VII

THE FRENCH ARMY OF SPAIN ON JAN. 15, 1810

FROM A DOCUMENT IN THE ARCHIVES NATIONAUX AT PARIS

Present under Arms.
Officers.Men.Detached.Sick.Prisoners.Total.
1st Corps (Marshal Victor):
1st Division (Ruffin) at Almagro:
9th Léger, 24th Line, 96th Line (3 batts. each)1204,306969915,513
2nd Division (Darricau) at Daymiel:
16th Léger, 8th Line, 45th Line, 54th Line (2 batts. each)1575,7442871,893298,110
3rd Division (Villatte) at Membrilla:
27th Léger, 63rd Line, 94th Line, 95th Line (3 batts. each)2156,12415658937,087
Light Cavalry Brigade (Beaumont) at Villanueva de los Infantes:
2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs4577825427231,127
Division of Dragoons (Latour-Maubourg) at El Moral:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th Dragoons962,16463376613,030
Artillery and Train331,74725214422,178
Detachments on the march to join41,0191,023
État-Major112112
Corps Total78221,8821,6783,72011828,180
2nd Corps (General Heudelet, vice Soult):
1st Division (Merle) at Talavera:
2nd Léger, 36th Line, 4th Léger, 15th Line (3 batts. each)2315,7182386606,847
2nd Division (Heudelet) at Talavera:
17th Léger, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (3 batts. each), 31st Léger (4 batts.)2907,0352279208,472
Light Cavalry Division (Soult):
1st Hussars, 22nd Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons, Chasseurs Hanovriens79787191361,093
Division of Dragoons (Lahoussaye):
17th, 18th, 19th, 27th Dragoons581,1712426681,545
Artillery, Train, and Engineers156647144794
État-Major7979
Corps Total75215,3759691,726818,830
3rd Corps (General Suchet):
1st Division (Laval) at Montreal:
14th and 44th Line, 2nd of the Vistula (2 batts. each) [3rd of the Vistula absent and not counted]1194,1712802904885,348
2nd Division (Musnier) at Alcañiz:
114th, 115th, 121st Line (3 batts. each), 1st of the Vistula (2 batts.)2036,9702128132678,465
3rd Division (Habert) at Fraga:
5th Léger, 116th Line (2 batts. each), 117th Line (3 batts.)1364,19384,757
Cavalry Brigade (Boussard):
4th Hussars, 13th Cuirassiers771,822229442,172
Artillery, Train, and Engineers281,179661,273
Garrison Troops at Tudela, Saragossa, Jaca, &c., including the 3rd of the Vistula and 3 batts. of Chasseurs des Montagnes1324,0301871864,535
État-Major8080
Corps Total77522,3659161,81975526,630
4th Corps (General Sebastiani):
1st Division:
58th Line (3 batts.)571,5739855012,279
[28th, 32nd, 75th Line left at Madrid]
2nd Division (Laval):
9 German batts. (absent at Segovia, on march to Bayonne with the prisoners of Ocaña)
3rd Division (Werlé) at Ocaña:
4th, 7th, 9th Poles (2 batts. each)1304,6791121,177506,148
Light Cavalry Brigade (Perreymond) at Ocaña:
10th and 27th Chasseurs, and Polish Lancers621,289390891091,939
Division of Dragoons (Milhaud) at Velez:
5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoons1041,6172502161282,315
Artillery, Train, and Engineers145552045634
État-Major4545
Corps Total4129,7138702,07728813,360
5th Corps (Marshal Mortier):
1st Division (Girard) at El Moral:
34th, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (3 batts. each)2016,8392281,6838,951
2nd Division (Gazan) at El Moral:
21st and 28th Léger, 100th and 103rd Line (3 batts. each)2196,4142121,4328,287
Cavalry Division (Marisy) at Granatuela:
10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs, 13th and 22nd Dragoons811,458391411112,352
Artillery and Train17741501353946
Provisional Regiment of 2 squadrons each of 13th and 22nd Dragoons, on march to join their corps31557588
État-Major5454
Corps Total60316,0098813,6612421,178
6th Corps (Marshal Ney):
1st Division (Marchand) at Ledesma:
6th Léger (2 batts.), 39th, 69th, 76th Line (3 batts. each)1635,908319431327,177
2nd Division (Mermet) at Alba de Tormes:
25th Léger (2 batts.), 27th and 59th Line (3 batts. each), 50th Line (2 batts.)2016,6561071447,585
3rd Division (Loison) on the march:
26th and 82nd Line (4 batts. each), 66th Line (3 batts.), Légion du Midi and Légion Hanovrienne (2 batts. each), 15th Léger, 32nd Léger (1 batt. each), 2 provisional batts.30211,9485431,65214214,587
Cavalry Division (Lorges):
3rd Hussars, 15th Chasseurs, 15th, 25th Dragoons1082,3146013222,616
Artillery, Train, Engineers241,12067821,230
Drafts, on the march from Bayonne to Salamanca1565,6365066,298
État-Major7979
Corps Total1,03333,5821,1563,51928239,572
7th Corps (Marshal Augereau):
1st Division (Souham) at Vich:
1st Léger and 42nd Line (3 batts. each), 7th Line (2 batts.), 3rd Léger and 93rd Line (1 batt. each), 24th Dragoons, 3rd Provisional Chasseurs1695,2133972,627578,463
2nd Division (Pino) at Massanet:
Italians: 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th, 5th, 6th Line (2 batts. each), 7th Line (1 batt.), and Dragoons of Napoleon2386,3462012,409939,287
3rd Division (Verdier) at Besalu, including the remains of Morio’s and Lecchi’s late divisions:
French—32nd Léger, 2nd, 16th, 56th Line (1 batt. each); Neapolitans—1st and 2nd Line (2 batts. each); Westphalians—2nd, 3rd, and 4th Line (2 batts. each), 1st and 2nd of Berg, and Würzburg (2 batts. each), and Valais, Ducal Saxon, and La Tour d’Auvergne (1 batt. each), with 2nd Neapolitan Light Horse3346,0094867,19029914,318
4th Division (Duhesme) at Barcelona:
French—7th Line (2 batts.), 37th and 112th Line (1 batt. each), 2nd Swiss (1 batt.), Chasseurs des Montagnes (1 batt.), 5th Italian Line (2 batts.), Bataillon Départemental, and 3rd Provisional Cuirassiers2405,971332,056878,387
Head-Quarters Guard (1 batt. French 67th)17527122604820
Artillery, Train, Engineers441,34643708272,168
Drafts marching from Perpignan to Barcelona321,6081,640
Drafts at Perpignan, &c.326,1256,252
État-Major137137
Corps Total1,33833,1451,17215,25056751,472
8th Corps (General Junot):
1st Division (Clausel) at Burgos:
22nd Line (4 batts.), 14th, 19th, 25th, 28th, 34th, 36th, 50th, 75th Line (1 batt. each)2419,10554189010,777
2nd Division (Lagrange) at Burgos:
65th Line (4 batts.), 2nd, 4th, 12th, 15th Léger, 32nd, 46th, 58th, 121st, 122nd Line (1 batt. each)1958,6886687019110,343
3rd Division (Solignac) at Burgos:
15th, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (2 batts. each), Régiment Irlandais, Régiment de Prusse (2 batts. each)1356,925573398438,074
Cavalry Division (Ste. Croix):
3 provisional brigades of 2 squadrons each from 16 dragoon regiments2555,193315,479
Artillery, Train, Engineers301,6144621,710
Detachments forming garrison of Burgos1271441324866
État-Major8888
Corps Total95632,2391,8212,18313837,337
Total of the Eight Army Corps6,651184,3109,46333,9552,180236,559

TROOPS NOT FORMING PART OF THE EIGHT ARMY CORPS

Present under Arms.
Officers.Men.Detached.Sick.Prisoners.Total.
(1) Division Dessolles (Reserve) in march for Andalusia:
12th Léger (4 batts.), 43rd, 51st, 55th Line (3 batts. each)2298,1251,2779605010,641
(2) Government of Navarre (Dufour):
Garrison entirely composed of drafts, dépôts, and provisional units1778,3351929729,676
(3) Government of Biscay (Valentin):
One batt. each of 118th, 119th, 120th Line, 3 régiments de marche, and 6 ‘Bataillons auxiliaires32914,9432,2991,83419,405
(4) Provinces of Valladolid and Palencia (Kellermann):
Kellermann’s Division of Dragoons, 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th1313,077165123473,543
2nd, 3rd, 4th Swiss (1 batt. each), Garde de Paris801,6901,770
(5) Province of Segovia:
Laval’s German Division, detached from the 4th Corps, Nassau, Hesse, Baden, Holland (2 batts. each), Frankfurt (1 batt.), and Westphalian Chevaux-Légers, with French detachments garrisoning Segovia2044,2031,7303,3712319,739
(6) Madrid and New Castile:
1st Division of the 4th Corps:
28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each)1254,123901,710356,083
Cavalry Brigade:
26th Chasseurs, 3rd Dutch Hussars4176520850321,096
Artillery, Engineers, Train491,472831071,711
Provisional Battalions newly arrived at Madrid774,78437914,989
État-Major at Madrid3838
Total in Madrid and New Castile33011,1443811,90415813,917
(7) Santander (Bonnet):
28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each)2256,8396462327,972
(8) Imperial Guard:
1st Division Young Guard (Roguet):
4 Regiments of Infantry, 1st Provisional Regiment of Cavalry1906,424762996,989
2nd Division Young Guard (Dumoustier):
4 Regiments of Infantry, 2nd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry2276,9453861437,701
3rd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry39674713
Artillery, Train, Engineers401,8541,894
État-Major at Madrid88
Total Imperial Guard50415,89746244217,305
(9) Troops at Bayonne or near it and on the march for Spain:
Neuchâtel (1 batt.), Marines (2 batts.), 20 squadrons of Gendarmes, Artillery, Train, Engineers35712,9393184713,661
(10) Arrière-Garde de l’Armée de Portugal [troops designated for service, who have not yet marched], afterwards forming Drouet’s 9th Corps26716,14816,415
Grand Total9,484287,65016,28744,2542,898360,603
Of whom 324,996 are actually in Spain, and of these 262,051 are ‘Present under arms’ with the colours.