| Officers included, present under arms. | ||||||
| Men. | Horses. | |||||
| Division imperial guard, commanded by gen. Dorsenne | 2423 | 786 | ||||
| Do. reserve cavalry, imperial | ┐ | Gen. Saligny | 5417 | 944 | ||
| gendarmes, and other troops | ┘ | |||||
| Corps of marshal Bessieres | 15,595 | 2923 | ||||
| Do. marshal Ney | 13,756 | 2417 | ||||
| Do. marshal Moncey | 16,636 | ┐ | 22,640 | 3132 | ||
| Garrison of Pampeluna | 6004 | ┘ | ||||
| Garrisons of Vittoria, Bilbao, St. | ┐ | |||||
| Sebastian, Tolosa, Montdragon, | ├ | Gen. Lagrange | 8479 | 1458 | ||
| Salinas, Bergara, Villa Real, Yrun, | │ | |||||
| and other places of less note | ┘ | |||||
| ┌ | Gen. Drouet | ┐ | ||||
| Troops disposeable at Bayonne | │ | commanding | │ | |||
| and the vicinity, or in march | ┤ | 11th military | ├ | 20,005 | 5196 | |
| upon that place | └ | division. | ┘ | |||
| Do. employed as moveable columns | ┐ | |||||
| in the defence of the frontier from | ├ | 6042 | 261 | |||
| Bayonne to Belgarde | ┘ | |||||
| In Catalonia, gen. Duhesme | 10,142 | 1638 | ||||
| Fort of Fernando Figueras, gen. Reille | 4027 | 557 | ||||
| Division of gen. Chabot | 1434 | — | ||||
| ——— | ——– | |||||
| Total | 110,660 | 19,312 | ||||
| ——— | ——– | |||||
Note.—At this period the Spaniards and the military agents always asserted that the French had only from 35 to 45,000 men of all weapons.
STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY, CALLED “THE SECOND PART OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN,” OCTOBER 1, 1808.
This army, composed of the troops coming from the grand army and from Italy, was by an imperial decree, dated 7th September, divided into six corps and a reserve.
| Present under arms. | |||
| Men. | Horses. | ||
| 1st corps, marshal Victor, duke of Belluno | 29,547 | 5552 | |
| 5th Do. Mortier, duke of Treviso | 24,405 | 3495 | |
| 6th Do. destined for Ney, duke of Elchingen | 22,694 | 3945 | |
| Infantry of the viceroy of Spain’s guards | 1213 | ... | |
| Cavalry ditto | 456 | 551 | |
| 1st division of dragoons | 3695 | 3994 | |
| 2d ditto | 2940 | 3069 | |
| 3d ditto | 2020 | 2238 | |
| 4th ditto | 3101 | 3316 | |
| 5th ditto | 2903 | 3068 | |
| Division of general Sebastiani | 5808 | 185 | |
| 5th regiment of dragoons | 556 | 531 | |
| German division | 6067 | 381 | |
| Polish ditto | 6818 | ... | |
| Dutch brigade | 2280 | 751 | |
| Westphalian light horse | 522 | 559 | |
| General Souham’s division | 7259 | ... | |
| Ditto Pino’s ditto | 6803 | ... | |
| 24th regiment of dragoons | 664 | 731 | |
| Regiment of royal Italian chasseurs | 560 | 512 | |
| Regiment of Napoleon’s dragoons | 500 | 474 | |
| Artillery and engineers in march for Perpignan | 1706 | 1430 | |
| ——— | ——– | ||
| Total of 2d part | 132,530 | 34,786 | |
| Total of 1st part | 110,660 | 19,312 | |
| ——— | ——– | ||
| 243,190 | 54,098 | ||
| ——— | ——– | ||
| Grand total 243,190 men and 54,098 horses. | |||
SECTION II.—GENERAL STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, OCTOBER 10th, 1808.
| KEY: | |||
| Hosp. | = | Hospital. | |
| Pr. | = | Prisoners. | |
| Hor. | = | Horses. | |
| CH | = | Cav. Hors. (Cavalry Horses) | |
| AH | = | Art. Hors. (Artillery Horses) | |
| Inf. | = | Infantry. |
| Present under arms. | Detached. | Hosp. | Pr. | Effective. | |||||
| Men. | Hor. | Men. | Hor. | Men. | Men. | Men. | CH | AH | |
| 1st corps, duke of Belluno, | 28,797 | 5615 | 2201 | 219 | 2939 | .. | 33,937 | 3329 | 2501 |
| 2d do. — Istria, | 20,093 | 3219 | 7394 | 1199 | 5536 | 30 | 33,054 | 3616 | 802 |
| 3d do. — Cornegliano, | 18,867 | 3186 | 11,082 | 2472 | 7522 | 219 | 37,690 | 4537 | 821 |
| 4th do. — Dantzic, | 22,859 | 2410 | 955 | 40 | 2170 | .. | 25,984 | 1791 | 659 |
| 5th do. — Treviso, | 24,552 | 3833 | 188 | 6 | 1971 | 2 | 26,713 | 1805 | 2034 |
| 6th do. — Elchingen, | 29,568 | 4304 | 3381 | 257 | 5051 | 33 | 38,033 | 2465 | 2096 |
| 7th do. general St. Cyr, | 35,657 | 5254 | 1302 | 198 | 4948 | 200 | 42,107 | 4045 | 1404 |
| 8th do. duke of Abrantes, | 19,059 | 2247 | 2137 | 1 | 3528 | 1006 | 25,730 | 1776 | 472 |
| Reserve, | 34,924 | 23,604 | 3533 | 733 | 3553 | 392 | 42,382 | 21,225 | 3112 |
| 1st hussars and 27th chasseurs, | 1,424 | 1463 | 256 | 208 | 74 | .. | 1,754 | 1675 | .. |
| Artillery and engineers in march, coming from Germany, | 3,446 | 958 | 107 | .. | .. | .. | 3,446 | .. | 958 |
| Moveable columns for the defence of the frontiers of France, | 8,588 | 477 | 107 | .. | 146 | 19 | 8,860 | 268 | 209 |
| Total | 247,834 | 56,567 | 32,536 | 5329 | 37,419 | 1901 | 319,690 | 46,828 | 15,068 |