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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 6, September 1, 1812-August 5, 1813

Chapter 54: XIV
By Charles Oman
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A detailed narrative of the 1812–1813 Peninsular campaigns covering the siege of Burgos, the retreat that followed, the campaign culminating at Vittoria and the subsequent Pyrenean battles. The author combines operational narrative with topographical description, orders of battle and brigade strengths, and contemporary dispatches, diaries and archival documents, supported by maps and illustrations. Strategic, logistical and leadership decisions are assessed alongside source commentary and occasional acknowledgment of limits where personal reconnaissance was unavailable.

XIV

SUCHET’S ARMY AT THE TIME OF SIR JOHN MURRAY’S TARRAGONA EXPEDITION

I.  THE ARMY OF VALENCIA.
MORNING STATE OF JUNE 16, 1813

  Officers. Men. Total.
1st Division, General Musnier [at Perello near Tortosa]: 1st Léger (2 batts.), 114th Line (3 batts.), 121st Line (2 batts.) 100 4,063 4,163
2nd Division, General Harispe [at Xativa]: 7th, 44th, 116th Line (2 batts. each) 97 3,967 4,064
3rd Division, General Habert [at Alcira]: 14th, 16th, 117th Line (2 batts. each) 118 4,002 4,120
3/5th Léger 18 601 619
Brigade detached from Catalonia, General Lamarque: 3rd Léger, 11th Line (2 batts. each), 20th Line (2 batts.)[1075], 1st Italian Chasseurs (1 squadron) 89 3,240 3,329
Cavalry, General Boussard: 4th Hussars (4 squadrons), 12th Cuirassiers (4 squadrons), 24th Dragoons (3 squadrons), Neapolitan Chasseurs (2 squadrons) 84 1,895 1,979
Cavalry from the Army of the Centre: 1 squadron Westphalian Chasseurs 11 163 174
Artillery and Artillery Train 20 1,201 1,221
Sappers 8 366 374
Gendarmerie, Équipages Militaires, &c. 9 681 690
Italian Division Severoli [at Buñol]: 1st Ligne and 1st Léger (2 batts. each), and divisional artillery 57 2,008 2,065
Total 611 22,187 22,798

II.  GARRISONS OF ARAGON (GENERAL PARIS)

  Officers. Men. Total.
10th Ligne (2 batts.), 81st Ligne (3 batts.), 8th Neapolitans 87 3,302 3,389
12th Hussars (3 squadrons) 26 370 396
Artillery 6 245 251
Gendarmerie (6 companies) 28 1,105 1,133
Chasseurs des Montagnes 26 658 684
Spanish troops 7 151 158
Total 180 5,831 6,011

III.  THE ARMY OF CATALONIA.
MORNING STATE OF JUNE 16

  Officers. Men. Total.
Division of Cerdagne, General Quesnel: 102nd Line (2 batts.), 143rd Line (4 batts.), and details 113 2,961 3,074
Division of Upper Catalonia, General Lamarque: 32nd Léger and 60th Line (1 batt. each), 3rd Provisional Regiment, and details 60 2,459 2,519
Arrondissement of Gerona, General Nogués: 60th Line (2 batts.), 115th Line (1 batt.), and details 100 2,964 3,064
Beurmann’s Brigade: 115th Line (2 batts.), 23rd Léger (2 batts.), and details 62 2,400 2,462
Petit’s Brigade: 23rd Ligne (1 batt.), 67th Line (2 batts.), Wurzburg (1 batt.), and details 87 1,972 2,059
Arrondissement of Barcelona, General Maurice Mathieu: 5th Line (2 batts.), 79th Line (2 batts.), 18th Léger (2 batts.), 1st of Nassau (2 batts.), 29th Chasseurs (1 squadron), and details 162 6,857 7,019
Garrison of Lerida, General Henriod: 42nd Line (2 batts.), and details 39 1,404 1,443
Garrison of Tarragona: 20th Line (1 batt.), 7th Italian Line (1 batt.), and details 60 1,456 1,516
Gendarmerie (6 companies) 33 1,015 1,048
Artillery and Train 17 1,152 1,169
Sappers and Miners 5 186 191
Total 738 24,826 25,566

N.B.—The Cavalry (29th Chasseurs, and an odd squadron of 1st Hussars) was distributed in troops and half-troops all round the brigades, the only solid bodies being one squadron with Beurmann’s brigade, and one at Barcelona. The total number of sabres was 670 only.