No. VIII.
No. 1.—General state of the French armies under Soult and Suchet. Extracted from the Imperial Muster-rolls, July 1813. The armies of the north centre and south being by an imperial decree reorganised in one body, taking the title of the army of Spain.
| Present under arms. | Detached. | Hosp- | Total. |
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Horses. | itals | Men. | Horses. |
| Army of Spain | 97,983 | 12,676 | 2,110 | 392 | 14,074 | 114,167 | 13,028 |
| Arragon | 32,362 | 4,919 | 3,621 | 551 | 3,201 | 39,184 | 5,470 |
| Catalonia | 25,910 | 1,869 | 168 | ” | 1,379 | 27,457 | 1,744 |
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| General Total | 156,255 | 19,464 | 5,899 | 943 | 18,654 | 180,808 | 20,242 |
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No. 2.—15th of September, 1813.
| Total. |
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Horses. | Men. | Men. | Horses. |
| Army of Spain | 81,351 | 11,159 | 4,004 | 1,438 | 22,488 | 107,843 | 11,272 |
| Arragon | 32,476 | 4,447 | 2,721 | 320 | 3,616 | 38,813 | 6,305 |
| Catalonia | 24,026 | 1,670 | 120 | ” | 2,137 | 26,283 | 2,497 |
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| General Total | 137,853 | 17,276 | 6,845 | 1,758 | 28,241 | 172,939 | 20,074 |
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Note.—The garrison of San Sebastian though captive is borne on this state.
This is the last general state of the French army in my possession but the two following notes were inserted in the Imperial Rolls.
| “Army of Spain, | 16th November, 1813.— | | 102 battalions. | 74 squadrons, without garrisons. |
| 74,152 men present under arms. 100,212 effectives. | 17,206 horses. |
| 18,230 Hospital. | } | |
| 8,555 Troop horses. | } | |
| 1,809 Officers’ horses. | } | |
| 5,384 Horses of draft. | } | |
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| “Army of Spain, | 1st December.— | | 93 battalions. | 74 squadrons. | 17,989 horses.” |
No. 3.—Detailed state of the army of Spain, July 1813, when Soult took the command.
| Effective and | |
| Right wing.—Lieutenant-general Reille. | non-effective. | |
| Men. | Horses. | | | Men. | Total. |
| First division, | Foy, 9 battalions | 5,922 | 189 } | Present under arms, | { 6,784 } | |
| Seventh ditto, | Maucune, 7 ditto | 4,186 | 110 } | 17,235 | 450 | { 5,676 } | 21,366 |
| Ninth ditto, | La Martiniere, 11 ditto | 7,127 | 151 } | men. | horses. | { 8,906 } | |
| Centre.—Drouet, Count D’Erlon. | |
| Second division, | D’Armagnac, | 8 batt. | 6,961 | 116 } | | | { 8,580 } | |
| Third ditto, | Abbé, | 9 ditto | 8,030 | 285 } | 20,957 | 624 | { 8,723 } | 23,935 |
| Sixth ditto, | Daricau, | 8 ditto | 5,966 | 223 } | men. | horses. | { 6,627 } | |
| Left wing.—Lieut.-general Clauzel. | |
| Fourth division, | Conroux, 9 battalions | 7,056 | 150 } | | | { 7,477 } | |
| Fifth ditto, | Vandermaesen, | 7 ditto | 4,181 | 141 } | 17,218 | 432 | { 5,201 } | 20,265 |
| Eighth ditto, | Taupin, | 10 ditto | 5,981 | 141 } | men. | horses. | { 7,587 } | |
| Reserve, General Villatte. | |
| French | | 14,959 | 2,091 | | | | 17,929 |
| Foreign | 4 battalions of the Rhine, strength not given. |
| | 4 ditto | | Italians, general St. Pol, ditto. |
| | 4 ditto | | Spaniards, general Casabianca, ditto. |
| Cavalry, Pierre Soult. | |
| Effective and | |
| Men. | Horses. | | non-effective. | |
| 22 squadrons | 4,723 | 4,416} | Present under arms. | { 5,098 } | 7,621 |
| Ditto | Trielhard | 2,358 | 2,275} | 7,081 | 6,691 | { 2,523 } |
| men. | horses. | |
| Total according to the organization, but } | 77,450 | | 91,086 | |
| exclusive of the foreign battalions } | | |
| | | Men under arms. | |
| Troops not in the organization | 14,938 | | | 16,946 | |
| Generals {Garrison of St. Sebastian, 1st July | } 2,731 | | | 3,086 | |
| Rey {forming part of this number | | | |
| Cassan.— Ditto of Pampeluna, 1st July | 2,951 | | | 3,121 | |
| Lameth.—Ditto of Santona, 1st May | 1,465 | | | 1,674 | |
| Second reserve, not in the above | 5,595 | | | 6,105 | |
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| Effective and non-effective. |
| Men. | Horses. | | | Men. | Horses. |
| General Total | 97,983 | 12,676. | Present under arms. | 114,167 | 13,028 |
No. 4.—Detailed state of the army of Spain, 16th of September, 1813.
| Effective and |
| Men. | | | non-effective. |
| { Foy | | 5,002 } | | present | } | |
| Right wing | { Maucune | | 4,166 } | 14,875 | under arms. | } | |
| { Menne | | 5,707 } | | | } | Men. |
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| { D’Armagnac | | 4,353 } | | | } | |
| Centre. | { Abbé | | 5,903 } | 15,098 | ditto | } | 45,752 |
| { Maranzin | | 4,842 } | | | } | |
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| { Conroux | | 4,736 } | | | } | |
| Left wing. | { Roguet | | 5,982 } | 15,789 | ditto | } | |
| { Taupin | | 5,071 } | | | } | |
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| Reserve. | Villatte | | 8,256 } | |
| Provisional troops of the | } | } | The Italian brigade, | } | |
| right wing, destined | } | 2,168 } | about 2,000 | } | 10,424 |
| to reinforce the | } | } | ordered to Milan. | } | |
| garrison of Bayonne | } | } | |
| Total. |
| | Men. | Horses. | | Men. |
| Cavalry.— | Pierre Soult | 4,456 | 4,617 | } | |
| Ditto | Trielhard | 2,368 | 2,583 | } | 8,325 |
| Gensd’armes | { mounted | 291 | 247 | } |
| { dismounted | 1,210 | ” | } | |
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| Parc | | 895 | 885 | } | 1,399 |
| Engineers | | 504 | 127 | } |
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| { Pampeluna | 3,805 | 191 | } | |
| { San Sebastian | 2,366 | prisoners of war. | } | |
| { Santona | 1,633 | | } | |
| Garrisons. | { Bayonne | 4,631 | 137 | } | 15,164 |
| { St. Jean Pied de Port | 1,786 | | } | |
| { Navarens | 842 | | } | |
| { Castle of Lourdes | 107 | | } | |
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| 81,064 |
| Deduct garrison of San Sebastian | 2,366 |
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| Total, present under arms | | 78,698 |
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