History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814, vol. 3

by William Francis Patrick Napier

	Under arms.		Detached.		Hosp.	Effective. Horses.
	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Cav.	Draught.
Etat major	192	219	”	”	4	196	219	”
2d corps	16,575	2,921	2,397	287	2,214	21,186	1,872	1,336
6th do.	23,224	2,478	1,708	600	5,418	30,350	1,730	1,348
8th do.	18,807	2,958	663	140	4,656	24,126	2,027	1,071
Reserve of cavalry	4,146	4,322	1,138	831	157	5,441	4,907	246
Artilleries of siege	3,022	3,115	206	159	409	3,637	146	3,128
Battalion of march which quitted Bayonne the 2d of October	”	”	474	16	”	474	16	”
Total	65,966	16,013	6,586	2,033	12,858	85,410	10,917	7,129
9th corps	19,062	2,072	413	”	3,516	22,991	1,755	317
Division Serras	8,586	1,015	269	35	1,750	10,605	1,050	”
Grand Total	93,614	19,100	7,268	2,068	18,124	119,006	13,722	7,446

Army of Portugal—1st January, 1811.

Head-quarters, Torres Novas.

2d Corps, Head-quarters Santarem.
	Under arms.		Detached.		Hosp.	Effective. Horses.
	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Cav. Draught.
Merle’s division, 9 battalions	4,368	”	150	”	1,549	6,067	”	”
Heudelet’s do. 12 do.	5,718	”	451	”	2,646	8,815	”	”
Lt. cavalry, Soult, 15 squadrons	1,146	993	523	537	231	1,900	1,530	”
Artillery and engineers	1,284	1,121	52	9	189	1,425	112	1,018
Total	12,516	2,114	1,176	546	4,515	18,207	1,642	1,018
6th Corps, Thomar.
Marchand, 11 battalions	4,987	28	529	”	1,121	6,637	28	”
Mermet’s, 11 do.	6,252	”	743	”	1,077	8,104	”	”
Loison, 12 do.	4,589	”	1,037	”	3,291	8,917	”	”
Light cavalry, Lamotte, 7 squadrons	652	651	663	663	117	1,432	1,314	”
Artillery and engineers, 28 companies	1,769	1,372	47	78	165	1,981	52	1,398
Total	18,272	2,051	3,019	741	5,771	27,094	1,394	1,398
8th Corps, Pernes.
Clausel, 11 battalions	4,007	18	484	”	3,989	8,627	18	”
Solignac, 14 do.	4,997	”	1,953	”	3,337	10,346	”	”
St. Croix’s dragoons, 12 squadrons	981	1,024	698	698	238	1,917	1,722	”
Artillery and engineers	1,106	859	24	4	359	1,522	151	712
On leave	”	”	”	”	”	206	”	”
Total	11,108	1,901	3,159	702	7,956	22,605	1,191	712
Montbrun, Ourem.
Reserve of cavalry 24 squadrons with artillery	2,729	2,871	1,486	1,466	178	4,533	4,337
Artillery, engineers, and equipage of the army	1,546	614	”	”	283	2,090	614
9th Corps, Leiria.
Claparede, 15 battalions, Almeida	7,863	11	369	”	432	8,714	”
Couroux, 12 battalions, Leiria	7,592	27	447	”	1,299	9,338	27
Fournier’s cavalry, 7 squadrons at Toro	1,698	1,591	60	67	114	1,872	1,658
Artillery and engineers, Ciudad Rodrigo	670	464	”	72	742	”	464
Total	17,823	2,093	876	139	2,637	19,924	2,149

Note.—Salamanca constituted a government containing the towns of Alba de Tormes, Penaranda, and Salamanca, in which were deposited the sick men, stragglers, equipages, and depôts, of the army of Portugal. The total amounting to 2,354 men and 1,102 horses.

	Present under arms.
	Men.	Horses.
General Total of the army of Portugal in the position of Santarem	46,171	9,551
9th Corps	17,823	2,093
	———	———
	63,994	11,644
Deduct troops of the 9th corps not in Portugal	10,231	2,066
	———	———
Real numbers under Massena	53,763	9,578
	———	———

Army of Portugal—1st April, 1811.

Under arms.			Detached.		Hosp.	Effective.
	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Horses.	Men.	Men.	Horses.
8th corps, Junot	13,448	”	992	”	5,719	20,159	”
6th do. Marmont	13,984	”	1,374	”	1,576	16,934	”
2d corps, Reynier	10,837	”	1,350	”	4,318	16,505	”
Montbrun
{ Dragoon, 23 squadrons	4,173	4,404	”	”	”	4,173	4,404
{ Light cavalry, 14 squadrons	3,636	3,906	”	”	38	3,636	3,906
{ 1 squadron of gens-d’armes	190	72	”	”	5	102	72