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STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, JULY 15, 1811

[From the returns in the Archives Nationales, Paris.]

I. ARMY OF THE SOUTH. Marshal Soult.

1st Corps. Marshal Victor (including battalions of 9th Corps incorporated on June 28).
Division Conroux: 9th Léger (4 batts.), 24th, 96th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,905present
Division Godinot: 8th Ligne (4 batts.), 16th Léger, 45th, 54th Ligne (3 batts. each)8,133”
Division Villatte: 27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, 95th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,802”
Perreymond’s Light Cavalry: 2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs1,015”
Latour-Maubourg’s Dragoons: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th regiments2,905”
Artillery and Engineers, &c.1,985”
Marines and sailors of Cadiz Lines flotilla1,456”
27,201
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 35,940.
4th Corps. General Sebastiani (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).
Division Ligier-Belair: 12th Léger (3 batts.), 32nd, 43rd, 58th Ligne (4 batts. each)10,947present
Division Dembouski: 4th, 7th, 9th Poles (2 batts. each)4,918”
Ormancey’s Light Cavalry: 10th Chasseurs, 1st Lancers of the Vistula1,595”
Milhaud’s Dragoons: 5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st regiments1,595”
Artillery and Engineers886”
20,830
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,889.
5th Corps. Count Drouet D’Erlon (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).
Division Girard: 34th, 40th Ligne (2 batts. each), 64th, 88th Ligne (3 batts. each)4,253present
Division Claparéde: 21st, 28th Léger, 100th, 103rd Ligne (3 batts. each) [Not including 1 batt. each of 34th, 40th, 88th, 100th Ligne, and 21st Léger in garrison at Badajoz.]4,183”
Briche’s Light Cavalry: 10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs515”
Artillery and Engineers [not including Badajoz garrison]618”
Garrison of Badajoz (5 battalions and detachments of artillery, &c.)2,887”
12,456
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,296.
N.B.—This enormous proportion of absentees is largely due to the Albuera wounded, who had not yet rejoined.
Troops not included in the three Corps:
Brigade in the Kingdom of Cordova: 51st, 55th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,017present
Unattached Cavalry: 17th, 27th Dragoons, 27th Chasseurs, 4th Spanish Chasseurs1,942”
Unattached Artillery, Engineers, Train, &c.1,381”
Total Army of the South, 68,827 present under arms.
Gross total, including sick and detached, 90,186.

II. ARMY OF THE CENTRE. King Joseph.

The King’s French Guards, no figures given, but about2,500present
Spanish Division Hugo (10 battalions, 3 squadrons)5,060”
Brigade Dessolles: 75th Ligne (3 batts.), 28th Ligne (2½ batts.)3,208”
German Division: 2nd Nassau and Baden (2 batts. each), Frankfort (1 batt.), 123rd Ligne (late Dutch 2nd regt.)[795]4,214”
Treillard’s Light Horse: Westphalian and Nassau Chasseurs663”
Lahoussaye’s Dragoons: 13th, 18th, 19th, 22nd regts.2,213”
Artillery and Engineers, &c.1,268”
Drafts for Armies of South and Portugal at Madrid, &c.4,013”
Total23,139
Gross total of Army, with sick and detached, 25,537.

III. ARMY OF PORTUGAL.[796] Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa.

Division Foy: 6th Léger, 39th, 69th, 76th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,541present
Division Clausel: 25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th Ligne (3 batts. each)6,501”
Division Ferey: 31st Léger, 47th, 70th Ligne (3 batts. each), 26th (2 batts.)5,072”
Division Sarrut: 2nd and 4th Léger, 36th Ligne (3 batts. each)4,922”
Division Maucune: 15th, 66th, 82nd, 86th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,049”
Division Brennier: 17th Léger (3 batts.), 22nd Ligne (4 batts.), 65th Ligne (3 batts.), Irlandais and Regiment de Prusse (1 batt. each)5,332”
Lamotte’s Light Cavalry: 1st and 3rd Hussars, 15th and 22nd Chasseurs613”
Fournier’s Light Cavalry: 7th, 17th, 20th Chasseurs701”
Wathier’s Light Cavalry: 11th and 24th Chasseurs, 5th Hussars564”
Montbrun’s Dragoons: 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 25th regts.1,463”
Artillery, Train, Engineers, &c.2,875”
Total38,633
Gross Total of Army, with sick (12,668) and detached, 57,949.

IV. ARMY OF ARAGON. Marshal Suchet.

Division Musnier: 1st Léger, 114th and 121st Ligne (3 batts. each), 1st Vistula (2 batts.)7,689present
Division Frère: 14th and 42nd Ligne (3 batts. each), 115th (4 batts.), 2nd Vistula (2 batts.)7,826”
Division Harispe: 7th Ligne (4 batts.), 116th (3 batts.), 44th, and 3rd Vistula (2 batts. each)6,380”
Division Habert: 5th Léger (2 batts.), 16th and 117th Ligne (3 batts. each)4,433”
Italian Division Peyri: 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th, 5th, and 6th Line (2 batts. each), Dragons Napoléon, Chasseurs Royaux (2 squadrons each)4,892”
Neapolitan Brigade Compère: 1st and 2nd Ligne, 1st Léger (1 batt. each), and 2 squadrons of Chasseurs1,808”
Boussard’s Cavalry Brigade: 13th Cuirassiers, 4th Hussars, 24th Dragoons1,876”
Artillery, Engineers, Train, &c.3,645”
Garrisons2,244”
Drafts on the march2,990”
Total43,783
Gross Total of Army with sick and detached, 51,088.

V. ARMY OF THE NORTH. General Dorsenne.

(a) Imperial Guard, Divisions Dumoustier and Roguet, 4 regiments of Voltigeurs, 4 of Tirailleurs, 1 of Chasseurs, 1 of Fusiliers-Chasseurs, 1 bataillon de marche15,166present
Lepic’s Guard Cavalry1,189”
Cavalry attached (Lancers of Berg)835”
Guard Artillery, &c.878”
(b) Navarre, Division Reille, 10th, 21st, 81st Ligne (4 batts. each), 60th Ligne (3 batts.)8,221”
Navarre, over and above Reille, garrisons, and drafts1,623”
Biscay, Division Caffarelli: 10th Léger (4 batts.), 5th Léger, 3rd, 52nd, 105th Ligne (3 batts. each)7,543”
Biscay, over and above Caffarelli, 130th Léger (3 batts.), and drafts, &c.4,340”
Burgos, Division Souham: 1st, 62nd, 101st Ligne (4 batts. each), 23rd Léger (2 batts.)7,971”
Burgos, over and above Souham, provisional battalions, garrisons, and drafts8,714”
Valladolid and Salamanca, Division Serras: 113th Ligne (2 batts.), 12th Léger, 2nd and 4th Swiss, Garde de Paris (1 batt. each), and cavalry, &c.5,063”
Valladolid and Salamanca, over and above Serras, 34th Ligne (3 batts.), 4th Vistula (2 batts.), Neuchâtel (1 batt.), 6 bataillons de marche, and cavalry attached8,106”
Asturias, Division Bonnet: 118th, 119th, 122nd Ligne (3 batts. each), 120th Ligne (4 batts.)7,962”
Artillery, Engineers, &c., in the five governments named above2,367”
Italian Division Severoli (destined for Suchet’s Army): 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th and 6th Ligne (1 batt. each), 1st and 7th Ligne (3 batts. each)7,661”
Italian Artillery, Engineer, and Cavalry Drafts with Severoli803”
Total88,442
Gross Total of Army, including sick and detached, 99,442.

VI. ARMY OF CATALONIA. Marshal MacDonald.

Division Maurice Mathieu: 5th Ligne (3 batts.), 18th Léger, 23rd and 56th Ligne (1 batt. each), 1st of Nassau (2 batts.)5,411present
Division Quesnel: 79th Ligne (3 batts.), 23rd Léger (2 batts.), 93rd Ligne(1 batt.), 29th Chasseurs (3 squadrons)3,890”
Division Plauzonne: 3rd Léger (4 batts.), 11th Ligne (3 batts.), 32nd Léger (1 batt.)4,389”
Brigade Petit: 67th Ligne (4 batts.), 16th and 81st Ligne (1 batt. each)2,416”
Brigade Lefebvre: 8th Léger, 37th and 60th Ligne (1 batt. each), regiment of Westphalia, and 3 provisional battalions3,725”
Garrison of Montlouis: Würzburg and 2nd Swiss (1 batt. each)1,429”
Garrison of Rosas477”
Garrison of Gerona: 102nd Ligne (2 batts.), Berg and Valais (1 batt. each)1,429”
Artillery, Engineers, &c.824”
Total23,590
Gross Total of Army, including sick and detached, 30,259.

GENERAL TOTAL OF FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN

Present
under Arms.		Gross Total.
Army of the South68,82790,186
Army of the Centre23,13925,537
Army of Portugal38,63357,949
Army of Aragon48,78351,088
Army of the North88,44299,442
Army of Catalonia23,59030,259
291,414354,461

Not including General Monthion’s ‘Reserve of the Army of Spain’ at Bayonne, with 251 officers and 8,047 men.