The regiments marked * had each one battalion in garrison at Badajoz, except the 64th, which had two companies there only [9th Léger, 28th Léger, 58th, 88th, 103rd Ligne]. The total of these 5-1/3 battalions was 2,951 officers and men. Adding these to the six divisions the total was 44,082 French infantry present under arms.

Cavalry.
Officers.Men.
1st Division. Head-quarters: Ribera (Estremadura).
1st Brigade, Perreymond: 2nd Hussars, 21st Chasseurs, 26th Dragoons.
2nd Brigade, Bonnemain: 5th Chasseurs, 27th Chasseurs.
Total1161,840
2nd Division. Head-quarters: Cordova.
1st Brigade, Digeon: 2nd, 4th, 5th Dragoons.
2nd Brigade, Lallemand: 14th, 17th, 27th Dragoons.
Total1703,307
3rd Division, Pierre Soult. Head-quarters: Granada.
1st Brigade, Boille: 10th Chasseurs, 12th Dragoons.
2nd Brigade, Ormancey: 16th Dragoons, 21st Dragoons.
Total1352,203
Total Cavalry4217,350

N.B.—7th Lancers, a Polish regiment, is omitted here, but actually stayed with the Army of the South till the end of 1812.

Officers.Men.
Spanish Troops [by return of April 1]:
Infantry2182,732
Cavalry1632,358
Total Juramentados3815,090
Artillery (deducting divisional batteries)1002,800
Engineers and Sappers20900
Three naval battalions (43rd and 44th équipages de flotte, and a battalion of ouvriers de marine)601800
Gendarmerie, &c.10600
General Total of army2,28258,381

Or adding the garrison of Badajoz (2,951 infantry, 268 artillery, 265 sappers, 42 cavalry, of the Army of the South, not including 910 Hessians of the Army of the Centre), a total of 64,189, without sick, &c.

When Soult on April 1st, 1812 marched to attempt the relief of Badajoz, he drew up the following statistics as to the strength of his army, omitting the naval troops, and the gunners of the Cadiz Lines:

Officers.Men.
(1) Marched for Badajoz:
Infantry60017,964
Cavalry2373,944
Artillery26613
Engineers2116
Total86522,637=23,502
(2) Left before Cadiz and in Granada, &c.:
Infantry61118,312
Cavalry1522,555
Total76320,867=21,630
(3) Garrisons of the Provinces of Cordova, Jaen, Granada, and Seville:
Infantry902,547
Cavalry571,654
Total1474,201=4,348
(4) Spanish troops:
Infantry2182,732
Cavalry1632,358
Total3815,090=5,471

Adding up these four totals we get officers 2,156, rank and file 52,795 = 54,951. This total omits the artillery in the Cadiz Lines and other fortified places, and the three marine regiments, and such sappers, gendarmes, military train, &c., as did not form part of the expedition that marched with Soult to relieve Badajoz. Adding these, at their strength of March 1, we get a total of about 59,000 of all ranks, not including the garrison of Badajoz. This agrees well enough with the March total of 60,663, allowing for a month’s wear and tear.


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