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) | 120 | 4,306 | 96 | 991 | – | 5,513 |
| 2nd Division (Darricau) at Daymiel: | ||||||
| 16th Léger, 8th Line, 45th Line, 54th Line (2 batts. each) | 157 | 5,744 | 287 | 1,893 | 29 | 8,110 |
| 3rd Division (Villatte) at Membrilla: | ||||||
| 27th Léger, 63rd Line, 94th Line, 95th Line (3 batts. each) | 215 | 6,124 | 156 | 589 | 3 | 7,087 |
| Light Cavalry Brigade (Beaumont) at Villanueva de los Infantes: | ||||||
| 2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs | 45 | 778 | 254 | 27 | 23 | 1,127 |
| Division of Dragoons (Latour-Maubourg) at El Moral: | ||||||
| 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th Dragoons | 96 | 2,164 | 633 | 76 | 61 | 3,030 |
| Artillery and Train | 33 | 1,747 | 252 | 144 | 2 | 2,178 |
| Detachments on the march to join | 4 | 1,019 | – | – | – | 1,023 |
| État-Major | 112 | – | – | – | – | 112 |
| Corps Total | 782 | 21,882 | 1,678 | 3,720 | 118 | 28,180 |
| 2nd Corps (General Heudelet, vice Soult): | ||||||
| 1st Division (Merle) at Talavera: | ||||||
| 2nd Léger, 36th Line, 4th Léger, 15th Line (3 batts. each) | 231 | 5,718 | 238 | 660 | – | 6,847 |
| 2nd Division (Heudelet) at Talavera: | ||||||
| 17th Léger, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (3 batts. each), 31st Léger (4 batts.) | 290 | 7,035 | 227 | 920 | – | 8,472 |
| Light Cavalry Division (Soult): | ||||||
| 1st Hussars, 22nd Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons, Chasseurs Hanovriens | 79 | 787 | 191 | 36 | – | 1,093 |
| Division of Dragoons (Lahoussaye): | ||||||
| 17th, 18th, 19th, 27th Dragoons | 58 | 1,171 | 242 | 66 | 8 | 1,545 |
| Artillery, Train, and Engineers | 15 | 664 | 71 | 44 | – | 794 |
| État-Major | 79 | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| Corps Total | 752 | 15,375 | 969 | 1,726 | 8 | 18,830 |
| 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] | 119 | 4,171 | 280 | 290 | 488 | 5,348 |
| 2nd Division (Musnier) at Alcañiz: | ||||||
| 114th, 115th, 121st Line (3 batts. each), 1st of the Vistula (2 batts.) | 203 | 6,970 | 212 | 813 | 267 | 8,465 |
| 3rd Division (Habert) at Fraga: | ||||||
| 5th Léger, 116th Line (2 batts. each), 117th Line (3 batts.) | 136 | 4,193 | 8 | – | – | 4,757 |
| Cavalry Brigade (Boussard): | ||||||
| 4th Hussars, 13th Cuirassiers | 77 | 1,822 | 229 | 44 | – | 2,172 |
| Artillery, Train, and Engineers | 28 | 1,179 | – | 66 | – | 1,273 |
| Garrison Troops at Tudela, Saragossa, Jaca, &c., including the 3rd of the Vistula and 3 batts. of Chasseurs des Montagnes | 132 | 4,030 | 187 | 186 | – | 4,535 |
| État-Major | 80 | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| Corps Total | 775 | 22,365 | 916 | 1,819 | 755 | 26,630 |
| 4th Corps (General Sebastiani): | ||||||
| 1st Division: | ||||||
| 58th Line (3 batts.) | 57 | 1,573 | 98 | 550 | 1 | 2,279 |
| [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) | 130 | 4,679 | 112 | 1,177 | 50 | 6,148 |
| Light Cavalry Brigade (Perreymond) at Ocaña: | ||||||
| 10th and 27th Chasseurs, and Polish Lancers | 62 | 1,289 | 390 | 89 | 109 | 1,939 |
| Division of Dragoons (Milhaud) at Velez: | ||||||
| 5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoons | 104 | 1,617 | 250 | 216 | 128 | 2,315 |
| Artillery, Train, and Engineers | 14 | 555 | 20 | 45 | – | 634 |
| État-Major | 45 | – | – | – | – | 45 |
| Corps Total | 412 | 9,713 | 870 | 2,077 | 288 | 13,360 |
| 5th Corps (Marshal Mortier): | ||||||
| 1st Division (Girard) at El Moral: | ||||||
| 34th, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (3 batts. each) | 201 | 6,839 | 228 | 1,683 | – | 8,951 |
| 2nd Division (Gazan) at El Moral: | ||||||
| 21st and 28th Léger, 100th and 103rd Line (3 batts. each) | 219 | 6,414 | 212 | 1,432 | – | 8,287 |
| Cavalry Division (Marisy) at Granatuela: | ||||||
| 10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs, 13th and 22nd Dragoons | 81 | 1,458 | 391 | 411 | 11 | 2,352 |
| Artillery and Train | 17 | 741 | 50 | 135 | 3 | 946 |
| Provisional Regiment of 2 squadrons each of 13th and 22nd Dragoons, on march to join their corps | 31 | 557 | – | – | – | 588 |
| État-Major | 54 | – | – | – | – | 54 |
| Corps Total | 603 | 16,009 | 881 | 3,661 | 24 | 21,178 |
| 6th Corps (Marshal Ney): | ||||||
| 1st Division (Marchand) at Ledesma: | ||||||
| 6th Léger (2 batts.), 39th, 69th, 76th Line (3 batts. each) | 163 | 5,908 | 31 | 943 | 132 | 7,177 |
| 2nd Division (Mermet) at Alba de Tormes: | ||||||
| 25th Léger (2 batts.), 27th and 59th Line (3 batts. each), 50th Line (2 batts.) | 201 | 6,656 | 10 | 714 | 4 | 7,585 |
| 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. | 302 | 11,948 | 543 | 1,652 | 142 | 14,587 |
| Cavalry Division (Lorges): | ||||||
| 3rd Hussars, 15th Chasseurs, 15th, 25th Dragoons | 108 | 2,314 | 60 | 132 | 2 | 2,616 |
| Artillery, Train, Engineers | 24 | 1,120 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 1,230 |
| Drafts, on the march from Bayonne to Salamanca | 156 | 5,636 | 506 | – | – | 6,298 |
| État-Major | 79 | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| Corps Total | 1,033 | 33,582 | 1,156 | 3,519 | 282 | 39,572 |
| 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 Chasseurs | 169 | 5,213 | 397 | 2,627 | 57 | 8,463 |
| 2nd Division (Pino) at Massanet: | ||||||
| Italians: 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th, 5th, 6th Line (2 batts. each), 7th Line (1 batt.), and Dragoons of Napoleon | 238 | 6,346 | 201 | 2,409 | 93 | 9,287 |
| 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 Horse | 334 | 6,009 | 486 | 7,190 | 299 | 14,318 |
| 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 Cuirassiers | 240 | 5,971 | 33 | 2,056 | 87 | 8,387 |
| Head-Quarters Guard (1 batt. French 67th) | 17 | 527 | 12 | 260 | 4 | 820 |
| Artillery, Train, Engineers | 44 | 1,346 | 43 | 708 | 27 | 2,168 |
| Drafts marching from Perpignan to Barcelona | 32 | 1,608 | – | – | – | 1,640 |
| Drafts at Perpignan, &c. | 32 | 6,125 | – | – | – | 6,252 |
| État-Major | 137 | – | – | – | – | 137 |
| Corps Total | 1,338 | 33,145 | 1,172 | 15,250 | 567 | 51,472 |
| 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) | 241 | 9,105 | 541 | 890 | – | 10,777 |
| 2nd Division (Lagrange) at Burgos: | ||||||
| 65th Line (4 batts.), 2nd, 4th, 12th, 15th Léger, 32nd, 46th, 58th, 121st, 122nd Line (1 batt. each) | 195 | 8,688 | 668 | 701 | 91 | 10,343 |
| 3rd Division (Solignac) at Burgos: | ||||||
| 15th, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (2 batts. each), Régiment Irlandais, Régiment de Prusse (2 batts. each) | 135 | 6,925 | 573 | 398 | 43 | 8,074 |
| Cavalry Division (Ste. Croix): | ||||||
| 3 provisional brigades of 2 squadrons each from 16 dragoon regiments | 255 | 5,193 | 31 | – | – | 5,479 |
| Artillery, Train, Engineers | 30 | 1,614 | 4 | 62 | – | 1,710 |
| Detachments forming garrison of Burgos | 12 | 714 | 4 | 132 | 4 | 866 |
| État-Major | 88 | – | – | – | – | 88 |
| Corps Total | 956 | 32,239 | 1,821 | 2,183 | 138 | 37,337 |
| Total of the Eight Army Corps | 6,651 | 184,310 | 9,463 | 33,955 | 2,180 | 236,559 |
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) | 229 | 8,125 | 1,277 | 960 | 50 | 10,641 |
| (2) Government of Navarre (Dufour): | ||||||
| Garrison entirely composed of drafts, dépôts, and provisional units | 177 | 8,335 | 192 | 972 | – | 9,676 |
| (3) Government of Biscay (Valentin): | ||||||
| One batt. each of 118th, 119th, 120th Line, 3 régiments de marche, and 6 ‘Bataillons auxiliaires’ | 329 | 14,943 | 2,299 | 1,834 | – | 19,405 |
| (4) Provinces of Valladolid and Palencia (Kellermann): | ||||||
| Kellermann’s Division of Dragoons, 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th | 131 | 3,077 | 165 | 123 | 47 | 3,543 |
| 2nd, 3rd, 4th Swiss (1 batt. each), Garde de Paris | 80 | 1,690 | – | – | – | 1,770 |
| (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 Segovia | 204 | 4,203 | 1,730 | 3,371 | 231 | 9,739 |
| (6) Madrid and New Castile: | ||||||
| 1st Division of the 4th Corps: | ||||||
| 28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each) | 125 | 4,123 | 90 | 1,710 | 35 | 6,083 |
| Cavalry Brigade: | ||||||
| 26th Chasseurs, 3rd Dutch Hussars | 41 | 765 | 208 | 50 | 32 | 1,096 |
| Artillery, Engineers, Train | 49 | 1,472 | 83 | 107 | – | 1,711 |
| Provisional Battalions newly arrived at Madrid | 77 | 4,784 | – | 37 | 91 | 4,989 |
| État-Major at Madrid | 38 | – | – | – | – | 38 |
| Total in Madrid and New Castile | 330 | 11,144 | 381 | 1,904 | 158 | 13,917 |
| (7) Santander (Bonnet): | ||||||
| 28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each) | 225 | 6,839 | – | 646 | 232 | 7,972 |
| (8) Imperial Guard: | ||||||
| 1st Division Young Guard (Roguet): | ||||||
| 4 Regiments of Infantry, 1st Provisional Regiment of Cavalry | 190 | 6,424 | 76 | 299 | – | 6,989 |
| 2nd Division Young Guard (Dumoustier): | ||||||
| 4 Regiments of Infantry, 2nd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry | 227 | 6,945 | 386 | 143 | – | 7,701 |
| 3rd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry | 39 | 674 | – | – | – | 713 |
| Artillery, Train, Engineers | 40 | 1,854 | – | – | – | 1,894 |
| État-Major at Madrid | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Total Imperial Guard | 504 | 15,897 | 462 | 442 | – | 17,305 |
| (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, Engineers | 357 | 12,939 | 318 | 47 | – | 13,661 |
| (10) Arrière-Garde de l’Armée de Portugal [troops designated for service, who have not yet marched], afterwards forming Drouet’s 9th Corps | 267 | 16,148 | – | – | – | 16,415 |
| Grand Total | 9,484 | 287,650 | 16,287 | 44,254 | 2,898 | 360,603 |
| Of whom 324,996 are actually in Spain, and of these 262,051 are ‘Present under arms’ with the colours. | ||||||