XVII
STRENGTH OF THE SPANISH ARMIES IN THE SUMMER OF 1811
By the kindness of Commandant Figueras of the Department of Archives in the War Ministry at Madrid, I am able to give the following sets of figures for the armies in the summer campaign of 1811. Unfortunately there is none for the Army of Catalonia (‘1st Army’ or ‘Army of the Right’) whose main body was destroyed at Tarragona in July. The others work out as follows:—
| 2nd Army, or Army of Valencia. General Charles O’Donnell. | |||||
| Officers. | Men. | ||||
| 1st Division: Major-General José Miranda | 192 | 4,863 | = | 5,055 | present under arms. |
| 2nd Division: Major-General Conde de Romré | 108 | 2,892 | = | 3,000 | ” |
| 3rd Division: Major-General Luis Bassecourt | 47 | 2,006 | = | 2,053 | ” |
| 4th Division: Major-General José Obispo | 226 | 4,933 | = | 5,159 | ” |
| Flying Column of the Empecinado | ? | 3,220 | = | 3,220 | ” |
| Reserve (new levies): Major-General B. Acuña | 59 | 3,640 | = | 3,699 | ” |
| Artillery | 22 | 472 | = | 494 | ” |
| Engineers | 10 | 218 | = | 228 | ” |
| June 1st, Field Army. | 664 | 22,244 | = | 22,908 | ” |
| Garrisons of Saguntum, Oropesa, Peniscola | 55 | 1,944 | = | 1,999 | ” |
| N.B.—The cavalry regiments were not brigaded, but distributed among the divisions, each having one regiment, save Miranda’s division, which had two. Total about 2,565 sabres. | |||||
| 3rd Army, or Army of Murcia. General Manuel Freire. | |||||
| Officers. | Men. | ||||
| 1st Division: Brigadier-Gen. A. La Cuadra | 163 | 3,852 | = | 4,015 | present under arms. |
| 2nd Division: Brigadier-Gen. Juan Creagh | 166 | 4,276 | = | 4,442 | ” |
| 3rd Division: Brigadier-Gen. Antonio Sanz | 146 | 3,074 | = | 3,220 | ” |
| 1st Cavalry Division: Brigadier-Gen. M. Ladron | 129 | 885 | = | 1,014 | ” |
| 2nd ditto: Brigadier-Gen. V. Osorio | 80 | 629 | = | 709 | ” |
| Artillery | 35 | 751 | = | 786 | ” |
| Engineers | 22 | 245 | = | 267 | ” |
| June 1st, Total Field Army | 741 | 13,712 | = | 14,453 | ” |
| Garrison of Cartagena | 116 | 2,064 | = | 2,180 | ” |
| 5th Army, or Army of Estremadura. General Francisco Xavier Castaños. | |||||
| Officers. | Men. | ||||
| 1st Division: Brigadier-Gen. Carlos de España | 143 | 3,333 | = | 3,476 | present under arms. |
| Cavalry Brigade: Conde de Penne Villemur | 79 | 618 | = | 697 | ” |
| Artillery | 20 | 448 | = | 468 | ” |
| Engineers | 2 | 98 | = | 100 | ” |
| June 1st, Total Field Army | 244 | 4,497 | = | 4,741 | ” |
| Garrisons of Albuquerque, Valencia de Alcantara, &c. | 165 | 2,688 | = | 2,853 | ” |
| 6th Army, or Army of Galicia. General Santocildes, vice General Abadia. | |||||
| 1st Division: Major-General Losada (Asturians) | 5,459 | present under arms. | |||
| 2nd Division: Major-General Taboada | 3,994 | ” | |||
| 3rd Division: Major-General Cabrera | 2,567 | ” | |||
| Reserve at Lugo | 2,654 | ” | |||
| Cavalry | 631 | ” | |||
| 15,305 | |||||
| No figures for garrisons of Ferrol, Vigo, and Corunna, but they are believed to have amounted to about 5,500 men. | |||||