THE FRENCH FORCES AT THE SIEGE OF GERONA
The following were the losses of the three divisions which conducted the siege of Gerona during its first three months, down to Sept. 15, 1809:—
(1) Reille’s Original Siege Corps:
| Strength on June 1. Rank & file. |
Strength on Sept. 15. Rank & file. |
Losses. | |
| Division Verdier: | |||
| French Brigade: | |||
| 32nd Léger (one batt.) | 846 | 489 | 357 |
| 16th Line (one batt.) | 730 | 324 | 406 |
| 2nd Line (one batt.) | 490 | 205 | 285 |
| 56th Line (one batt.) | 684 | 449 | 235 |
| German Brigade: | |||
| Würzburg (two batts.) | 1,519 | 649 | 870 |
| 1st of Berg (two batts.) | 1,310 | 705 | 605 |
| 2nd of Berg (two batts.) | 1,313 | 604 | 709 |
| Division Morio: | |||
| 2nd Westphalians (two batts.) | 1,009 | 340 | 669 |
| 3rd Westphalians (two batts.) | 1,446 | 491 | 955 |
| 4th Westphalians (two batts.) | 832 | 534 | 298 |
| 4th Light Infantry (one batt.) | 300 | 269 | 31 |
| Division Lecchi: | |||
| Velites of the Italian Guard | 461 | 50 | 411 |
| 5th Italian Line (two batts.) | 820 | 280 | 540 |
| 1st Neapolitans (two batts.) | 765 | 172 | 593 |
| 2nd Neapolitans (two batts.) | 1,119 | 322 | 797 |
| 13,644 | 5,883 | 7,761 | |
Of these 6,666 were returned as sick or wounded, and 1,495 as dead or missing. Probably 300 were deserters.
| Officers. | Men. | |
| The Artillery counted on the first date (June 1): | ||
| From the 7th corps | 11 | 961 |
| Siege-Train from France | 36 | 1,362 |
| The engineers and sappers were | 12 | 314 |
| The cavalry (28th chasseurs, and five squadrons of Italian horse) | 51 | 771 |
| 110 | 3,408 |
Adding these figures to those of the infantry the total of the Siege Army was 17,162 men.
(2) The Covering Army, under St. Cyr in person, consisted on June 1 of the following troops:
| Men. | |
| Souham’s Division: | |
| Brigade Bessières: | |
| 1st Léger (three batts.) | 1,965 |
| 3rd Léger (one batt.) | 639 |
| 24th Dragoons (three squadrons) | 597 |
| Brigade Espert: | |
| 42nd Line (three batts.) | 2,406 |
| 67th Line (one batt.) | 644 |
| Pino’s Division: | |
| Brigade Mazzuchelli: | |
| 1st Italian Léger (three batts.) | 1,359 |
| 4th Italian Line (three batts.) | 1,580 |
| Brigade Fontane: | |
| 2nd Italian Léger (three batts.) | 1,507 |
| 6th Italian Line (three batts.) | 1,427 |
| 7th Italian Line (one batt.) | 477 |
| Cavalry Brigade Palombini (Italian Chasseurs and Dragoons, six squadrons) | 912 |
| Chabot’s Division: | |
| 7th Line (two batts.) | 1,034 |
| 93rd Line (one batt.) | 687 |
| 3rd Provisional Chasseurs | 498 |
| Total of the Covering Army | 15,732 |
On Dec. 31 the Siege Army showed 6,343 infantry, 2,390 engineers, artillery, &c. The Covering Army had still 11,666 men. But two battalions and some drafts had joined from France, so that the total loss was more than that indicated by these figures.