VII

THE FRENCH ARMY OF SPAIN ON JAN. 15, 1810

FROM A DOCUMENT IN THE ARCHIVES NATIONAUX AT PARIS

  Present under Arms.        
  Officers. Men. Detached. Sick. Prisoners. Total.
1st Corps (Marshal Victor):            
1st Division (Ruffin) at Almagro:            
9th Léger, 24th Line, 96th Line (3 batts. each) 120 4,306 96 991 5,513
2nd Division (Darricau) at Daymiel:            
16th Léger, 8th Line, 45th Line, 54th Line (2 batts. each) 157 5,744 287 1,893 29 8,110
3rd Division (Villatte) at Membrilla:            
27th Léger, 63rd Line, 94th Line, 95th Line (3 batts. each) 215 6,124 156 589 3 7,087
Light Cavalry Brigade (Beaumont) at Villanueva de los Infantes:            
2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs 45 778 254 27 23 1,127
Division of Dragoons (Latour-Maubourg) at El Moral:            
1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th Dragoons 96 2,164 633 76 61 3,030
Artillery and Train 33 1,747 252 144 2 2,178
Detachments on the march to join 4 1,019 1,023
État-Major 112 112
Corps Total 782 21,882 1,678 3,720 118 28,180
2nd Corps (General Heudelet, vice Soult):            
1st Division (Merle) at Talavera:            
2nd Léger, 36th Line, 4th Léger, 15th Line (3 batts. each) 231 5,718 238 660 6,847
2nd Division (Heudelet) at Talavera:            
17th Léger, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (3 batts. each), 31st Léger (4 batts.) 290 7,035 227 920 8,472
Light Cavalry Division (Soult):            
1st Hussars, 22nd Chasseurs, 8th Dragoons, Chasseurs Hanovriens 79 787 191 36 1,093
Division of Dragoons (Lahoussaye):            
17th, 18th, 19th, 27th Dragoons 58 1,171 242 66 8 1,545
Artillery, Train, and Engineers 15 664 71 44 794
État-Major 79 79
Corps Total 752 15,375 969 1,726 8 18,830
3rd Corps (General Suchet):            
1st Division (Laval) at Montreal:            
14th and 44th Line, 2nd of the Vistula (2 batts. each) [3rd of the Vistula absent and not counted] 119 4,171 280 290 488 5,348
2nd Division (Musnier) at Alcañiz:            
114th, 115th, 121st Line (3 batts. each), 1st of the Vistula (2 batts.) 203 6,970 212 813 267 8,465
3rd Division (Habert) at Fraga:            
5th Léger, 116th Line (2 batts. each), 117th Line (3 batts.) 136 4,193 8 4,757
Cavalry Brigade (Boussard):            
4th Hussars, 13th Cuirassiers 77 1,822 229 44 2,172
Artillery, Train, and Engineers 28 1,179 66 1,273
Garrison Troops at Tudela, Saragossa, Jaca, &c., including the 3rd of the Vistula and 3 batts. of Chasseurs des Montagnes 132 4,030 187 186 4,535
État-Major 80 80
Corps Total 775 22,365 916 1,819 755 26,630
4th Corps (General Sebastiani):            
1st Division:            
58th Line (3 batts.) 57 1,573 98 550 1 2,279
[28th, 32nd, 75th Line left at Madrid]
2nd Division (Laval):            
9 German batts. (absent at Segovia, on march to Bayonne with the prisoners of Ocaña)
3rd Division (Werlé) at Ocaña:            
4th, 7th, 9th Poles (2 batts. each) 130 4,679 112 1,177 50 6,148
Light Cavalry Brigade (Perreymond) at Ocaña:            
10th and 27th Chasseurs, and Polish Lancers 62 1,289 390 89 109 1,939
Division of Dragoons (Milhaud) at Velez:            
5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoons 104 1,617 250 216 128 2,315
Artillery, Train, and Engineers 14 555 20 45 634
État-Major 45 45
Corps Total 412 9,713 870 2,077 288 13,360
5th Corps (Marshal Mortier):            
1st Division (Girard) at El Moral:            
34th, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (3 batts. each) 201 6,839 228 1,683 8,951
2nd Division (Gazan) at El Moral:            
21st and 28th Léger, 100th and 103rd Line (3 batts. each) 219 6,414 212 1,432 8,287
Cavalry Division (Marisy) at Granatuela:            
10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs, 13th and 22nd Dragoons 81 1,458 391 411 11 2,352
Artillery and Train 17 741 50 135 3 946
Provisional Regiment of 2 squadrons each of 13th and 22nd Dragoons, on march to join their corps 31 557 588
État-Major 54 54
Corps Total 603 16,009 881 3,661 24 21,178
6th Corps (Marshal Ney):            
1st Division (Marchand) at Ledesma:            
6th Léger (2 batts.), 39th, 69th, 76th Line (3 batts. each) 163 5,908 31 943 132 7,177
2nd Division (Mermet) at Alba de Tormes:            
25th Léger (2 batts.), 27th and 59th Line (3 batts. each), 50th Line (2 batts.) 201 6,656 10 714 4 7,585
3rd Division (Loison) on the march:            
26th and 82nd Line (4 batts. each), 66th Line (3 batts.), Légion du Midi and Légion Hanovrienne (2 batts. each), 15th Léger, 32nd Léger (1 batt. each), 2 provisional batts. 302 11,948 543 1,652 142 14,587
Cavalry Division (Lorges):            
3rd Hussars, 15th Chasseurs, 15th, 25th Dragoons 108 2,314 60 132 2 2,616
Artillery, Train, Engineers 24 1,120 6 78 2 1,230
Drafts, on the march from Bayonne to Salamanca 156 5,636 506 6,298
État-Major 79 79
Corps Total 1,033 33,582 1,156 3,519 282 39,572
7th Corps (Marshal Augereau):            
1st Division (Souham) at Vich:            
1st Léger and 42nd Line (3 batts. each), 7th Line (2 batts.), 3rd Léger and 93rd Line (1 batt. each), 24th Dragoons, 3rd Provisional Chasseurs 169 5,213 397 2,627 57 8,463
2nd Division (Pino) at Massanet:            
Italians: 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th, 5th, 6th Line (2 batts. each), 7th Line (1 batt.), and Dragoons of Napoleon 238 6,346 201 2,409 93 9,287
3rd Division (Verdier) at Besalu, including the remains of Morio’s and Lecchi’s late divisions:            
French—32nd Léger, 2nd, 16th, 56th Line (1 batt. each); Neapolitans—1st and 2nd Line (2 batts. each); Westphalians—2nd, 3rd, and 4th Line (2 batts. each), 1st and 2nd of Berg, and Würzburg (2 batts. each), and Valais, Ducal Saxon, and La Tour d’Auvergne (1 batt. each), with 2nd Neapolitan Light Horse 334 6,009 486 7,190 299 14,318
4th Division (Duhesme) at Barcelona:            
French—7th Line (2 batts.), 37th and 112th Line (1 batt. each), 2nd Swiss (1 batt.), Chasseurs des Montagnes (1 batt.), 5th Italian Line (2 batts.), Bataillon Départemental, and 3rd Provisional Cuirassiers 240 5,971 33 2,056 87 8,387
Head-Quarters Guard (1 batt. French 67th) 17 527 12 260 4 820
Artillery, Train, Engineers 44 1,346 43 708 27 2,168
Drafts marching from Perpignan to Barcelona 32 1,608 1,640
Drafts at Perpignan, &c. 32 6,125 6,252
État-Major 137 137
Corps Total 1,338 33,145 1,172 15,250 567 51,472
8th Corps (General Junot):            
1st Division (Clausel) at Burgos:            
22nd Line (4 batts.), 14th, 19th, 25th, 28th, 34th, 36th, 50th, 75th Line (1 batt. each) 241 9,105 541 890 10,777
2nd Division (Lagrange) at Burgos:            
65th Line (4 batts.), 2nd, 4th, 12th, 15th Léger, 32nd, 46th, 58th, 121st, 122nd Line (1 batt. each) 195 8,688 668 701 91 10,343
3rd Division (Solignac) at Burgos:            
15th, 47th, 70th, 86th Line (2 batts. each), Régiment Irlandais, Régiment de Prusse (2 batts. each) 135 6,925 573 398 43 8,074
Cavalry Division (Ste. Croix):            
3 provisional brigades of 2 squadrons each from 16 dragoon regiments 255 5,193 31 5,479
Artillery, Train, Engineers 30 1,614 4 62 1,710
Detachments forming garrison of Burgos 12 714 4 132 4 866
État-Major 88 88
Corps Total 956 32,239 1,821 2,183 138 37,337
Total of the Eight Army Corps 6,651 184,310 9,463 33,955 2,180 236,559

TROOPS NOT FORMING PART OF THE EIGHT ARMY CORPS

  Present under Arms.        
  Officers. Men. Detached. Sick. Prisoners. Total.
(1) Division Dessolles (Reserve) in march for Andalusia:            
12th Léger (4 batts.), 43rd, 51st, 55th Line (3 batts. each) 229 8,125 1,277 960 50 10,641
(2) Government of Navarre (Dufour):            
Garrison entirely composed of drafts, dépôts, and provisional units 177 8,335 192 972 9,676
(3) Government of Biscay (Valentin):            
One batt. each of 118th, 119th, 120th Line, 3 régiments de marche, and 6 ‘Bataillons auxiliaires 329 14,943 2,299 1,834 19,405
(4) Provinces of Valladolid and Palencia (Kellermann):            
Kellermann’s Division of Dragoons, 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th 131 3,077 165 123 47 3,543
2nd, 3rd, 4th Swiss (1 batt. each), Garde de Paris 80 1,690 1,770
(5) Province of Segovia:            
Laval’s German Division, detached from the 4th Corps, Nassau, Hesse, Baden, Holland (2 batts. each), Frankfurt (1 batt.), and Westphalian Chevaux-Légers, with French detachments garrisoning Segovia 204 4,203 1,730 3,371 231 9,739
(6) Madrid and New Castile:            
1st Division of the 4th Corps:            
28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each) 125 4,123 90 1,710 35 6,083
Cavalry Brigade:            
26th Chasseurs, 3rd Dutch Hussars 41 765 208 50 32 1,096
Artillery, Engineers, Train 49 1,472 83 107 1,711
Provisional Battalions newly arrived at Madrid 77 4,784 37 91 4,989
État-Major at Madrid 38 38
Total in Madrid and New Castile 330 11,144 381 1,904 158 13,917
(7) Santander (Bonnet):            
28th, 30th, 72nd Line (2 batts. each) 225 6,839 646 232 7,972
(8) Imperial Guard:            
1st Division Young Guard (Roguet):            
4 Regiments of Infantry, 1st Provisional Regiment of Cavalry 190 6,424 76 299 6,989
2nd Division Young Guard (Dumoustier):            
4 Regiments of Infantry, 2nd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry 227 6,945 386 143 7,701
3rd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry 39 674 713
Artillery, Train, Engineers 40 1,854 1,894
État-Major at Madrid 8 8
Total Imperial Guard 504 15,897 462 442 17,305
(9) Troops at Bayonne or near it and on the march for Spain:            
Neuchâtel (1 batt.), Marines (2 batts.), 20 squadrons of Gendarmes, Artillery, Train, Engineers 357 12,939 318 47 13,661
(10) Arrière-Garde de l’Armée de Portugal [troops designated for service, who have not yet marched], afterwards forming Drouet’s 9th Corps 267 16,148 16,415
Grand Total 9,484 287,650 16,287 44,254 2,898 360,603
Of whom 324,996 are actually in Spain, and of these 262,051 are ‘Present under arms’ with the colours.