A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810

Chapter XXXII: Section XXII: Chapter II (2)

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Of these Jaen, Corona, Madrid, and the grenadiers certainly went with Eguia to La Mancha. Irlanda went to Del Parque at Ciudad Rodrigo, 2º de Cataluña went to Cadiz to recruit. There are left Campo Mayor, Canarias, 3º de Sevilla, Provincial de Sigüenza, Provincial de Guadix, Cazadores de Valencia y Albuquerque. Probably they formed the division of 6,000 men which the Junta is said to have deducted from the army of Estremadura for its own protection, and to have withdrawn to the borders of Andalusia in September. At any rate we find in November Campo Mayor, Canarias, and Provincial de Guadix serving again in the army of Albuquerque. But I cannot be sure that some of the others did not accompany Eguia (like Jaen and Corona), though not mentioned in the document no. 2.

* Old regular units. † Old militia units. ‡ New levies.

AREIZAGA’S ARMY IN THE OCAÑA CAMPAIGN

No detailed ‘morning state’ of this army has been preserved, but the names and gross totals of the divisions are on record in documents at the Madrid War Office. So far as I can make it out, the organization of the army must have been nearly as follows:--

INFANTRY DIVISION

Vanguard Division, General José Zayas: _Officers._ _Men._
Voluntarios de Valencia, 2nd of Majorca, Provincial
de Plasencia, Voluntarios de España, Granaderos
Provinciales, Cantabria (seven batts.) 210 5,768
1st Division, General L. Lacy:
Burgos, 1st of España, Provincial de Cordova, 1st of
Loxa, Alcala, 1st of Seville, Provincial de Chinchilla
(nine batts.) 328 7,420
2nd Division, General Gaspar Vigodet:
Corona, Ordenes Militares, 1st of Guadix, Ronda,
Alcazar, Ciudad Real (nine batts.) 288 6,797
3rd Division, General P. Giron:
1st and 2nd Spanish Guards, 2nd of Cordova, Bailen,
Provincial de Jaen, Provincial de Toledo (eight batts.) 200 5,034
4th Division, General Francisco Castejon:
1st of Malaga, 5th of Seville, 2nd of Loxa, Bujalance,
Cazadores de Velez Malaga, Xeres, 3rd of Cordova
(eight batts.) 236 6,151
5th Division, General T. Zerain:
Cazadores de Barbastro, 2nd of España, 2nd of Seville,
2nd of Madrid, Provincial de Granada, 3rd Walloon
Guards (seven batts.) 209 5,677
6th Division, General N. Jacomé:
Badajoz, Provincial de Malaga, Tiradores de Estremadura,
Jaen, Provincial de Ecija (?), 4th of Seville (?),
Alpujarras (?) (nine batts.?) 312 7,325
7th Division, Brigadier-General F. Copons:
Murcia, Real Marina, Africa, Reyna (six batts.) 197 4,927
Troops not included in any division:--Granaderos del
General, Compañía de Buen Orden, Compañías Sueltas -- 778
------ ------
1,980 49,877

CAVALRY

Commanded by General Manuel Freire.

1st Division, Brigadier-General Juan Bernuy: }
Rey, Infante, Voluntarios de Madrid, Almanza, Carabineros }
y Lanceros de Estremadura }
2nd Division, Brigadier José Rivas: }
Cazadores de Toledo, Pavia, 1st and 2nd Hussars of Estremadura } 5,766
3rd Division, Brigadier Miguel March: }
Montesa, Reyna, Santiago, Principe, Cordova, Alcantara }
4th Division, Colonel V. Osorio: }
Cazadores de Granada, Granaderos de Fernando VII, Farnesio, }
Lusitania, España }
60 guns with artillerymen, about 1,500
Sappers, &c., no figures given, perhaps 600
------
General Total 59,723

The materials from which the above organization has been reconstructed are: (1) Rolls of Venegas’s army, before it was joined by Eguia’s reinforcements. (2) Roll of the reinforcements led by Eguia (printed in Appendix No. V). (3) Gross totals of each division, without list of their component battalions, preserved in the Madrid War Office. (4) A morning state of the army taken on Dec. 1: in this the divisions of Lacy and Zayas are amalgamated, and that of Jacomé has disappeared, its wrecks having been distributed among the remaining six divisions. (5) The regimental annals in the Conde de Clonard’s great history of the Spanish army. Unfortunately this only serves for the regular regiments, there being no record of the fates of the militia battalions or the newly-raised volunteer regiments. I am specially uncertain about the Cavalry and the 6th Division (Jacomé), which seems to have been composed of those Estremaduran units which had not been organized as the ‘Vanguard’ and ‘7th Division.’ But it almost certainly had some Andalusian regiments added. I mark them with a (?).

VII

THE FRENCH ARMY OF SPAIN ON JAN. 15, 1810

FROM A DOCUMENT IN THE ARCHIVES NATIONAUX AT PARIS

-----------------------++-------------------++---------+---------+---------++---------
||Present under Arms.|| | | ||
|+------------+------+|Detached.| Sick. |Prisoners|| Total.
||Officers.| Men. || | | ||
-----------------------++---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
1st CORPS (MARSHAL || | || | | ||
VICTOR): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Ruffin) || | || | | ||
at Almagro: || | || | | ||
9th Léger, 24th || | || | | ||
Line, 96th Line || | || | | ||
(3 batts. each) || 120 | 4,306 || 96 | 991 | -- || 5,513
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Darricau)|| | || | | ||
at Daymiel: || | || | | ||
16th Léger, 8th Line,|| | || | | ||
45th Line, 54th || | || | | ||
Line (2 batts. || | || | | ||
each) || 15 | 5,744 || 287 | 1,893 | 29 || 8,110
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Villatte)|| | || | | ||
at Membrilla: || | || | | ||
27th Léger, 63rd || | || | | ||
Line, 94th Line, || | || | | ||
95th Line (3 batts.|| | || | | ||
each) || 21 | 6,124 || 156 | 589 | 3 || 7,087
|| | || | | ||
LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE || | || | | ||
(Beaumont) at || | || | | ||
Villanueva de los || | || | | ||
Infantes: || | || | | ||
2nd Hussars, 5th || | || | | ||
Chasseurs || 45 | 778 || 254 | 27 | 23 || 1,127
|| | || | | ||
DIVISION OF DRAGOONS || | || | | ||
(Latour-Maubourg) at || | || | | ||
El Moral: || | || | | ||
1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, || | || | | ||
14th, 26th Dragoons|| 96 | 2,164 || 633 | 76 | 61 || 3,030
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY AND TRAIN || 33 | 1,747 || 252 | 144 | 2 || 2,178
DETACHMENTS on the || | || | | ||
march to join || 4 | 1,019 || -- | -- | -- || 1,023
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 112 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 112
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 782 | 21,882 || 1,678 | 3,720 | 118 || 28,180
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
2nd CORPS (GENERAL || | || | | ||
HEUDELET, vice || | || | | ||
SOULT): || | || | | ||
|| | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Merle) at|| | || | | ||
Talavera: || | || | | ||
2nd Léger, 36th Line,|| | || | | ||
4th Léger, 15th || | || | | ||
Line (3 batts. || | || | | ||
each) || 231 | 5,718 || 238 | 660 | -- || 6,847
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Heudelet)|| | || | | ||
at Talavera: || | || | | ||
17th Léger, 47th, || | || | | ||
70th, 86th Line (3 || | || | | ||
batts. each), 31st || | || | | ||
Léger (4 batts.) || 290 | 7,035 || 227 | 920 | -- || 8,472
|| | || | | ||
LIGHT CAVALRY DIVISION || | || | | ||
(Soult): || | || | | ||
1st Hussars, 22nd || | || | | ||
Chasseurs, 8th || | || | | ||
Dragoons, Chasseurs|| | || | | ||
Hanovriens || 79 | 787 || 191 | 36 | -- || 1,093
|| | || | | ||
DIVISION OF DRAGOONS || | || | | ||
(Lahoussaye): || | || | | ||
17th, 18th, 19th, || | || | | ||
27th Dragoons || 58 | 1,171 || 242 | 66 | 8 || 1,545
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, AND || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 15 | 664 || 71 | 44 | -- || 794
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 79 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 79
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 752 | 15,375 || 969 | 1,726 | 8 || 18,830
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
3rd CORPS (GENERAL || | || | | ||
SUCHET): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Laval) at|| | || | | ||
Montreal: || | || | | ||
14th and 44th Line, || | || | | ||
2nd of the Vistula || | || | | ||
(2 batts. each) || | || | | ||
[3rd of the Vistula|| | || | | ||
absent and not || | || | | ||
counted] || 119 | 4,171 || 280 | 290 | 488 || 5,348
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Musnier) || | || | | ||
at Alcañiz: || | || | | ||
114th, 115th, 121st || | || | | ||
Line (3 batts. || | || | | ||
each), 1st of the || | || | | ||
Vistula (2 batts.) || 203 | 6,970 || 212 | 813 | 267 || 8,465
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Habert) || | || | | ||
at Fraga: || | || | | ||
5th Léger, 116th Line|| | || | | ||
(2 batts. each), || | || | | ||
117th Line (3 || | || | | ||
batts.) || 136 | 4,193 || 8 | -- | -- || 4,757
|| | || | | ||
CAVALRY BRIGADE || | || | | ||
(Boussard): || | || | | ||
4th Hussars, 13th || | || | | ||
Cuirassiers || 77 | 1,822 || 229 | 44 | -- || 2,172
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, AND || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 28 | 1,179 || -- | 66 | -- || 1,273
|| | || | | ||
GARRISON TROOPS at || | || | | ||
Tudela, Saragossa, || | || | | ||
Jaca, &c., including || | || | | ||
the 3rd of the || | || | | ||
Vistula and 3 batts. || | || | | ||
of Chasseurs des || | || | | ||
Montagnes || 132 | 4,030 || 187 | 186 | -- || 4,535
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 80 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 80
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 775 | 22,365 || 916 | 1,819 | 755 || 26,630
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
4th CORPS (GENERAL || | || | | ||
SEBASTIANI): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION: || | || | | ||
58th Line (3 batts.) || 57 | 1,573 || 98 | 550 | 1 || 2,279
[28th, 32nd, 75th || | || | | ||
Line left at || | || | | ||
Madrid] || -- | -- || -- | -- | -- || --
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Laval): || | || | | ||
9 German batts. || | || | | ||
(absent at Segovia,|| | || | | ||
on march to Bayonne|| | || | | ||
with the prisoners || | || | | ||
of Ocaña) || -- | -- || -- | -- | -- || --
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Werlé) at|| | || | | ||
Ocaña: || | || | | ||
4th, 7th, 9th Poles || | || | | ||
(2 batts. each) || 130 | 4,679 || 112 | 1,177 | 50 || 6,148
|| | || | | ||
LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE || | || | | ||
(Perreymond) at || | || | | ||
Ocaña: || | || | | ||
10th and 27th || | || | | ||
Chasseurs, and || | || | | ||
Polish Lancers || 62 | 1,289 || 390 | 89 | 109 || 1,939
|| | || | | ||
DIVISION OF DRAGOONS || | || | | ||
(Milhaud) at Velez: || | || | | ||
5th, 12th, 16th, || | || | | ||
20th, 21st Dragoons|| 104 | 1,617 || 250 | 216 | 128 || 2,315
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, AND || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 14 | 555 || 20 | 45 | -- || 634
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 45 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 45
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 412 | 9,713 || 870 | 2,077 | 288 || 13,360
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
5th CORPS (MARSHAL || | || | | ||
MORTIER): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Girard) || | || | | ||
at El Moral: || | || | | ||
34th, 40th, 64th, || | || | | ||
88th Line (3 batts.|| | || | | ||
each) || 201 | 6,839 || 228 | 1,683 | -- || 8,951
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Gazan) at|| | || | | ||
El Moral: || | || | | ||
21st and 28th Léger, || | || | | ||
100th and 103rd || | || | | ||
Line (3 batts. || | || | | ||
each) || 219 | 6,414 || 212 | 1,432 | 10 || 8,287
|| | || | | ||
CAVALRY DIVISION || | || | | ||
(Marisy) at || | || | | ||
Granatuela: || | || | | ||
10th Hussars, 21st || | || | | ||
Chasseurs, 13th and|| | || | | ||
22nd Dragoons || 81 | 1,458 || 391 | 411 | 11 || 2,352
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY AND TRAIN || 17 | 741 || 50 | 135 | 3 || 946
|| | || | | ||
PROVISIONAL REGIMENT of|| | || | | ||
2 squadrons each of || | || | | ||
13th and 22nd || | || | | ||
Dragoons, on march to|| | || | | ||
join their corps || 31 | 557 || -- | -- | -- || 588
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 54 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 54
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 603 | 16,009 || 881 | 3,661 | 24 || 21,178
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
6th CORPS (MARSHAL || | || | | ||
NEY): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Marchand)|| | || | | ||
at Ledesma: || | || | | ||
6th Léger (2 batts.),|| | || | | ||
39th, 69th, 76th || | || | | ||
Line (3 batts. || | || | | ||
each) || 163 | 5,908 || 31 | 943 | 132 || 7,177
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Mermet) || | || | | ||
at Alba de Tormes: || | || | | ||
25th Léger (2 || | || | | ||
batts.), 27th and || | || | | ||
59th Line (3 batts.|| | || | | ||
each), 50th Line || | || | | ||
(2 batts.) || 201 | 6,656 || 10 | 714 | 4 || 7,585
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Loison) || | || | | ||
on the march: || | || | | ||
26th and 82nd Line || | || | | ||
(4 batts. each), || | || | | ||
66th Line (3 || | || | | ||
batts.), Légion du || | || | | ||
Midi and Légion || | || | | ||
Hanovrienne (2 || | || | | ||
batts. each), 15th || | || | | ||
Léger, 32nd Léger || | || | | ||
(1 batt. each), 2 || | || | | ||
provisional batts. || 302 | 11,948 || 543 | 1,652 | 142 || 14,587
|| | || | | ||
CAVALRY DIVISION || | || | | ||
(Lorges): || | || | | ||
3rd Hussars, 15th || | || | | ||
Chasseurs, 15th, || | || | | ||
25th Dragoons || 108 | 2,314 || 60 | 132 | 2 || 2,616
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 24 | 1,120 || 6 | 78 | 2 || 1,230
|| | || | | ||
DRAFTS, on the march || | || | | ||
from Bayonne to || | || | | ||
Salamanca || 156 | 5,636 || 506 | -- | -- || 6,298
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 79 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 79
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 1,033 | 33,582 || 1,156 | 3,519 | 282 || 39,572
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
7th CORPS (MARSHAL || | || | | ||
AUGEREAU): || | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Souham) || | || | | ||
at Vich: || | || | | ||
1st Léger and 42nd || | || | | ||
Line (3 batts. || | || | | ||
each), 7th Line (2 || | || | | ||
batts.), 3rd Léger || | || | | ||
and 93rd Line (1 || | || | | ||
batt. each), 24th || | || | | ||
Dragoons, 3rd || | || | | ||
Provisional || | || | | ||
Chasseurs || 169 | 5,213 || 397 | 2,627 | 57 || 8,463
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Pino) at || | || | | ||
Massanet: || | || | | ||
Italians: 1st and 2nd|| | || | | ||
Léger, 4th, 5th, || | || | | ||
6th Line (2 batts. || | || | | ||
each), 7th Line (1 || | || | | ||
batt.), and || | || | | ||
Dragoons of || | || | | ||
Napoleon || 238 | 6,346 || 201 | 2,409 | 93 || 9,287
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Verdier) || | || | | ||
at Besalu, including || | || | | ||
the remains of || | || | | ||
Morio’s and Lecchi’s || | || | | ||
late divisions: || | || | | ||
French--32nd Léger, || | || | | ||
2nd, 16th, 56th || | || | | ||
Line (1 batt. || | || | | ||
each); || | || | | ||
Neapolitans--1st || | || | | ||
and 2nd Line (2 || | || | | ||
batts. each); || | || | | ||
Westphalians--2nd, || | || | | ||
3rd, and 4th Line || | || | | ||
(2 batts. each), || | || | | ||
1st and 2nd of || | || | | ||
Berg, and Würzburg || | || | | ||
(2 batts. each), || | || | | ||
and Valais, Ducal || | || | | ||
Saxon, and La Tour || | || | | ||
d’Auvergne (1 batt.|| | || | | ||
each), with 2nd || | || | | ||
Neapolitan Light || | || | | ||
Horse || 334 | 6,009 || 486 | 7,190 | 299 || 14,318
|| | || | | ||
4th DIVISION (Duhesme) || | || | | ||
at Barcelona: || | || | | ||
French--7th Line (2 || | || | | ||
batts.), 37th and || | || | | ||
112th Line (1 batt.|| | || | | ||
each), 2nd Swiss (1|| | || | | ||
batt.), Chasseurs || | || | | ||
des Montagnes (1 || | || | | ||
batt.), 5th Italian|| | || | | ||
Line (2 batts.), || | || | | ||
_Bataillon || | || | | ||
Départemental_, and|| | || | | ||
3rd Provisional || | || | | ||
Cuirassiers || 240 | 5,971 || 33 | 2,056 | 87 || 8,387
|| | || | | ||
HEAD-QUARTERS GUARD || | || | | ||
(1 batt. French 67th)|| 17 | 527 || 12 | 260 | 4 || 820
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 44 | 1,346 || 43 | 708 | 27 || 2,168
|| | || | | ||
DRAFTS marching from || | || | | ||
Perpignan to || | || | | ||
Barcelona || 32 | 1,608 || -- | -- | -- || 1,640
DRAFTS at Perpignan, || | || | | ||
&c. || 127 | 6,125 || -- | -- | -- || 6,252
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 137 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 137
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 1,338 | 33,145 || 1,172 | 15,250 | 567 || 51,472
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
|| | || | | ||
8th CORPS (GENERAL || | || | | ||
JUNOT): || | || | | ||
|| | || | | ||
1st DIVISION (Clausel) || | || | | ||
at Burgos: || | || | | ||
22nd Line (4 batts.),|| | || | | ||
14th, 19th, 25th, || | || | | ||
28th, 34th, 36th, || | || | | ||
50th, 75th Line (1 || | || | | ||
batt. each) || 241 | 9,105 || 541 | 890 | -- || 10,777
|| | || | | ||
2nd DIVISION (Lagrange)|| | || | | ||
at Burgos: || | || | | ||
65th Line (4 batts.),|| | || | | ||
2nd, 4th, 12th, || | || | | ||
15th Léger, 32nd, || | || | | ||
46th, 58th, 121st, || | || | | ||
122nd Line (1 batt.|| | || | | ||
each) || 195 | 8,688 || 668 | 701 | 91 || 10,343
|| | || | | ||
3rd DIVISION (Solignac)|| | || | | ||
at Burgos: || | || | | ||
15th, 47th, 70th, || | || | | ||
86th Line (2 batts.|| | || | | ||
each), Régiment || | || | | ||
Irlandais, Régiment|| | || | | ||
de Prusse (2 batts.|| | || | | ||
each) || 135 | 6,925 || 573 | 398 | 43 || 8,074
|| | || | | ||
CAVALRY DIVISION (Ste. || | || | | ||
Croix): || | || | | ||
3 provisional || | || | | ||
brigades of 2 || | || | | ||
squadrons each from|| | || | | ||
16 dragoon || | || | | ||
regiments || 255 | 5,193 || 31 | -- | -- || 5,479
|| | || | | ||
ARTILLERY, TRAIN, || | || | | ||
ENGINEERS || 30 | 1,614 || 4 | 62 | -- || 1,710
|| | || | | ||
DETACHMENTS forming || | || | | ||
garrison of Burgos || 12 | 714 || 4 | 132 | 4 || 866
|| | || | | ||
ÉTAT-MAJOR || 88 | -- || -- | -- | -- || 88
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
Corps Total || 956 | 32,239 || 1,821 | 2,183 | 138 || 37,337
|+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------
TOTAL OF THE EIGHT ARMY|| | || | | ||
CORPS || 6,651 | 184,310 || 9,463 | 33,955 | 2,180 || 236,559
-----------------------++---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------

TROOPS NOT FORMING PART OF THE EIGHT ARMY CORPS

Of whom 324,996 are actually in Spain, and of these 262,051 are ‘Present under arms’ with the colours.

VIII

MUSTER-ROLL OF MASSÉNA’S ARMY OF PORTUGAL

ON SEPT. 15, 1810, JAN. 1, 1811, AND MARCH 15, 1811

From returns in the Archives Nationaux at Paris.

----------------------------++------------------++------------------++------------------
|| On Sept. 15, || On Jan. 1, || On March 15,
|| 1810. || 1811. || 1811.
|| | || | || |
||Officers.| Men. ||Officers.| Men. ||Officers.| Men.
----------------------------++---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
2ND CORPS, General REYNIER. || | || | || |
|| | || | || |
1st Division, General MERLE:|| | || | || |
Brigade Sarrut: || | || | || |
2nd Léger (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 77 | 2,281 || 52 | 1,670 || 54 | 1,343
36th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 82 | 1,994 || 54 | 1,226 || 73 | 1,163
Brigade Graindorge: || | || | || |
4th Léger (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 77 | 2,078 || 48 | 1,318 || 61 | 1,142
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 236 | 6,353 || 154 | 4,214 || 188 | 3,648
|| | || | || |
2nd Division, General || | || | || |
HEUDELET: || | || | || |
Brigade Foy: || | || | || |
17th Léger (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 57 | 1,341 || 48 | 998 || 34 | 876
70th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 71 | 2,38 || 40 | 1,422 || 41 | 1,231
Brigade Arnaud: || | || | || |
31st Léger (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 57 | 1,711 || 44 | 1,641 || 54 | 1,620
47th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 76 | 2,387 || 64 | 1,461 || 59 | 1,541
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+---------
Divisional Total || 261 | 7,826 || 196 | 5,522 || 188 | 5,268
|| | || | || |
Cavalry Brigade, General P. || | || | || |
SOULT: || | || | || |
1st Hussars, 22nd || | || | || |
Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons,|| | || | || |
Hanoverian Chasseurs || 106 | 1,291 || 92 | 1,048 || 91 | 808
Artillery, Train, Engineers || 25 | 1,554 || 33 | 1,251 || *[641] | *[641]
État-Major || 66 | -- || 65 | -- || 60 | --
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Grand Total of Corps || 694 | 17,024 || 540 |12,035 || 527 | 9,724

[641] Not stated separately. All the Artillery of the Army of
Portugal is placed under one head in the return of March 15, and
not distributed to the corps.

|| | || | || |
6TH CORPS, Marshal NEY. || | || | || |
|| | || | || |
1st Division, General || | || | || |
MARCHAND: || | || | || |
Brigade Maucune: || | || | || |
6th Léger (1st, 2nd || | || | || |
batts.) || 42 | 1,436 || 29 | 1,008 || 33 | 1,011
69th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 56 | 1,661 || 47 | 1,198 || 42 | 1,058
Brigade Marcognet: || | || | || |
39th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 58 | 1,628 || 54 | 1,249 || 37 | 1,150
76th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 58 | 1,732 || 52 | 1,350 || 39 | 1,247
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 214 | 6,457 || 182 | 4,805 || 151 | 4,466
|| | || | || |
2nd Division, General || | || | || |
MERMET: || | || | || |
Brigade Bardet: || | || | || |
25th Léger (1st, 2nd || | || | || |
batts.) || 37 | 1,678 || 39 | 1,363 || 37 | 1,275
27th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 59 | 1,827 || 59 | 1,550 || 32 | 1,185
Brigade Labassée: || | || | || |
50th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 65 | 2,056 || 54 | 1,551 || 51 | 1,431
59th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.) || 60 | 1,834 || 60 | 1,556 || 42 | 1,430
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 221 | 7,395 || 212 | 6,040 || 162 | 5,321
|| | || | || |
3rd Division, General || | || | || |
LOISON: || | || | || |
Brigade Simon: || | || | || |
26th Ligne (5th, 6th, || | || | || |
7th batts.) || 64 | 1,561 || 46 | 989 || 47 | 1,077
Légion du Midi || 18 | 546 || 17 | 363 || 15 | 397
Légion Hanovrienne (2 || | || | || |
batts.) || 29 | 1,129 || 19 | 611 || 23 | 698
Brigade Ferey: || | || | || |
32nd Léger (2nd batt.) || 20 | 393 || 14 | 243 || 18 | 262
66th Ligne (4th, 5th, || | || | || |
6th batts.) || 68 | 1,762 || 42 | 1,353 || 44 | 1,316
82nd Ligne (4th and 6th || | || | || |
batts.)[642] || 40 | 1,196 || 25 | 733 || 36 | 801
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 239 | 6,587 || 163 | 4,292 || 183 | 4,551
|| | || | || |
Cavalry Brigade, Gen. || | || | || |
LAMOTTE: || | || | || |
3rd Hussars, 15th || | || | || |
Chasseurs || 74 | 1,606 || 48 | 604 || 51 | 839
Artillery, Train, || | || | [643]|| |
Engineers || 28 | 1,403 || 34 | 1,735 || * | *
État-Major || 82 | -- || 77 | -- || 70 | --
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Grand total of Corps || 858 | 23,448 || 716 | 17,476 || 617 | 15,177

[642] The 82nd had detached its 5th battalion, 575 strong, to
form part of the garrison of Almeida.

[643] Some fractions of the general artillery reserve had been
transferred to the corps since Sept. 15, hence the rise in
numbers.

|| | || | || |
8TH CORPS, General JUNOT, || | || | || |
Duc d’Abrantès. || | || | || |
|| | || | || |
1st Division, General || | || | || |
CLAUSEL: || | || | || |
Brigade Ménard: || | || | || |
19th Ligne (4th batt.) || 19 | 634 || 18 | 278 || [644]| 231
25th Ligne (4th batt.) || 16 | 571 || 15 | 253 || [644]| 238
28th Ligne (4th batt.) || 17 | 442 || 19 | 324 || [644]| 250
34th Ligne (4th batt.) || 15 | 624 || 13 | 342 || [644]| 305
Brigade Taupin: || | || | || |
15th Léger (4th batt.) || 21 | 813 || 17 | 485 || 18 | 501
46th Ligne (4th batt.) || 18 | 546 || 15 | 259 || [644]| 202
75th Ligne (4th batt.) || 19 | 532 || 16 | 233 || [644]| 178
Brigade Godard: || | || | || |
22nd Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 80 | 2,427 || 72 | 1,648 || 70 | 1,617
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 205 | 6,589 || 185 | 3,822 || 88 | 3,522
|| | || | || |
2nd Division, General || | || | || |
SOLIGNAC: || | || | || |
Brigade Gratien: || | || | || |
15th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.)[645] || 63 | 1,262 || 58 | 925 || 62 | 906
86th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd batts.)[646] || 55 | 1,090 || 54 | 1,006 || 43 | 982
Brigade Thomières: || | || | || |
65th Ligne (1st, 2nd, || | || | || |
3rd, 4th batts.) || 82 | 2,680 || 80 | 1,951 || 65 | 1,555
Régiment Irlandais || 37 | 971 || 23 | 525 || 21 | 462
Régiment de Prusse || 29 | 957 || 22 | 354 || 22 | 435
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 266 | 6,960 || 237 | 4,761 || 213 | 4,340
|| | || | || |
Cavalry Division Gen. Ste.|| | || | || |
CROIX: || | || | || |
1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, || | || | || |
14th, 26th Dragoons, || | || | || |
two squadrons of each || 92 | 1,771 || 86 | 895 || 118 | 1,443
Artillery, Train, || | [646]|| | [647]|| |
Engineers || 17 | 964 || 23 | 1,083 || * | *
État-Major || 75 | -- || 69 | -- || 70 | --
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
General Total of Corps || 655 | 16,284 || 600 | 10,561 || 489 | 9,305

[644] By March 15 these six battalions had got so weak that their
cadres had been sent back to France, and the remaining rank and
file were being drafted into the regiments of the 2nd Corps.

[645] These regiments had detached their 4th battalions, 578 and
873 strong respectively, to form the garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo.

[646] Like the 6th Corps, the 8th had received part of the
General Park of the army, and absorbed it.

[647] About 17 officers and 150 men had been drafted into the
garrisons of Almeida and Rodrigo.

|| | || | || |
RESERVE OF CAVALRY, || | || | || |
General MONTBRUN. || | || | || |
Brigade Lorcet: || | || | || |
3rd[648] and 6th || | || | || |
Dragoons || 52 | 1,040 || 51 | 793 || 51 | 733
Brigade Cavrois: || | || | || |
11th Dragoons[649] || 27 | 634 || 28 | 557 || 28 | 551
Brigade Ornano: || | || | || |
15th and 25th Dragoons || 57 | 1,369 || 57 | 1,178 || 58 | 1,014
Horse Artillery || 6 | 294 || 4 | 162 || * | *
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Divisional Total || 142 | 3,337 || 140 | 2,690 || 137 | 2,298
|| | || | || |
Artillery Reserve, Train, || | || | || |
and Engineers not || | || | || |
attached to any || | || | || | [651]
corps[650] || 54 | 2,311 || 42 | 1,546 || 127 | 5,728
Gendarmerie || 6 | 171 || 7 | 190 || 6 | 210
État-Major of the Army and|| | || | || |
officers not attached to|| | || | || |
any corps || 66 | -- || 60 | -- || 62 | --
|+---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------
Total of the whole Army || 2,475 | 62,575 || 2,105 | 44,488 || 1,965 | 42,442
----------------------------++---------+--------++---------+--------++---------+--------

[648] The 3rd Dragoons left one squadron, 157 men, at Almeida.

[649] The 10th Dragoons, the other regiments of this brigade, 718
strong, had been left at Ciudad Rodrigo under General Gardanne.

[650] About 300 artillerymen left at Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida.

[651] This includes not only the original reserve artillery,
park, &c., of the army, but the whole of the artillery of the
three corps, which is not distributed among them in the return of
March 15, 1811.

NOTE.--On Dec. 26 General Gardanne brought up to the front the 4/86th Line originally left at Ciudad Rodrigo, and some drafts, making in all 1,393 men; these are counted in the figures of Jan. 1, 1811. On Feb. 5 General Foy brought up in a similar fashion 1,862 convalescents and drafts: these are counted in the figures of March 15, 1811.

The losses of the original 65,050 men who entered Portugal were therefore greater by 3,255 casualties than is shown in the table. The increase in the number of some regiments (e. g. 47th Line and Ste. Croix’s Dragoons) between Jan. 1 and March 15 is thus explained. Of the original 65,000 only 40,000 remained, not 44,000, on March 15, 1811.

There is another ‘return’ in the Archives Nationaux dated Sept. 27 where the figures are slightly lower than those given above, the total running to 62,538 effectives present instead of 65,050. The 2,500 men deficient represent the sick, stragglers, etc. between Sept. 15 and Sept. 27. The Second Corps for example returns 896 ‘sick present’ in addition to its 16,641 ‘effectives present.’ The 62,538 represent therefore the exact fighting-force at Bussaco.

N.B.--No French return gives the 44th Équipage de Marine, which certainly marched with Masséna on Sept. 15. This naval battalion of 924 men should be added to the total.

BRITISH LOSSES AT THE COMBAT OF THE COA, JULY 24, 1810

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
Officers. Men. Officers. Men. Officers. Men.

Staff -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1
1/43rd Foot 3 15 10 86 -- 15 129
1/52nd Foot -- 1 2 16 -- 3 22
1/95th Foot 1 11 8 55 1 53 129
1st Portuguese
Caçadores -- 2 -- 7 -- 7 16
3rd ditto -- 2 1 24 -- 2 29
Cavalry--1st
Hussar, K.G.L.,
and 16th Light
Dragoons -- 1 1 3 -- 2 7
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Total 4 32 23 191 1 82 333

The total in the text, as in Wellington’s dispatch, is wrong because of the omission of the 16 wounded of the 1/52nd who are inserted from the regimental returns, Wellington made out the total to be 317.

WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT BUSSACO, SEPT. 27, 1810

INFANTRY

1st Division, General SPENCER:
Stopford’s Brigade: _Officers._ _Men._
1st Coldstream Guards 24 790 }
1st Scots Fusilier Guards 26 791 } 1,684
1 company 5/60th Foot 2 51 }
Lord Blantyre’s Brigade:
24th Foot, 2nd batt. 30 338 }
42nd ” 23 391 } 1,516
61st ” 1st ” 36 648 }
1 company 5/60th Foot 3 47 }
Löwe’s Brigade:
1st Line batt. K.G.L. 28 510 }
2nd ” ” 31 453 }
5th ” ” 30 460 } 2,061
7th ” ” 24 429 }
Detachment Light Batts. K.G.L. 6 90 }
Pakenham’s Brigade:
7th Foot, 1st batt. 26 843 } 1,792
79th ” ” 38 885 }
---- ------ ------
Total of 1st Division 327 6,726 7,053

2nd Division, General HILL:
W. Stewart’s Brigade:
3rd Foot, 1st batt. 32 826 }
31st ” 2nd ” 27 384 }
48th ” ” 27 454 } 2,247
66th ” ” 30 433 }
1 company 5/60th Foot 1 33 }
Inglis’s Brigade:
29th Foot 31 430 }
48th ” 1st batt. 32 519 } 1,818
57th ” ” 28 727 }
1 company 5/60th Foot 1 50 }
Catlin Craufurd’s (Wilson’s) Brigade:
28th Foot, 2nd batt. 32 522 }
34th ” ” 36 617 } 1,672
39th ” ” 27 394 }
1 company 5/60 Foot 2 42 }
Hamilton’s Portuguese Division attached to 2nd Division:
Archibald Campbell’s Brigade:
4th Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,164 } 2,250[652]
10th ” ” ” -- 1,086 }
Fonseca’s Brigade:
2nd Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,317 } 2,690[652]
14th ” ” ” -- 1,373 }
---- ------ ------
Total of 2nd Division 306 10,371 10,677

3rd Division, General PICTON:
Mackinnon’s Brigade:
45th Foot, 1st batt. 35 560 }
74th ” ” 38 456 } 1,808
88th ” ” 40 679 }
Lightburne’s Brigade:
5th Foot, 2nd batt. 31 464 }
83rd ” 2nd ” 43 461 } 1,160
90th ” 5th ” (three companies) 16 145 }
Champlemond’s (vice Harvey’s) Portuguese Brigade:
9th Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,234 }
21st ” ” (one batt.) -- 541 } 1,775[652]
---- ------ ------
Total of 3rd Division 203 4,540 4,743

4th Division, Major-General COLE:
Alex. Campbell’s Brigade:
7th Foot, 2nd batt. 29 585 }
11th ” 1st ” 42 920 } 2,109
53rd ” 2nd ” 25 448 }
1 company 5/60th Foot 2 58 }
Kemmis’s Brigade:
27th Foot, 3rd batt. 34 785 }
40th ” 1st ” 48 1,007 } 2,448
97th ” 27 493 }
1 company 5/60th Foot 4 50 }
Collins’s Portuguese Brigade:
11th Line (two batts.) -- 1,438 } 2,843[652]
23rd ” ” -- 1,405 }
---- ------ ------
Total of 4th Division 211 7,189 7,400

5th Division, General LEITH:
Barnes’s Brigade:
1st Foot, 3rd batt. 35 733 }
9th ” 1st ” 30 585 } 1,879
38th ” 2nd ” 29 467 }
Spry’s Portuguese Brigade:
3rd Line (two batts.) -- 1,134 }
15th ” ” -- 905 } 2,619[652]
Thomar Militia (attached) -- 580 }
Lusitanian Legion (three batts.),
Baron Eben[653] -- 1,646 } 2,807[652]
8th Line (two batts.), Colonel Douglas -- 1,161 }
---- ------ ------
Total of 5th Division 94 7,211 7,305

Light Division, Brigadier-General CRAUFURD:
Beckwith’s Brigade:
43rd Foot, 1st batt. 40 804 }
95th ” ” (four companies) 12 384 } 1,896[652]
3rd Portuguese Caçadores -- 656 }
Barclay’s Brigade:
52nd Foot, 1st batt. 29 946 }
95th ” ” (four companies) 12 358 } 1,891[652]
1st Portuguese Caçadores -- 546 }
---- ------ ------
Total of Light Division 93 3,694 3,787

Independent Brigades of Portuguese Infantry:
1st Brigade, Brig.-Gen. D. Pack:
1st Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,089 }
16th ” ” ” -- 1,130 } 2,769
4th batt. Caçadores -- 550 }
5th Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. Campbell:
6th Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,317 }
18th ” ” ” -- 1,386 } 3,249
6th batt. Caçadores -- 546 }
6th Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Coleman:
7th Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 815 }
19th ” ” ” -- 1,124 } 2,345
2nd batt. Caçadores -- 406 }
------
Total of Independent Portuguese Brigades 8,363

[652] In the Portuguese regiments the officers are counted in
with the men.

[653] Leith in his report (Wellington, _Supplementary
Dispatches_, vi. 636) gives the above brigading. The Portuguese
official list of troops present (given by Soriano da Luz, iii)
puts Eben as commanding an imperfect brigade, consisting of the
8th Line only, while the Lusitanian legion is given as a separate
force under Lieut.-Col. Grant.

CAVALRY

4th Dragoons (two squadrons) 15 195

ARTILLERY

{ Horse 18 314
British { Field 37 663
K.G.L. Field 19 299
Portuguese --[654] 880[655]
---- ------ ------
Total Artillery 74 2,156 2,230

[654] In the Portuguese regiments the officers are counted in with
the men.

[655] This figure includes two batteries not present, but detached
with Lecor’s division beyond the Mondego. The totals can not be
distinguished.

ENGINEERS 24 19 43
WAGGON TRAIN 25 397 422
STAFF CORPS 1 40 41

GENERAL TOTAL

_British._ _Portuguese._ _Total._
Infantry 24,777 24,549 49,326
Cavalry 210 -- 210
Artillery 1,350 880 2,230
Engineers 43 -- 43
Waggon Train 422 -- 422
Staff Corps 41 -- 41
------ ------ ------
Total present at Bussaco 26,843 25,429 52,272

N.B.--It may be convenient to give here the list of the units of Wellington’s field army which were _not_ present at the battle of Bussaco; these were:--

BRITISH CAVALRY:
De Grey’s Brigade: _Officers._ _Men._
3rd Dragoon Guards 18 392 } 620
4th Dragoons (two squadrons) 14 196 }
(Near Mealhada.)
Slade’s Brigade:
1st Dragoons 20 513 } 967
14th Light Dragoons 17 417 }
Anson’s Brigade:
16th Light Dragoons 23 440 } 902
1st Hussars, K.G.L. 19 420 }
(Both near Mealhada.)
Fane’s Brigade:
13th Light Dragoons 29 401 430
PORTUGUESE CAVALRY (under Fane):
1st Regiment -- 422 }
4th ” -- 451 } 1,450
7th ” -- 223 }
10th ” -- 354 }
(All beyond the Alva in the direction of Chamusca, &c.)
LECOR’S Portuguese Division:
Bradford’s Brigade:
12th Line Regiment (two batts.) -- 1,277 }
13th ” ” ” -- 1,078 } 2,811
5th batt. Caçadores -- 456 }
Militia Brigade:
Three regiments (Idanha, Castello Branco,
Covilhão) -- ?2,000 2,000
------
4,811
(At and about Ponte de Murcella, and behind the Alva.)

In garrison at Lisbon, 88th Foot, 2nd batt. }
In march for Lisbon, 58th ” ” } 68 1,086
At Raiva, 1 comp. K.G.L. }
Sick -- 6,565
‘On command’ -- 2,220

Of the remaining Portuguese regiments Nos. 5 and 17 were at Elvas, No. 20 at Cadiz, No. 22 at Abrantes, No. 24 had been taken prisoner at Almeida. These are not part of the field army.

The total of the fractions of the field army not present at Bussaco was 9,180.

MASSÉNA’S ORDERS FOR THE BATTLE OF BUSSACO

_Moura_, 26 7bre 1810.

Demain le 27 7bre l’armée attaquera les hauteurs en avant de Moura occupées par l’armée ennemie.

Le 2nd Corps attaquera la droite de l’armée ennemie: il tentera à cet effet de couper la ligne, en gravissant un des points de la montagne le plus accessible. Il y arrivera par une ou deux colonnes, en se faisant précéder par des tirailleurs. Une fois arrivé sur le sommet du point qu’il aura décidé d’attaquer, il se formera en colonne serrée, et descendra par la crête de la montagne sur le chemin de Coimbre. Le point où il devra s’arrêter est le Couvent de _Bussaco_. Il aura soin de se former une réserve, pour se soutenir au besoin. Son artillerie sera disposée de manière à pouvoir contrebattre celle de l’ennemi, et à lui servir de point d’appui.

Le 6me Corps attaquera par les deux chemins qui conduisent sur la route de Coimbre; une de ses divisions formera sa réserve, et son artillerie sera placée par différentes positions, pour pouvoir le soutenir au besoin. M. le Maréchal Ney disposera ses deux colonnes d’attaque de manière à donner quand le Général Reynier sera maître des hauteurs, et qu’il marchera sur le Couvent de _Bussaco_. Ce sera à M. le Maréchal Ney à presser son attaque s’il voit que l’ennemi s’avance pour faire un mouvement sur le Général Reynier, ou pour faire un mouvement de retraite (_sic_)[656]. M. le Maréchal est trop pénétré de l’à-propos de son mouvement pour qu’on le lui détermine. Il se fera précéder par ses tirailleurs. Arrivé sur la crête de la montagne il se mettra en bataille pour l’ensemble des mouvements ultérieurs de l’armée.

[656] A strange phrase. How could the enemy ‘advance in order to
make movement of retreat’?

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