No. 1.—General state of the French armies under Soult and Suchet. Extracted from the Imperial Muster-rolls, July 1813. The armies of the north centre and south being by an imperial decree reorganised in one body, taking the title of the army of Spain.
| Present under arms. | Detached. | Hosp- | Total. | ||||
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Horses. | itals | Men. | Horses. | |
| Army of Spain | 97,983 | 12,676 | 2,110 | 392 | 14,074 | 114,167 | 13,028 |
| Arragon | 32,362 | 4,919 | 3,621 | 551 | 3,201 | 39,184 | 5,470 |
| Catalonia | 25,910 | 1,869 | 168 | ” | 1,379 | 27,457 | 1,744 |
| General Total | 156,255 | 19,464 | 5,899 | 943 | 18,654 | 180,808 | 20,242 |
No. 2.—15th of September, 1813.
| Total. | |||||||
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Horses. | Men. | Men. | Horses. | |
| Army of Spain | 81,351 | 11,159 | 4,004 | 1,438 | 22,488 | 107,843 | 11,272 |
| Arragon | 32,476 | 4,447 | 2,721 | 320 | 3,616 | 38,813 | 6,305 |
| Catalonia | 24,026 | 1,670 | 120 | ” | 2,137 | 26,283 | 2,497 |
| General Total | 137,853 | 17,276 | 6,845 | 1,758 | 28,241 | 172,939 | 20,074 |
Note.—The garrison of San Sebastian though captive is borne on this state.
This is the last general state of the French army in my possession but the two following notes were inserted in the Imperial Rolls.
| “Army of Spain, | 16th November, 1813.— | 102 battalions. | 74 squadrons, without garrisons. | ||
| 74,152 men present under arms. 100,212 effectives. | 17,206 horses. | ||||
| 18,230 Hospital. | } | ||||
| 8,555 Troop horses. | } | ||||
| 1,809 Officers’ horses. | } | ||||
| 5,384 Horses of draft. | } | ||||
| “Army of Spain, | 1st December.— | 93 battalions. | 74 squadrons. | 17,989 horses.” | |
No. 3.—Detailed state of the army of Spain, July 1813, when Soult took the command.
| Effective and | ||||||||
| Right wing.—Lieutenant-general Reille. | non-effective. | |||||||
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Total. | |||||
| First division, | Foy, 9 battalions | 5,922 | 189 } | Present under arms, | { 6,784 } | |||
| Seventh ditto, | Maucune, 7 ditto | 4,186 | 110 } | 17,235 | 450 | { 5,676 } | 21,366 | |
| Ninth ditto, | La Martiniere, 11 ditto | 7,127 | 151 } | men. | horses. | { 8,906 } | ||
| Centre.—Drouet, Count D’Erlon. | ||||||||
| Second division, | D’Armagnac, | 8 batt. | 6,961 | 116 } | { 8,580 } | |||
| Third ditto, | Abbé, | 9 ditto | 8,030 | 285 } | 20,957 | 624 | { 8,723 } | 23,935 |
| Sixth ditto, | Daricau, | 8 ditto | 5,966 | 223 } | men. | horses. | { 6,627 } | |
| Left wing.—Lieut.-general Clauzel. | ||||||||
| Fourth division, | Conroux, 9 battalions | 7,056 | 150 } | { 7,477 } | ||||
| Fifth ditto, | Vandermaesen, | 7 ditto | 4,181 | 141 } | 17,218 | 432 | { 5,201 } | 20,265 |
| Eighth ditto, | Taupin, | 10 ditto | 5,981 | 141 } | men. | horses. | { 7,587 } | |
| Reserve, General Villatte. | ||||||||
| French | 14,959 | 2,091 | 17,929 | |||||
| Foreign | 4 battalions of the Rhine, strength not given. | |||||||
| 4 ditto | Italians, general St. Pol, ditto. | |||||||
| 4 ditto | Spaniards, general Casabianca, ditto. | |||||||
| Cavalry, Pierre Soult. | ||||||||
| Effective and | ||||||||
| Men. | Horses. | non-effective. | ||||||
| 22 squadrons | 4,723 | 4,416} | Present under arms. | { 5,098 } | 7,621 | |||
| Ditto | Trielhard | 2,358 | 2,275} | 7,081 | 6,691 | { 2,523 } | ||
| men. | horses. | |||||||
| Total according to the organization, but } | 77,450 | 91,086 | ||||||
| exclusive of the foreign battalions } | ||||||||
| Men under arms. | ||||||||
| Troops not in the organization | 14,938 | 16,946 | ||||||
| Generals {Garrison of St. Sebastian, 1st July | } 2,731 | 3,086 | ||||||
| Rey {forming part of this number | ||||||||
| Cassan.— Ditto of Pampeluna, 1st July | 2,951 | 3,121 | ||||||
| Lameth.—Ditto of Santona, 1st May | 1,465 | 1,674 | ||||||
| Second reserve, not in the above | 5,595 | 6,105 | ||||||
| Effective and non-effective. | ||||||||
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | Horses. | |||||
| General Total | 97,983 | 12,676. | Present under arms. | 114,167 | 13,028 | |||
No. 4.—Detailed state of the army of Spain, 16th of September, 1813.
| Effective and | |||||||
| Men. | non-effective. | ||||||
| { Foy | 5,002 } | present | } | ||||
| Right wing | { Maucune | 4,166 } | 14,875 | under arms. | } | ||
| { Menne | 5,707 } | } | Men. | ||||
| } | |||||||
| { D’Armagnac | 4,353 } | } | |||||
| Centre. | { Abbé | 5,903 } | 15,098 | ditto | } | 45,752 | |
| { Maranzin | 4,842 } | } | |||||
| } | |||||||
| { Conroux | 4,736 } | } | |||||
| Left wing. | { Roguet | 5,982 } | 15,789 | ditto | } | ||
| { Taupin | 5,071 } | } | |||||
| Reserve. | Villatte | 8,256 } | |||||
| Provisional troops of the | } | } | The Italian brigade, | } | |||
| right wing, destined | } | 2,168 } | about 2,000 | } | 10,424 | ||
| to reinforce the | } | } | ordered to Milan. | } | |||
| garrison of Bayonne | } | } | |||||
| Total. | |||||
| Men. | Horses. | Men. | |||
| Cavalry.— | Pierre Soult | 4,456 | 4,617 | } | |
| Ditto | Trielhard | 2,368 | 2,583 | } | 8,325 |
| Gensd’armes | { mounted | 291 | 247 | } | |
| { dismounted | 1,210 | ” | } | ||
| Parc | 895 | 885 | } | 1,399 | |
| Engineers | 504 | 127 | } | ||
| { Pampeluna | 3,805 | 191 | } | ||
| { San Sebastian | 2,366 | prisoners of war. | } | ||
| { Santona | 1,633 | } | |||
| Garrisons. | { Bayonne | 4,631 | 137 | } | 15,164 |
| { St. Jean Pied de Port | 1,786 | } | |||
| { Navarens | 842 | } | |||
| { Castle of Lourdes | 107 | } | |||
| ——— | |||||
| 81,064 | |||||
| Deduct garrison of San Sebastian | 2,366 | ||||
| ——— | |||||
| Total, present under arms | 78,698 | ||||
| ——— | |||||
Orders for the several divisions of the allied army for the attack of the enemy’s fortified position in front of Toulouse for to-morrow, 1st April, 1814. Published in the United Service Journal, October 1838.
(Extract.)
“St. Jory, 9th April, 1814.
“The front attack of the third division is to extend from the river Garonne to the great road which leads from the village of La Lande to Toulouse (the road from Montauban) inclusive of that road.
“The light division will be immediately on the left of the third division, and it will extend its front of attack from the great road above-mentioned until it connects its left flank with the right of the Spanish troops.
“The operations of these two divisions are meant, however, more as diversions than as real attacks; it not being expected that they will be able to force any of the passes of the canal which covers Toulouse. The line of the canal is to be threatened chiefly at the bridges and at the locks or any other points where the form of the ground, or other circumstances most favour the advance of the troops. A considerable part both of the third and of the light divisions must be kept in reserve.”
Note.—The analysis of the allied army on the 10th of April, given in Appendix VII. Sections 6 and 7, has been very carefully made and faithfully set down; but as the real number of the allies has lately become a point of dispute between French and English writers, I here give the Morning State of the whole army, accurately printed from the original document delivered by the adjutant-general to lord Wellington on the morning of the 10th of April, 1814. The reader will thus be enabled, with the help of my text, to trace each division in its course and ascertain its true numbers.