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SPANISH TROOPS IN ESTREMADURA, MARCH, 1811
(A) ORIGINAL GARRISON OF THE PLACE
| Officers. | Men. | |
| 2nd of Majorca (two batts.) | 43 | 466 |
| 1st of Badajoz (one batt.) | 20 | 376 |
| Provincial de Truxillo (one batt.) | 27 | 694 |
| Provincial de Plasencia (one batt.) | 20 | 687 |
| Dismounted Cavalry, organized in battalions | 29 | 781 |
| Artillery, and detachments lent to the artillery by various corps |
45 | 979 |
| Sappers | 6 | 167 |
| Total | 190 | 4,150 |
(B) MENDIZABAL’S ARMY OF SUCCOUR
[Present with the Colours, Feb. 1, 1811]
| Officers. | Men. | |
| Vanguard Division, Brigadier-General Carlos de España: | ||
| Principe (three batts.), 1st and 2nd of Catalonia, Gerona, Vittoria (one batt. each) | 137 | 2,550 |
| 1st Division, Major-General Garcia: | ||
| Leon (three batts.), Regimiento del General (three batts.), La Union (two batts.), 1st of Barcelona, Voluntarios Catalanes, Osuna, Zafra, Valladolid, La Serena (one batt. each), 2nd of Seville (two batts.) | 357 | 5,594 |
| 2nd Division, Major-General Virues: | ||
| Rey (two batts.), Princesa (two batts.), Lobera (three batts.), Toledo (two batts.), Zamora (two batts.), Hibernia (two batts.), Fernando 7º (two batts.), Tiradores de Castilla, Voluntarios de Navarra, 1st of Seville (one batt. each) | 282 | 4,926 |
| Cavalry, Major-General Butron: | ||
| Carabineros Reales, Reina, Infante, Borbon, Algarve, Sagunto, Lusitania, Hussares de Estremadura, Perseguidores de Andalusia, Imperiales de Toledo, Granaderos de Llerena, Cruzada de Albuquerque [many regiments very weak] | 387 | 3,361 |
| [with 2,595 horses] |
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| Artillery, divisional, four batteries [not including men in Badajoz] | 19 | 498 |
| Total | 1,182 | 16,929 |
N.B.—This total force of 18,111 men did not appear before Badajoz with Mendizabal on February 5th. Fernando 7º, with 800 men, was garrisoning Albuquerque. The 800 dismounted cavalry were at Valencia de Alcantara, their dépôt. 2nd of Seville, with 34 officers and 582 men, had been thrown into Badajoz in January. About 400 cavalry were detached with Ballasteros. Two battalions were garrisoning Campo Mayor. It seems that the actual army of succour consisted of about 2,500 men of Carlos de España’s division, 8,500 from those of Garcia and Virues, 2,500 of Butron’s cavalry and 450 artillery; also 950 Portuguese dragoons under Madden.
Osuna, Zafra, Valladolid, and La Serena, with 132 officers and 2,559 men, were drafted into the garrison of Badajoz before the battle of the Gebora, in which they did not take part. The total force present at that light was about 9,000 infantry and 2,000 Spanish horse, besides Madden’s 900 Portuguese dragoons.