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STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, JULY 15, 1811

[From the returns in the Archives Nationales, Paris.]

I. ARMY OF THE SOUTH. Marshal Soult.

1st Corps. Marshal Victor (including battalions of 9th Corps incorporated on June 28).
Division Conroux: 9th Léger (4 batts.), 24th, 96th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,905present
Division Godinot: 8th Ligne (4 batts.), 16th Léger, 45th, 54th Ligne (3 batts. each)8,133”
Division Villatte: 27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, 95th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,802”
Perreymond’s Light Cavalry: 2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs1,015”
Latour-Maubourg’s Dragoons: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th regiments2,905”
Artillery and Engineers, &c.1,985”
Marines and sailors of Cadiz Lines flotilla1,456”
27,201
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 35,940.
4th Corps. General Sebastiani (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).
Division Ligier-Belair: 12th Léger (3 batts.), 32nd, 43rd, 58th Ligne (4 batts. each)10,947present
Division Dembouski: 4th, 7th, 9th Poles (2 batts. each)4,918”
Ormancey’s Light Cavalry: 10th Chasseurs, 1st Lancers of the Vistula1,595”
Milhaud’s Dragoons: 5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st regiments1,595”
Artillery and Engineers886”
20,830
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,889.
5th Corps. Count Drouet D’Erlon (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).
Division Girard: 34th, 40th Ligne (2 batts. each), 64th, 88th Ligne (3 batts. each)4,253present
Division Claparéde: 21st, 28th Léger, 100th, 103rd Ligne (3 batts. each) [Not including 1 batt. each of 34th, 40th, 88th, 100th Ligne, and 21st Léger in garrison at Badajoz.]4,183”
Briche’s Light Cavalry: 10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs515”
Artillery and Engineers [not including Badajoz garrison]618”
Garrison of Badajoz (5 battalions and detachments of artillery, &c.)2,887”
12,456
Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,296.
N.B.—This enormous proportion of absentees is largely due to the Albuera wounded, who had not yet rejoined.
Troops not included in the three Corps:
Brigade in the Kingdom of Cordova: 51st, 55th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,017present
Unattached Cavalry: 17th, 27th Dragoons, 27th Chasseurs, 4th Spanish Chasseurs1,942”
Unattached Artillery, Engineers, Train, &c.1,381”
Total Army of the South, 68,827 present under arms.
Gross total, including sick and detached, 90,186.

II. ARMY OF THE CENTRE. King Joseph.

The King’s French Guards, no figures given, but about2,500present
Spanish Division Hugo (10 battalions, 3 squadrons)5,060”
Brigade Dessolles: 75th Ligne (3 batts.), 28th Ligne (2½ batts.)3,208”
German Division: 2nd Nassau and Baden (2 batts. each), Frankfort (1 batt.), 123rd Ligne (late Dutch 2nd regt.)[795]4,214”
Treillard’s Light Horse: Westphalian and Nassau Chasseurs663”
Lahoussaye’s Dragoons: 13th, 18th, 19th, 22nd regts.2,213”
Artillery and Engineers, &c.1,268”
Drafts for Armies of South and Portugal at Madrid, &c.4,013”
Total23,139
Gross total of Army, with sick and detached, 25,537.

III. ARMY OF PORTUGAL.[796] Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa.

Division Foy: 6th Léger, 39th, 69th, 76th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,541present
Division Clausel: 25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th Ligne (3 batts. each)6,501”
Division Ferey: 31st Léger, 47th, 70th Ligne (3 batts. each), 26th (2 batts.)5,072”
Division Sarrut: 2nd and 4th Léger, 36th Ligne (3 batts. each)4,922”
Division Maucune: 15th, 66th, 82nd, 86th Ligne (3 batts. each)5,049”
Division Brennier: 17th Léger (3 batts.), 22nd Ligne (4 batts.), 65th Ligne (3 batts.), Irlandais and Regiment de Prusse (1 batt. each)5,332”
Lamotte’s Light Cavalry: 1st and 3rd Hussars, 15th and 22nd Chasseurs613”
Fournier’s Light Cavalry: 7th, 17th, 20th Chasseurs701”
Wathier’s Light Cavalry: 11th and 24th Chasseurs, 5th Hussars564”
Montbrun’s Dragoons: 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 25th regts.1,463”
Artillery, Train, Engineers, &c.2,875”
Total38,633
Gross Total of Army, with sick (12,668) and detached, 57,949.

IV. ARMY OF ARAGON. Marshal Suchet.