II
THE GARRISON OF SARAGOSSA
[From the return of Jan. 1, 1809, given by Ibieca, corrected by reference to Arteche iv. 550-1, and the Conde de Clonard, ii. 284-93.]
| INFANTRY. | ||
| 1st Division, Brigadier-General F. Butron: | ||
| Gross Total. |
Present under arms. |
|
| Walloon Guards | 530 | 450 |
| Estremadura | 610 | 390 |
| Granaderos de Palafox | 1,005 | 752 |
| Fusileros del Reyno | 1,571 | 1,291 |
| Don Carlos | 1,014 | 534 |
| Batallon del Carmen | 771 | 661 |
| Batallon del Portillo | 834 | 594 |
| Batallon de Torrero | 720 | 485 |
| Batallon de Calatayud | 967 | 881 |
| 1st Ligero de Zaragoza | 680 | 566 |
| 2nd Ligero de Zaragoza | 666 | 546 |
| 1st Cazadores Catalanes | 625 | 465 |
| 2nd Voluntarios de Aragon | 1,200 | 1,060 |
| Divisional Total | 11,193 | 8,675 |
| 2nd Division, Brigadier-General D. Fiballer: | ||
| Spanish Guards | 898 | 676 |
| 2nd of Valencia | 954 | 726 |
| 1st Volunteers of Aragon | 1,183 | 970 |
| Cazadores de Fernando VII (Aragonese) | 545 | 345 |
| Divisional Total | 3,580 | 2,717 |
| 3rd Division, Brigadier-General José Manso: | ||
| Peñas de San Pedro | 594 | 241 |
| 1st of Huesca | 1,274 | 973 |
| Florida Blanca | 352 | 229 |
| 1st Tiradores de Murcia | 750 | 343 |
| 1st of Murcia | 1,272 | 631 |
| 2nd of Murcia | 1,159 | 477 |
| 3rd of Murcia | 1,098 | 438 |
| Suizos de Aragon | 496 | 361 |
| Divisional Total | 6,995 | 3,693 |
| 4th Division, Major-General F. St. March: | ||
| Voluntarios de Borbon | 436 | 317 |
| Voluntarios de Castilla | 542 | 292 |
| Voluntarios de Chelva | 789 | 529 |
| Voluntarios de Turia | 903 | 483 |
| Cazadores de Fernando VII (Valencians) | 304 | 190 |
| Segorbe | 412 | 313 |
| Soria [Militia] | 172 | 130 |
| 1st of Alicante | 730 | 309 |
| 5th of Murcia | 1,040 | 423 |
| 2nd Tiradores de Murcia | 131 | 91 |
| Divisional Total | 5,459 | 3,077 |
| Roca’s Division of the ‘Army of the Centre’: | ||
| 1st of Savoia | 347 | 105 |
| Orihuela | 731 | 315 |
| 1st Cazadores de Valencia | 505 | 275 |
| Murcia [Militia] | 633 | 426 |
| America | ? | 148 |
| Avila [Militia] | ? | 277 |
| Orihuela | 2,216 | 1,546 |
| Details from Regiments of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the ‘Army of the Centre’: viz.:— | ||
| Carmona, Guadix [Militia], Voluntarios de Madrid, Ordenes Militares, Toro (Militia) Africa, Burgos [Militia] Navas de Tolosa, Baylen, 5th of Seville, Campomayor, Cadiz, Cuenca, Tiradores de Cartagena, 1st of Valencia—all small fragments of regiments which had fought at Tudela in the left wing, but had taken refuge in Saragossa: the numbers vary from 200 to ten men | ||
| Total, perhaps | 1,200 | |
| CAVALRY. | ||
| Rey, Numancia, Fuensanta, Husares de Palafox, Cazadores de Fernando VII, Husares de Aragon. With fragments of the following regiments of the ‘Army of the Centre’: Borbon, Lusitania, Olivenza, Pavia, Reyna, Santiago, Tejas | ||
| Gross Total sabres, about | 2,000 | |
| ARTILLERY | about | 1,800 |
| ENGINEERS. | ||
| Zapadores de Aragon, ditto de Valencia, ditto de Calatayud | 800 | |
| TOTALS. | ||
| Gross. | Effectives Present. |
|
| Infantry of the four Aragonese Divisions | 27,227 | 18,162 |
| Cavalry | 2,000 | 1,600 |
| Artillery | 1,800 | 1,600 |
| Engineers | 800 | 700 |
| Details of the Army of the Centre | 4,191 | 2,746 |
| 36,018 | 24,808 | |
All these are regularly organized corps. It is impossible to state the figures of the irregulars with any certainty.
N.B.—Ibieca errs in including Doyle, La Reunion, Fieles Zaragozanos and 3rd of Valencia in the Garrison, they were detached in Aragon, the first at Jaca, the two next with the Marquis of Lazan. See the tables on pp. 284-293 of vol. vi. of the Conde de Clonard’s great work.