No. XXVII.

The following states of the Spanish armies are not strictly accurate, because the original reports from whence they have been drawn were generally very loose, and often inconsistent and contradictory. Nevertheless, it is believed that the approximation is sufficiently close for any useful purpose.

STATE I.

Army of Andalusia.

1808.			Armed peasantry.		Regulars.
19th July,		Baylen		Unknown	29,000
	┌	Madrid,	┐
1st Sept.	┤	La Mancha,	├	—	30,000
	└	Sierra Morena,	┘

STATE II.

Numbers of the Spanish armies in October, 1808, according to the reports transmitted to sir John Moore by the military agents.

	Regulars.	Armed peasantry, incorporated with the regular troops.
Troops upon the Ebro, and in Biscay,	75,000	70,000	145,000
In Catalonia,	20,000	--	20,000
In march from Aragon to Catalonia,	10,000	--	10,000
Ditto new levies from Grenada,	--	10,000	10,000
In the Asturias,	18,000	--	18,000
	————	———
Total	123,000	80,000	———
Grand total			203,000

STATE III.

Real numbers of the Spanish armies in line of battle, in the months of October, November, and December, 1808.

1st Line.

	Cavalry.	Infantry.	Guns.
Army of Palafox,	550	17,500	20	┐	Defeated and dispersed
Army of Castaños,	2,200	24,500	48	┘	at Tudela.
Army of Blake,	100	30,000	26	┐	Ditto at the battles
Army of Romana,	1,404	8,000	25	├	of Zornoza and
Asturians,	—	8,000	—	┘	Espinosa.
Army of count Belvedere,	1,150	11,150	30		Ditto at Gamonal.
	——	———	—–
Total	5,404	99,150	149
Deduct Romana’s cavalry and guns, which never came into the line of battle	1,404	—	25
	——	———	—–
Total, brought into 1st line of battle	4,000	99,150	124		103,150

2d Line.

	Infantry.		Cavalry.
				┌	Were beaten at the
General St Juan’s		12,000	—	│	Somosierra 30th Nov.;
division,		12,000	—	┤	murdered their general
				│	at Talavera, Dec. 7th,
				└	and dispersed.
Fugitives from Gamonal,	┐			┌	Fled from Segovia and
commanded by general	├	4,000	—	┤	Sepulveda, Dec. 2d, and
Heredia,	┘			│	dispersed at Talavera,
				└	7th.
Fugitives from Blake’s	┐			┌	Beaten at Mancilla, 29th
army, re-organised	├	6,000	1,400	┤	Dec.; retired into
by Romana,	┘			│	Gallicia. Infantry
				└	dispersed there.
Asturian levies under	┐	5,000	—		Were not engaged.
Ballesteros,	┘	5,000	—		Were not engaged.
Fugitives assembled	┐			┌	Defeated and dispersed,
by Galluzzo behind	├	6,000	—	┤	24th Dec., by the 4th
the Tagus,	┘			└	corps, at Almaraz.
		———	———
Total, brought into 2d line,		33,000	1,400

To cover Moore’s advance there were on the Ebro, in Biscay, and in the Asturias, according to the Spanish and the military agents reports	173,000
The real number brought into the field was	103,150
	———
Exaggeration	69,850

Note.—The real amount includes the sick in the field hospitals.