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THE FRENCH ARMIES IN SPAIN: OCTOBER 15, 1812
[From the return in the Archives Nationales, Paris.]
I. ARMY OF THE SOUTH. MARSHAL SOULT
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division, Conroux: 9th Léger, 24th, 96th Line (each 3 batts.): 3 battalions Marine Troops | 203 | 5,615 |
| 2nd Division, Barrois[1060]: 8th Line, 16th Léger, 51st, 54th Line (each 3 batts.) | 201 | 4,801 |
| 3rd Division, Villatte: 27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, 95th Line (each 3 batts.) | 209 | 5,888 |
| 4th Division, Leval: 32nd, 43rd Line (4 batts. each), 55th, 58th Line (3 batts. each) | 259 | 7,794 |
| 5th Division, D’Erlon[1061]: 12th Léger (4 batts.), 45th Line (3 batts.), 28th Léger, 88th Line (2 batts. each) | 202 | 5,016 |
| 6th Division, Daricau: 21st Léger, 100th Line (3 batts. each), 64th, 103rd Line (2 batts. each) | 187 | 4,308 |
| Cavalry Division, Perreymond: 2nd Hussars, 5th, 10th, 21st, 27th Chasseurs, 7th Lancers (in all, 20 squad.) | 144 | 2,349 |
| Cavalry Division, Digeon: 2nd, 4th, 14th, 17th, 26th, 27th Dragoons (in all, 20 squadrons) | 148 | 2,956 |
| Cavalry Division, Pierre Soult: 5th, 12th, 16th, 21st Dragoons (14 squadrons) | 121 | 1,712 |
| Artillery, and Artillery Train and Park | 122 | 3,511 |
| Engineers and Sappers | 17 | 851 |
| Gendarmerie and Équipages Militaires | 9 | 592 |
| État-Major | 313 | — |
| Total present | 1,816 | 45,393 |
| Gross total of Army including 64 officers and 1,904 men detached, and 60 officers and 6,293 men in hospital: | 1,940 | 53,590 |
II. ARMY OF THE CENTRE
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| The King’s French Guards: no figures given, but about | 2,500 | |
| Darmagnac’s Division: 28th and 75th Line (3 batts. each), 2nd Nassau and Baden (2 batts. each), Frankfort (1 batt.) | 199 | 5,039 |
| Palombini’s Division: 4th and 6th Italian Line (2 batts. each), 2nd Italian Léger (3 batts.), Dragoons of Napoleon and two batteries | 142 | 3,050 |
| Casapalacios’ Spanish Division (3 batts., 3 squadrons) | 167 | 1,263 |
| Treillard’s Cavalry Division: 13th, 18th, 19th, 22nd Dragoons, Westphalian chevaux légers, Nassau chasseurs | 114 | 1,679 |
| Artillery, Engineers, and Train | 12 | 596 |
| Various detachments | 12 | 403 |
| Total present | 646 | 14,530 |
| Gross total of Army, including État-Major 55 officers, 32 officers and 655 men detached, and 14 officers and 1,900 men sick, is | 747 | 17,075 |
III. ARMY OF PORTUGAL. GENERAL SOUHAM
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division, Foy: 6th Léger (1 batt.), 39th, 69th, 76th Line (2 batts. each) | 151 | 3,492 |
| 2nd Division, Clausel: 25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th Line (2 batts. each) | 130 | 4,506 |
| 3rd Division, Taupin [late Ferey], 31st Léger, 26th, 70th Line (2 batts. each), 47th Line (3 batts.) | 184 | 6,064 |
| 4th Division, Sarrut: 2nd and 4th Léger, 36th Line (2 batts. each) | 130 | 4,000 |
| 5th Division, Maucune: 15th, 66th, 82nd, 86th Line (2 batts. each) | 165 | 5,097 |
| 6th Division, Pinoteau [late Brenier]: 17th Léger, 65th Line (2 batts. each), 22nd Line (1 batt.) | 87 | 2,730 |
| 7th Division, Bonté [late Thomières]: 1st and 62nd Line (2 batts. each), 101st Line (1 batt.) | 109 | 2,425 |
| 8th Division, Chauvel [late Bonnet]: 118th, 119th, 120th Line (2 batts. each), 122nd Line (3 batts.) | 180 | 4,437 |
| (Each infantry division includes its artillery and train.) | ||
| Cavalry Division, Curto: 3rd Hussars, 13th, 14th, 22nd, 26th, 28th Chasseurs | 115 | 2,048 |
| Cavalry Division, Boyer: 6th, 11th, 15th, 25th Dragoons | 70 | 1,303 |
| Horse Artillery and train attached to cavalry | 5 | 292 |
| Artillery Reserve and Park | 37 | 1,822 |
| Engineers | 7 | 274 |
| Gendarmerie and Équipages Militaires | 33 | 1,102 |
| Attached to the Army of Portugal— | ||
| Cavalry Brigade, Merlin, of the Army of the North, 1st Hussars, 31st Chasseurs | 53 | 693 |
| Infantry Brigade, Aussenac, detached from the Bayonne Reserve: 3rd and 105th Line (2 batts. each), 64th, 100th, 103rd (1 batt. each) | 110 | 3,308 |
| Total present | 1,566 | 43,860 |
| Gross total of Army with 150 officers and 4,574 men detached, and 53 officers and 11,113 men in hospital: | 1,769 | 59,547 |
| 61,316 | ||
IV. ARMY OF ARAGON AND VALENCIA. MARSHAL SUCHET
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division, Musnier: 1st Léger (3 batts.), 114th Line (2 batts.), 121st Line (3 batts.), Neapolitans (2 batts.) | 180 | 5,403 |
| 2nd Division, Harispe: 7th, 44th, 116th Line (2 batts. each) | 104 | 4,011 |
| 3rd Division, Habert: 14th, 16th Line (2 batts. each), 117th Line (3 batts.) | 158 | 4,817 |
| Cavalry Division, Boussard: 14th Cuirassiers, 24th Dragoons, 4th Hussars, 1st Neapolitan Chasseurs | 91 | 1,831 |
| Artillery and train | 21 | 858 |
| Engineers | 11 | 411 |
| Gendarmerie and Équipages Militaires | 6 | 529 |
| Troops attached to the Army of Aragon | ||
| Reille’s Division: 10th Line (4 batts.), 81st (3 batts.), 9th bis of Hussars, artillery | 147 | 4,393 |
| Severoli’s Division: 1st Italian Line and 1st Italian Léger (2 batts. each), 5th Léger (French) (1 batt.), and Italian artillery | 151 | 3,758 |
| Brigade from Catalonia: 3rd Léger, 11th, 20th Line (2 batts. each), 1st Italian Chasseurs | 130 | 3,719 |
| Total present | 1,038 | 30,980 |
| Gross total of Army, including 131 officers and 3,884 men detached, and 24 officers and 4,287 men in hospital: | 1,193 | 39,151 |
V. ARMY OF THE NORTH. GENERAL CAFFARELLI
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| Division Abbé: 5th Léger (3 batts.), 10th Léger, 3rd, 52nd, 105th Line (2 batts. each), 20th Dragoons, and artillery | 219 | 6,378 |
| Division Vandermaesen: 34th Léger (1 batt.), 34th, 40th Line (3 batts. each), 113th, 130th Line (2 batts. each), 4th Suisse (1 batt.), 6 bataillons de marche = 18 battalions in all | 388 | 12,197 |
| Brigade Dumoustier: 4 batts. Young Guard, and 2 of National Guards | 100 | 3,976 |
| Cavalry Brigade Laferrière: Lancers of Berg (2 squadrons), 15th Chasseurs (3 squadrons), Gendarmerie (6 squadrons) | 37 | 1,625 |
| Government of Navarre (garrison of Pampeluna) detachments | 45 | 1,644 |
| Government of Biscay, all régiments de marche and detachments | 264 | 9,431 |
| Government of Castile (garrison of Santoña) detachments | 43 | 1,342 |
| Total present | 1,151 | 36,465 |
| Gross total of Army, including 41 officers and 5,176 men in hospital, is | 1,192 | 41,641 |
VI. ARMY OF CATALONIA. GENERAL DECAEN
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| Division Quesnel (at Puycerda), 102nd Line (2 batts.), 116th Line (1 batt.), and detachments | 123 | 3,502 |
| Division Lamarque: 60th and 79th Line (3 batts. each), Regiment of Wurzburg, and detachments | 137 | 3,491 |
| Brigade Petit: 67th Line (3 batts.), 32nd Léger (1 batt.) | 66 | 1,553 |
| Division Maurice Mathieu (Barcelona): 115th Line (4 batts.), 18th Léger (2 batts.), 1st of Nassau (2 batts.), and detachments | 185 | 6,180 |
| Garrisons of Figueras, &c.: 60th, 86th Line, and 32nd Léger (1 batt. each), and detachments | 160 | 3,646 |
| Garrison of Tarragona (Bertoletti): 20th Line (1 batt.), 7th Italian Line (1 batt.) | 63 | 1,451 |
| Garrison of Lerida (Henriod): 42nd Line (3 batts.), and detachments | 70 | 1,639 |
| Brigade Espert (flying column): 5th Line (3 batts.), 23rd Léger (2 batts.) | 89 | 2,988 |
| Artillery, Sappers, Gendarmes, Équipages Militaires, &c. | 55 | 4,194 |
| Total present, under arms | 948 | 28,514 |
| Gross total of Army, including 107 État-Major, 26 officers and 369 men detached, and 44 officers and 6,045 men in hospital, is | 1,125 | 34,928 |
VII. BAYONNE RESERVE
| Officers. | Men. | |
|---|---|---|
| All consisting of detachments or régiments de marche | 172 | 7,072 |
| Adding 134 detached and 600 in hospital, gross total is: | 7,978 | |
Total Army of Spain, therefore, on October 15 amounts to:
| 7,516 | officers, | 206,814 | men | present with the colours |
| 326 | ” | 11,520 | ” | detached |
| 236 | ” | 35,414 | ” | in hospital. |
General Gross Total = 8,185 officers and 253,748 men.