N.B.—Ibieca errs in including Doyle, La Reunion, Fieles Zaragozanos and 3rd of Valencia in the Garrison, they were detached in Aragon, the first at Jaca, the two next with the Marquis of Lazan. See the tables on pp. 284-293 of vol. vi. of the Conde de Clonard’s great work.
III
STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN,
FEBRUARY 1, 1809
N.B.—This return includes effective men, présents sous les armes, only, not sick or detached.
| 1st Corps, Marshal Victor: | |
| 1st Division, Ruffin [9th Léger, 24th and 96th Line (three batts. each)] | 5,429 |
| 2nd Division, Lapisse [16th Léger, 8th, 45th, and 54th Line (three batts. each)] | 7,692 |
| 3rd Division, Villatte [27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, and 95th Line (three batts. each)] | 6,376 |
| Corps-Cavalry, Beaumont [2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs] | 1,386 |
| Westphalian Chevaux-Légers | 487 |
| Artillery [with 48 guns] | 1,523 |
| État Major | 33 |
| Total | 22,926 |
| 2nd Corps, Marshal Soult: | |
| 1st Division, Merle [2nd and 4th Léger, 15th (four batts. each) and 36th Line (three batts.)] | 6,498 |
| 2nd Division, Mermet [31st Léger (four batts.), 47th Line (four batts.), 122nd (four batts.), 2nd, 3rd, 4th Swiss (one batt. each)] | 5,459 |
| 3rd Division, Delaborde [17th, 70th, 86th Line (three batts. each)] | 4,954 |
| 4th Division, Heudelet [26th Line (two batts.), 66th Line (two batts.), 15th Léger (one batt.), 32nd Léger (one batt.), 82nd Line (one batt.), Légion du Midi (one batt.), Hanoverian Legion (one batt.), Garde de Paris (one batt.)] | 3,158 |
| Corps-Cavalry, Franceschi [1st Hussars, 8th Dragoons, 22nd Chasseurs, Hanoverian Chevaux-Légers] | 1,340 |
| Artillery (the men included under divisional totals), 54 guns | |
| État Major | 43 |
| Total | 21,452 |
| N.B.—Lahoussaye’s Dragoons, and one brigade of Lorges’ Dragoons, were also present with the corps, with a strength of 2,000 sabres. | |
| 3rd Corps, General Junot: | |
| 1st Division, Grandjean [14th Line (three batts.), 44th Line (three batts.), 2nd and 3rd of the Vistula (two batts. each)] | 5,866 |
| 2nd Division, Musnier [114th and 115th Line (three batts. each), 1st of the Vistula (two batts.), 2nd Legion of Reserve] | 3,544 |
| 3rd Division, Morlot [5th Léger (one batt.), 116th and 117th Line (four batts. each), 121st Line (four batts.)] | 2,637 |
| Corps-Cavalry, Wathier [13th Cuirassiers, 4th Hussars, Polish Lancers, Provisional regiments] | 1,652 |
| Engineers and Sappers (for siege of Saragossa) | 2,336 |
| Artillery (the men included under divisional totals), 40 guns | |
| État Major | 36 |
| Total | 16,071 |
| 4th Corps, General Sebastiani: | |
| 1st Division, Sebastiani [28th, 32nd, 58th, 75th Line (three batts. each)] | 5,660 |
| 2nd Division, Leval [Holland, Nassau, Baden, Hesse (two batts. each), Frankfort (one batt.)] | 3,127 |
| 3rd Division, Valence [4th, 7th, 9th Polish (two batts. each)] | 3,915 |
| Artillery (with 30 guns) | 894 |
| État Major | 22 |
| Total | 15,399 |
| 5th Corps, Marshal Mortier: | |
| 1st Division, Suchet [17th Léger, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (three batts. each), 34th Line (four batts.)] | 8,477 |
| 2nd Division, Gazan [21st, 28th, 100th, 103rd Line (three batts. each)] | 7,110 |
| Corps-Cavalry, Delaage [10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs] | 926 |
| Artillery (with 30 guns) | 1,420 |
| État Major | 26 |
| Total | 17,959 |
| 6th Corps, Marshal Ney: | |
| 1st Division, Marchand [6th, 39th, 69th, 76th Line (three batts. each)] | 6,853 |
| 2nd Division, Maurice Mathieu [25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th (three batts. each)] | 6,917 |
| Corps-Cavalry, Lorcet [3rd Hussars, 15th Chasseurs] | 840 |
| Artillery (with 30 guns) | 1,534 |
| État Major | 32 |
| Total | 16,176 |
| N.B.—One brigade of Lorges’ Dragoons was also present with the corps. | |
| 7th Corps, General Gouvion St. Cyr: | |
| 1st Division, Souham [1st Léger (three batts.), 3rd Léger (one batt.), 7th Line (two batts.), 42nd Line (three batts.), 67th Line (one batt.)] | 6,220 |
| 2nd Division, Chabran [2nd, 10th, 37th, 56th, 93rd Line, and 2nd Swiss (one batt. each)] | 4,037 |
| 3rd Division, Chabot [Chasseurs des Montagnes (one batt.), 2nd Neapolitans (two batts.)] | 1,633 |
| 4th Division, Reille [2nd Line (one batt.), 32nd Léger (one batt.), 113th Line (two batts.), 16th and 56th Line (one batt. each), Valais (one batt.)] | 3,980 |
| 5th Division, Pino [Italian 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th and 6th Line (three batts. each), 7th Line (one batt.)] | 8,008 |
| 6th Division, Lecchi [Italian 2nd, 4th, 5th Line, Velites (one batt. each), 1st Neapolitans (two batts.)] | 3,941 |
| German Division, Morio [2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 1st Light of Westphalia] | 5,321 |
| Cavalry, French [24th Dragoons, 3rd Provisional Cuirassiers, 3rd ditto Chasseurs] | 1,730 |
| Cavalry, Italian [Dragoons of Napoleon, Royal Chasseurs, Chasseurs of the Prince Royal, Neapolitan Chasseurs] | 1,862 |
| Artillery, French | 2,050 |
| Artillery, Italian | 585 |
| Artillery, German | 48 |
| Total | 39,415 |
| Reserve Cavalry. | |
| 1st Division of Dragoons, Latour-Maubourg: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th Dragoons | 2,527 |
| 2nd Division of Dragoons, Milhaud: 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoons | 2,125 |
| 3rd Division of Dragoons, Lahoussaye: 17th, 18th, 19th, 27th Dragoons | 1,335 |
| 4th Division of Dragoons, Lorges: 13th, 15th, 22nd, 25th Dragoons | 1,228 |
| 5th Division of Dragoons, Millet: 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th Dragoons | 1,470 |
| Light-Cavalry Division of Lasalle: 10th, 26th Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons | 1,495 |
| Artillery, batteries attached to the Cavalry Divisions: | 712 |
| Total | 10,892 |
| Reserve at Madrid: | |
| Division Dessolles [12th Léger, 43rd, 51st, 55th Line (each three batts.), 8,507; Royal Guards, 2,200; 27th Chasseurs, 500] | 11,207 |
| Garrisons of the North (Marshal Bessières): | |
| In Biscay, Alava, Guipuzcoa, Santander, Old Castile, and Leon | 19,902 |
| Grand Park of Artillery | 2,579 |
| Grand Total of ‘Présents sous les armes,’ 193,978. | |
| At the same time there were Sick 56,404, Detached 36,326, Prisoners 1,843. | |
| Gross Total of the whole army in Spain, 288,551. | |
IV
THE SPANISH ARMY AT MEDELLIN
| Cuesta’s army at Medellin was composed of the following regiments. It is, unfortunately, impossible to say how they were brigaded at the moment, as the only return available is that of April 4, when the original distribution of the army had been broken up, and the Andalusian division distributed among the other four. The Estremaduran battalions were very strong, some few of them ranging up to 1,100 and even 1,400 bayonets, though others had but 500 or 700. | |
| (1) Troops of Belvedere’s old army of Estremadura: | |
| *Spanish Guards (4th batt.); *Walloon Guards (4th batt.); *2nd of Majorca; *2nd Light of Catalonia; †Provincial of Badajoz; †Provincial Grenadiers; ‡Badajoz (two batts.); ‡Zafra; ‡Truxillo; ‡Merida; ‡Plasencia; ‡La Serena; ‡Leales de Ferdinando VII (two batts.) | |
| Total. | Fifteen batts. |
| (2) Troops of San Juan’s old ‘Army of Reserve of Madrid’: | |
| Walloon Guards (2nd batt.); *Jaen (two batts.); *Irlanda (two batts.); †Provincial of Toledo; †Provincial of Burgos; ‡2nd Volunteers of Madrid; ‡3rd of Seville | |
| Total. | Nine batts. |
| (3) Troops under Albuquerque, from the Army of the Centre: | |
| *Campomayor; †Provincial of Guadix; †Provincial of Cordova; ‡Osuna (two batts.); ‡Granaderos del General; ‡Tiradores de Cadiz | |
| Total. | Seven batts. |
| N.B.—Of these troops, Plasencia, Zafra, Truxillo, and the ‘Leales de Ferdinando VII’ (two batts.) were in garrison at Badajoz and not present in the field. | |
| The probable strength of the infantry engaged at Medellin was about 20,000 bayonets. | |
| CAVALRY. | |
| (1) Old troops of the Army of Estremadura: | |
| *4th Hussars (‘Volunteers of Spain’); *1st Hussars of Estremadura [late Maria Luisa]. | |
| (2) Old troops of La Romana’s army, from Denmark: | |
| *Rey; *Infante; *Almanza. | |
| (3) New Levies: | |
| ‡Cazadores de Llerena; ‡Imperial de Toledo. | |
| There was also present one regiment from Andalusia, which had joined with Albuquerque, apparently *Reyna. | |
| Eight regiments in all, with an odd squadron of Carabineros Reales in addition. Effectives very low. Total about 3,000 or 3,200 sabres. Several regiments had a squadron detached in Andalusia, in search of remounts. | |
| ARTILLERY. | |
| Thirty guns, about 650 men; Sappers, two companies, about 200 men. Total, about 24,000 men. | |