Total present,24,260. Total losses,5,936.

N.B.—The losses cannot be quite complete. Not only is the return for artillery and engineers, &c., for all units except the 5th Corps missing, but Martinien’s lists, which are absolutely secure evidence, since they give the name and regiment of every officer hit, show much larger totals than this report, 362 casualties instead of 241. This enormous difference of 121 casualties among officers, reported in the regimental lists, but ignored by Soult, cannot be explained away by adding the 21 prisoners to his total of 241, granting that all the prisoners were wounded. This still leaves a balance of 100 unaccounted for. The details of difference and of total casualties are:—

Soult.Martinien.
Staff1327
34th1715
40th1423
64th2326
88th1112
21st Léger1613
100th1420
28th Léger1830
103rd Ligne1718
12th Léger1829
55th1014
58th2324
16th Léger917
Grenadiers1013
2nd Hussars45
10th Hussars57
21st Chasseurs35
4th Dragoons411
20th Dragoons512
26th Dragoons33
14th Dragoons11
17th Dragoons36
27th Dragoons35
1st Lancers1114
27th Chasseurs33
4th Spanish Chasseurs3
Artillery Génie Train46
262362

See notes in text above, [p. 395].


XVII

STRENGTH OF THE SPANISH ARMIES IN THE SUMMER OF 1811

By the kindness of Commandant Figueras of the Department of Archives in the War Ministry at Madrid, I am able to give the following sets of figures for the armies in the summer campaign of 1811. Unfortunately there is none for the Army of Catalonia (‘1st Army’ or ‘Army of the Right’) whose main body was destroyed at Tarragona in July. The others work out as follows:—

2nd Army, or Army of Valencia. General Charles O’Donnell.
Officers.Men.
1st Division: Major-General José Miranda1924,863=5,055present under arms.
2nd Division: Major-General Conde de Romré1082,892=3,000
3rd Division: Major-General Luis Bassecourt472,006=2,053
4th Division: Major-General José Obispo2264,933=5,159
Flying Column of the Empecinado?3,220=3,220
Reserve (new levies): Major-General B. Acuña593,640=3,699
Artillery22472=494
Engineers10218=228
June 1st, Field Army.66422,244=22,908
Garrisons of Saguntum, Oropesa, Peniscola551,944=1,999
N.B.—The cavalry regiments were not brigaded, but distributed among the divisions, each having one regiment, save Miranda’s division, which had two. Total about 2,565 sabres.
3rd Army, or Army of Murcia. General Manuel Freire.
Officers.Men.
1st Division: Brigadier-Gen. A. La Cuadra1633,852=4,015present under arms.
2nd Division: Brigadier-Gen. Juan Creagh1664,276=4,442
3rd Division: Brigadier-Gen. Antonio Sanz1463,074=3,220
1st Cavalry Division: Brigadier-Gen. M. Ladron129885=1,014
2nd ditto: Brigadier-Gen. V. Osorio80629=709
Artillery35751=786
Engineers22245=267
June 1st, Total Field Army74113,712=14,453
Garrison of Cartagena1162,064=2,180
5th Army, or Army of Estremadura. General Francisco Xavier Castaños.
Officers.Men.
1st Division: Brigadier-Gen. Carlos de España1433,333=3,476present under arms.
Cavalry Brigade: Conde de Penne Villemur79618=697
Artillery20448=468
Engineers298=100
June 1st, Total Field Army2444,497=4,741
Garrisons of Albuquerque, Valencia de Alcantara, &c.1652,688=2,853
6th Army, or Army of Galicia. General Santocildes, vice General Abadia.
1st Division: Major-General Losada (Asturians)5,459present under arms.
2nd Division: Major-General Taboada3,994
3rd Division: Major-General Cabrera2,567
Reserve at Lugo2,654
Cavalry631
15,305
No figures for garrisons of Ferrol, Vigo, and Corunna, but they are believed to have amounted to about 5,500 men.