History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814, vol. 1

by William Francis Patrick Napier

No. XXVIII.

SECTION I.—STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY CALLED THE FIRST PART OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN, DATED OCT. 1, 1808.

Head-quarters, Vittoria.
King Joseph, commander-in-chief.
General Jourdan, major-general. General Belliard, chief of the staff.
Recapitulation, extracted from the imperial states, signed by the prince of Neufchatel.

Officers included, present under arms.
				Men.	Horses.
Division imperial guard, commanded by gen. Dorsenne				2423	786
Do. reserve cavalry, imperial	┐	Gen. Saligny		5417	944
gendarmes, and other troops	┘
Corps of marshal Bessieres				15,595	2923
Do. marshal Ney				13,756	2417
Do. marshal Moncey		16,636	┐	22,640	3132
Garrison of Pampeluna		6004	┘
Garrisons of Vittoria, Bilbao, St.	┐
Sebastian, Tolosa, Montdragon,	├	Gen. Lagrange		8479	1458
Salinas, Bergara, Villa Real, Yrun,	│
and other places of less note	┘
	┌	Gen. Drouet	┐
Troops disposeable at Bayonne	│	commanding	│
and the vicinity, or in march	┤	11th military	├	20,005	5196
upon that place	└	division.	┘
Do. employed as moveable columns		┐
in the defence of the frontier from		├		6042	261
Bayonne to Belgarde		┘
In Catalonia, gen. Duhesme				10,142	1638
Fort of Fernando Figueras, gen. Reille				4027	557
Division of gen. Chabot				1434	—
				———	——–
		Total		110,660	19,312
				———	——–

Note.—At this period the Spaniards and the military agents always asserted that the French had only from 35 to 45,000 men of all weapons.

STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY, CALLED “THE SECOND PART OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN,” OCTOBER 1, 1808.

This army, composed of the troops coming from the grand army and from Italy, was by an imperial decree, dated 7th September, divided into six corps and a reserve.

Present under arms.
	Men.	Horses.
1st corps, marshal Victor, duke of Belluno	29,547	5552
5th Do. Mortier, duke of Treviso	24,405	3495
6th Do. destined for Ney, duke of Elchingen	22,694	3945
Infantry of the viceroy of Spain’s guards	1213	...
Cavalry ditto	456	551
1st division of dragoons	3695	3994
2d ditto	2940	3069
3d ditto	2020	2238
4th ditto	3101	3316
5th ditto	2903	3068
Division of general Sebastiani	5808	185
5th regiment of dragoons	556	531
German division	6067	381
Polish ditto	6818	...
Dutch brigade	2280	751
Westphalian light horse	522	559
General Souham’s division	7259	...
Ditto Pino’s ditto	6803	...
24th regiment of dragoons	664	731
Regiment of royal Italian chasseurs	560	512
Regiment of Napoleon’s dragoons	500	474
Artillery and engineers in march for Perpignan	1706	1430
	———	——–
Total of 2d part	132,530	34,786
Total of 1st part	110,660	19,312
	———	——–
	243,190	54,098
	———	——–
Grand total 243,190 men and 54,098 horses.

SECTION II.—GENERAL STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, OCTOBER 10th, 1808.

	KEY:
	Hosp.	=	Hospital.
	Pr.	=	Prisoners.
	Hor.	=	Horses.
	CH	=	Cav. Hors. (Cavalry Horses)
	AH	=	Art. Hors. (Artillery Horses)
	Inf.	=	Infantry.

	Present under arms.		Detached.		Hosp.	Pr.	Effective.
	Men.	Hor.	Men.	Hor.	Men.	Men.	Men.	CH	AH
1st corps, duke of Belluno,	28,797	5615	2201	219	2939	..	33,937	3329	2501
2d do. — Istria,	20,093	3219	7394	1199	5536	30	33,054	3616	802
3d do. — Cornegliano,	18,867	3186	11,082	2472	7522	219	37,690	4537	821
4th do. — Dantzic,	22,859	2410	955	40	2170	..	25,984	1791	659
5th do. — Treviso,	24,552	3833	188	6	1971	2	26,713	1805	2034
6th do. — Elchingen,	29,568	4304	3381	257	5051	33	38,033	2465	2096
7th do. general St. Cyr,	35,657	5254	1302	198	4948	200	42,107	4045	1404
8th do. duke of Abrantes,	19,059	2247	2137	1	3528	1006	25,730	1776	472
Reserve,	34,924	23,604	3533	733	3553	392	42,382	21,225	3112
1st hussars and 27th chasseurs,	1,424	1463	256	208	74	..	1,754	1675	..
Artillery and engineers in march, coming from Germany,	3,446	958	107	..	..	..	3,446	..	958
Moveable columns for the defence of the frontiers of France,	8,588	477	107	..	146	19	8,860	268	209
Total	247,834	56,567	32,536	5329	37,419	1901	319,690	46,828	15,068

	Under arms.					Detached.		Hosp.
	Artillery.		Cavalry.		Inf.
Of this number	Men.	Hor.	Men.	Hor.	Men.	Men.	Hor.	Men.
{French,	17,868	15,107	34,172	35,761	152,770	29,647	5052	31,401
{Auxiliaries	1,503	968	4,782	4,831	36,739	2,889	277	6,018
Total	19,371	16,075	38,954	40,592	189,509	32,536	5329	37,419

	Pr.	Effective.
Of this number	Men.	Men.	CH	AH
{French,	1771	267,629	41,565	14,253
{Auxiliaries	130	52,061	5,261	819
Total	1901	319,690	46,828	15,068
Grand total 319,690 men and 61,896 horses.

SECTION III.—STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY OF SPAIN, THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON COMMANDING IN PERSON, 25th OCTOBER, 1808.

1148 Officers of the staff.				298 Battalions.		184 Squadrons.
						Grand total.
Present under arms.		Detached.		Hospl.	Prisons.
Total,							Cavalry	Artil.
Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Men.	horses.	horses.
249,046	55,759	33,438	4943	34,558	1892	318,934	45,242	15,498
Grand total 318,934 men and 60,740 horses.

STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON COMMANDING, 15th NOVEMBER, 1808.

Officers of the staff, 1064.				Battalions, 290.		Squadrons, 181.
						Grand total.
Present under arms.		Detached.		Hospl.	Prisons.
Total,							Cavalry	Artil.
Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Men.	horses.	horses.
255,876	52,430	32,245	8295	4517	1995	335,223	43,920	16,808
Grand total 335,223 men, and 60,728 horses.

SECTION IV.—THE STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN PORTUGAL, JANUARY 1st, 1808.

	Extracted from the imperial returns.
	General Junot, commander-in-chief.
	General Thiebault, chief of the staff.
1st division,	general De Laborde,	┐	26 battalions, 7 squadrons.
2d ditto,	general Loison,	├
3d ditto,	general Travot,	│
Cavalry,	general Kellerman,	┘
10 guns of	8 lbs.	┐	36 pieces.
22 ditto	4 lbs.	├
4	6 inch howitzers.	┘

		Present under arms.		Effective.
		Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.
		16,190	1,114	24,735	1,377
At Salamanca, or in march to	┐	4,795	1,296	4,795	1,296
join the army in Portugal.	┘
		——–	——	——–	——
Total		20,985	2,310	29,530	2,673

STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN PORTUGAL, 23d MAY, 1808.

	Under arms.		Detached.		Hosp.	Effective.
	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Horses.	Art.
French,	24,446	2789	—	—	2449	29,684	3586	629
Spanish division of gen. Quesnel,	9281	101	1087	—	651	11,019	—	—
Do. gen. Caraffa,	6309	844	174	13	141	6,624	13	—
Portuguese troops,	4621	483	570	234	116	5,307	234	—
	——–	——	——	—–	——	———	——	—–
Total	38,657	4217	1831	247	3357	52,634	3835	629
Grand total 52,634 men, 4454 horses, and 36 guns.

SECTION V.—STATE OF THE “2d ARMY OF OBSERVATION OF THE GIRONDE,” 1st FEB. 1808, SPAIN.

General Dupont, commanding.
20 battalions, and 1 division of cavalry.
Head-quarters Valladolid.
Present under arms.		Detached.		Hospital.	Effective.
Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Horses.
20,729	2884	1303	334	2277	24,309	3218
Total 24,309 men, and 3218 horses.

SECTION VI.—STATE OF THE “ARMY OF OBSERVATION DE COTÉ D’OCEAN,” 1st FEB. 1808, SPAIN.

Marshal Moncey, commanding.
Head-quarters, Vittoria.
Present under arms.		Detached.		Hospital.	Effective.
Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Horses.
21,878	2547	2144	—	4464	28,486	2547
Train of the guard					225	509
Grand total 28,711 men, and 3301 horses.

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