At the average rate of 21 men hit per officer, which prevailed during the Peninsular War, this total of 73 officers ought to imply a total loss of about 1,533 men. But Marchand’s 1,300 is probably correct.
V
THE PARTITION OF THE ARMY OF ESTREMADURA IN SEPTEMBER 1809
[N.B.—‘bon’ is Spanish contraction for batallón.]
The way in which the old army of Cuesta was divided in September 1809 has never been worked out; nor has the composition of Areizaga’s army of La Mancha, after it had been joined by the Estremaduran reinforcements, ever been reconstructed. A search in the Madrid War Office, in which I was assisted by the kindness of Captain Figueras, has produced the following two documents:—
(1) A list of Albuquerque’s army without any figures of strength save the general total, as follows:
| Cuerpos que quedaron constituendo el Cuerpo de Ejercito de Estremadura, de 12,000 hombres. Oct. 1, 1809. | |
| *Reales Guardias Walonas (4º batallón). | [Late in garrison at Badajoz.] |
| ‡Osuna (2 batallones). | [Late of Iglesias’s Division.] |
| ‡Velez Malaga (3 batallones). | [Late of Iglesias’s Division.] |
| ‡Voluntarios Extrangeros (1 bon). | [Late of Iglesias’s Division.] |
| †Provincial de Burgos (1 bon). | [Late of Iglesias’s Division.] |
| ‡Tiradores de Merida (1 bon). | [Late of Zayas’s Division.] |
| †Provincial de Truxillo (1 bon). | [Late of Zayas’s Division.] |
| ‡2ndo de Antequera (1 bon). | [Late of Portago’s Division.] |
| †Provincial de Badajoz (1 bon). | [Late of Portago’s Division.] |
| ‡Leales de Fernando VII (2 bones). | [Late in garrison at Badajoz.] |
| ‡Voluntarios de Plasencia (1 bon). | [Late in garrison at Badajoz.] |
| ‡Voluntarios de Zafra (1 bon). | [Late in garrison at Badajoz.] |
| ‡Voluntarios de La Serena (1 bon). | [Late in garrison at Badajoz.] |
| Caballería—Comandante General el Brigadier Baron de Carondelet. | |
| *Calatrava, *Villaviciosa, *Voluntarios de España, ‡Cazadores Perseguidores de Andalucia, ‡Cazadores de Sevilla. | |
| *Borbon, ‡Cazadores de Llerena and *Sagunto have marched for Ciudad Rodrigo under the Prince of Anglona. | |
(2) A second document gives, as having marched under Eguia to join the Army of the Centre in La Mancha, the following corps:
| *Real Marina (1º y 2º batallones). | [Late of Bassecourt’s Division.] |
| *Africa (3º bon). | [Late of Bassecourt’s Division.] |
| *Murcia (1º y 2º bones). | [Late of Bassecourt’s Division.] |
| *Reyna (1º bon). | [Late of Bassecourt’s Division.] |
| *2ond de Mallorca (1º bon). | [Late of Iglesias’s Division.] |
| *Cantabria (1º, 2º, 3º bones). | [Late of Zayas’s Division.] |
| *Badajoz (1º, 2º bones). | [Late of Portago’s Division.] |
| †Provincial de Toledo (1 bon). | [Late of Portago’s Division.] |
| *Cazadores de Barbastro (1 bon). | [Late of the Vanguard Division.] |
| *Voluntarios de Valencia (2º bon). | [Late of the Vanguard Division.] |
| ‡Tiradores de Estremadura (1 bon). | [Late of the Vanguard Division.] |
| Provincial de Plasencia | |
| Caballería | |
| *Reales Carabineros, *Rey, *Reyna, *Infante, *Pavia, *Almanza, *1º y 2º Usares de Estremadura, ‡Cazadores de Madrid, ‡Cazadores de Toledo, ‡Carabineros y Lanceros de Estremadura. | |
| 30 piezas de Artillería. | |