 95th Line (three batts. each)]6,376
Corps-Cavalry, Beaumont [2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs]1,386
Westphalian Chevaux-Légers487
Artillery [with 48 guns]1,523
État Major33
Total22,926
2nd Corps, Marshal Soult:
1st Division, Merle [2nd and 4th Léger, 15th (four batts. each) and 36th Line (three batts.)]6,498
2nd Division, Mermet [31st Léger (four batts.), 47th Line (four batts.), 122nd (four batts.), 2nd, 3rd, 4th Swiss (one batt. each)]5,459
3rd Division, Delaborde [17th, 70th, 86th Line (three batts. each)]4,954
4th Division, Heudelet [26th Line (two batts.), 66th Line (two batts.), 15th Léger (one batt.), 32nd Léger (one batt.), 82nd Line (one batt.), Légion du Midi (one batt.), Hanoverian Legion (one batt.), Garde de Paris (one batt.)]3,158
Corps-Cavalry, Franceschi [1st Hussars, 8th Dragoons, 22nd Chasseurs, Hanoverian Chevaux-Légers]1,340
Artillery (the men included under divisional totals), 54 guns
État Major43
Total21,452
N.B.—Lahoussaye’s Dragoons, and one brigade of Lorges’ Dragoons, were also present with the corps, with a strength of 2,000 sabres.
3rd Corps, General Junot:
1st Division, Grandjean [14th Line (three batts.), 44th Line (three batts.), 2nd and 3rd of the Vistula (two batts. each)]5,866
2nd Division, Musnier [114th and 115th Line (three batts. each), 1st of the Vistula (two batts.), 2nd Legion of Reserve]3,544
3rd Division, Morlot [5th Léger (one batt.), 116th and 117th Line (four batts. each), 121st Line (four batts.)]2,637
Corps-Cavalry, Wathier [13th Cuirassiers, 4th Hussars, Polish Lancers, Provisional regiments]1,652
Engineers and Sappers (for siege of Saragossa)2,336
Artillery (the men included under divisional totals), 40 guns
État Major36
Total16,071
4th Corps, General Sebastiani:
1st Division, Sebastiani [28th, 32nd, 58th, 75th Line (three batts. each)]5,660
2nd Division, Leval [Holland, Nassau, Baden, Hesse (two batts. each), Frankfort (one batt.)]3,127
3rd Division, Valence [4th, 7th, 9th Polish (two batts. each)]3,915
Artillery (with 30 guns)894
État Major22
Total15,399
5th Corps, Marshal Mortier:
1st Division, Suchet [17th Léger, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (three batts. each), 34th Line (four batts.)]8,477
2nd Division, Gazan [21st, 28th, 100th, 103rd Line (three batts. each)]7,110
Corps-Cavalry, Delaage [10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs]926
Artillery (with 30 guns)1,420
État Major26
Total17,959
6th Corps, Marshal Ney:
1st Division, Marchand [6th, 39th, 69th, 76th Line (three batts. each)]6,853
2nd Division, Maurice Mathieu [25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th (three batts. each)]6,917
Corps-Cavalry, Lorcet [3rd Hussars, 15th Chasseurs]840
Artillery (with 30 guns)1,534
État Major32
Total16,176
N.B.—One brigade of Lorges’ Dragoons was also present with the corps.
7th Corps, General Gouvion St. Cyr:
1st Division, Souham [1st Léger (three batts.), 3rd Léger (one batt.), 7th Line (two batts.), 42nd Line (three batts.), 67th Line (one batt.)]6,220
2nd Division, Chabran [2nd, 10th, 37th, 56th, 93rd Line, and 2nd Swiss (one batt. each)]4,037
3rd Division, Chabot [Chasseurs des Montagnes (one batt.), 2nd Neapolitans (two batts.)]1,633
4th Division, Reille [2nd Line (one batt.), 32nd Léger (one batt.), 113th Line (two batts.), 16th and 56th Line (one batt. each), Valais (one batt.)]3,980
5th Division, Pino [Italian 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th and 6th Line (three batts. each), 7th Line (one batt.)]8,008
6th Division, Lecchi [Italian 2nd, 4th, 5th Line, Velites (one batt. each), 1st Neapolitans (two batts.)]3,941
German Division, Morio [2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 1st Light of Westphalia]5,321
Cavalry, French [24th Dragoons, 3rd Provisional Cuirassiers, 3rd ditto Chasseurs]1,730
Cavalry, Italian [Dragoons of Napoleon, Royal Chasseurs, Chasseurs of the Prince Royal, Neapolitan Chasseurs]1,862
Artillery, French2,050
Artillery, Italian585
Artillery, German48
Total39,415
Reserve Cavalry.
1st Division of Dragoons, Latour-Maubourg:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th Dragoons
2,527
2nd Division of Dragoons, Milhaud:
12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoons
2,125
3rd Division of Dragoons, Lahoussaye:
17th, 18th, 19th, 27th Dragoons
1,335
4th Division of Dragoons, Lorges:
13th, 15th, 22nd, 25th Dragoons
1,228
5th Division of Dragoons, Millet:
3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th Dragoons
1,470
Light-Cavalry Division of Lasalle:
10th, 26th Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons
1,495
Artillery, batteries attached to the Cavalry Divisions:712
Total10,892
Reserve at Madrid:
Division Dessolles [12th Léger, 43rd, 51st, 55th Line (each three batts.), 8,507; Royal Guards, 2,200; 27th Chasseurs, 500]11,207
Garrisons of the North (Marshal Bessières):
In Biscay, Alava, Guipuzcoa, Santander, Old Castile, and Leon19,902
Grand Park of Artillery2,579
Grand Total of ‘Présents sous les armes,’ 193,978.
At the same time there were Sick 56,404, Detached 36,326, Prisoners 1,843.
Gross Total of the whole army in Spain, 288,551.