IV

THE SPANISH ARMY AT MEDELLIN

Cuesta’s army at Medellin was composed of the following regiments. It is, unfortunately, impossible to say how they were brigaded at the moment, as the only return available is that of April 4, when the original distribution of the army had been broken up, and the Andalusian division distributed among the other four. The Estremaduran battalions were very strong, some few of them ranging up to 1,100 and even 1,400 bayonets, though others had but 500 or 700.
(1) Troops of Belvedere’s old army of Estremadura:
*Spanish Guards (4th batt.); *Walloon Guards (4th batt.); *2nd of Majorca; *2nd Light of Catalonia; †Provincial of Badajoz; †Provincial Grenadiers; ‡Badajoz (two batts.); ‡Zafra; ‡Truxillo; ‡Merida; ‡Plasencia; ‡La Serena; ‡Leales de Ferdinando VII (two batts.)
Total.Fifteen batts.
(2) Troops of San Juan’s old ‘Army of Reserve of Madrid’:
Walloon Guards (2nd batt.); *Jaen (two batts.); *Irlanda (two batts.); †Provincial of Toledo; †Provincial of Burgos; ‡2nd Volunteers of Madrid; ‡3rd of Seville
Total.Nine batts.
(3) Troops under Albuquerque, from the Army of the Centre:
*Campomayor; †Provincial of Guadix; †Provincial of Cordova; ‡Osuna (two batts.); ‡Granaderos del General; ‡Tiradores de Cadiz
Total.Seven batts.
N.B.—Of these troops, Plasencia, Zafra, Truxillo, and the ‘Leales de Ferdinando VII’ (two batts.) were in garrison at Badajoz and not present in the field.
The probable strength of the infantry engaged at Medellin was about 20,000 bayonets.
CAVALRY.
(1) Old troops of the Army of Estremadura:
*4th Hussars (‘Volunteers of Spain’); *1st Hussars of Estremadura [late Maria Luisa].
(2) Old troops of La Romana’s army, from Denmark:
*Rey; *Infante; *Almanza.
(3) New Levies:
‡Cazadores de Llerena; ‡Imperial de Toledo.
There was also present one regiment from Andalusia, which had joined with Albuquerque, apparently *Reyna.
Eight regiments in all, with an odd squadron of Carabineros Reales in addition. Effectives very low. Total about 3,000 or 3,200 sabres. Several regiments had a squadron detached in Andalusia, in search of remounts.
ARTILLERY.
Thirty guns, about 650 men; Sappers, two companies, about 200 men. Total, about 24,000 men.