V
FRENCH TROOPS EMPLOYED AT THE SIEGE OF TARIFA
(DEC. 1811-JAN. 1812)
[From the table in Belmas, iv. pp. 40-2.]
| Of all ranks. |
|
|---|---|
| From Leval’s Division, 43rd Line, 7th and 9th Poles (2 batts. each) | 3,000 |
| From Barrois’s Division, 16th Léger (3 batts.), 51st Ligne (2 batts.), 54th Ligne (2 batts.) | 4,200 |
| From Villatte’s Division, 27th Léger (1 batt.), 94th and 95th Ligne (1 batt. each) | 1,800 |
| Cavalry, 16th Dragoons, and one squadron 21st Dragoons | 585 |
| Artillery | 469 |
| Engineers, Sappers, Marines, &c. | 385 |
| Total | 10,439 |
In addition three battalions of the 8th and 63rd line and two squadrons of the 2nd Dragoons were occupied on the lines of communications, between Vejer and Fascinas.
ANGLO-SPANISH GARRISON OF TARIFA
| Of all ranks. |
|
|---|---|
| British (Colonel Skerrett): | |
| 2/47th | 570 |
| 2/87th | 560 |
| Battalion of Flank Companies | 400 |
| 1 company 95th regiment | 75 |
| 1 troop 2nd Hussars K.G.L. | 70 |
| Artillery (Hughes’s Company R.A.) | 83 |
| Total | 1,758 |
| Spanish (General Copons): | |
| Cantabria (1 batt.) | 450 |
| Irlanda (1 batt.) | 357 |
| Cazadores | 333 |
| Artillery | 106 |
| Sappers | 83 |
| Cavalry | 17 |
| Total | 1,346 |
N.B.—Another return makes the total of the British part of the garrison 67 officers and 1,707 men, a total of 1,774.