THE SPANISH FORCES AT THE SIEGE OF GERONA
The original garrison under the command of Alvarez consisted of the following units. The first column gives the strength on May 6, the second the number that remained on Dec. 11, 1809, the day of the surrender.
| Regiment of Ultonia (three batts.) | 800 | 250 |
| Regiment of Borbon (three batts.) | 1,300 | 360 |
| Voluntarios de Barcelona, 2nd batt. | 1,125 | 378 |
| 1st battalion of the Miqueletes of Vich | 600 | 250 |
| 1st & 2nd batts. of the Miqueletes of Gerona | 1,120 | 380 |
| Squadron of San Narciso | 108 | 50 |
| Regular Artillery | 278 | 140 |
| Men of the 2nd batt. of the Miqueletes of Gerona drafted into the artillery | 240 | 100 |
| Sailors drafted into the artillery | 130 | 90 |
| Sappers | 22 | 10 |
| Total of the original garrison | 5,723 | 2,008 |
| Reinforcements received August 17: | ||
| Miquelete battalion of Cervera | 500 | 320 |
| Draft for the 1st battalion of Vich | 300 | 200 |
| Draft for the 2nd battalion of Gerona | 100 | 50 |
| Reinforcements brought in by Garcia Conde on Sept. 1: | ||
| Regiment of Baza (2 batts.) | 1,368 | 1,074 |
| 1st and 2nd Miqueletes of Talarn | 900 | 390 |
| 2nd Miqueletes of Vich | 300 | 100 |
| Picked companies of Santa Fé, Iliberia, Voluntarios de Tarragona | 180 | 106 |
| 3,648 | 2,240 | |
Add 1,100 irregulars of the ‘Crusade.’ Losses unknown.
Of 9,371 men engaged first and last in the defence, only 4,248 survived.
II
THE FRENCH FORCES AT THE SIEGE OF GERONA
The following were the losses of the three divisions which conducted the siege of Gerona during its first three months, down to Sept. 15, 1809:—
(1) Reille’s Original Siege Corps: