VI

THE FIRST FRENCH ‘ARMY OF SPAIN’

1. ‘1st CORPS OF OBSERVATION OF THE GIRONDE’ [ARMY OF PORTUGAL].

Commander, General Junot. Chief of the Staff, General Thiébault.

Men.

1st Division, General Delaborde (Brigades Avril and Brennier):

15th of the Line (3rd batt.), 1,033; 47th ditto (2nd batt.), 1,210; 70th ditto (1st and 2nd batts.), 2,299; 86th ditto (1st and 2nd batts.), 2,116; 4th Swiss (1st batt.), 1,190.

Total, seven battalions 7,848

2nd Division, General Loison (Brigades Charlot and Thomières):

2nd Léger (3rd batt.), 1,255; 4th ditto (3rd batt.), 1,196; 12th ditto (3rd batt.), 1,302; 15th ditto (3rd batt.), 1,314; 32nd of the Line (3rd batt.), 1,265; 58th ditto (3rd batt.), 1,394; 2nd Swiss (2nd batt.), 755.

Total, seven battalions 8,481

3rd Division, General Travot (Brigades Graindorge and Fusier):

31st Léger (3rd batt.), 653; 32nd ditto (3rd batt.) 983; 26th of the Line (3rd batt.), 537; 66th ditto (3rd and 4th batts.), 1,004; 82nd ditto (3rd batt.), 861; Légion du Midi (1st batt.), 797; Hanoverian Legion, 703.

Total, eight battalions 5,538

Cavalry Division, General Kellermann (Brigades Margaron and Maurin):

26th Chasseurs, 244; 1st Dragoons, 261; 3rd ditto, 236; 4th ditto, 262; 5th ditto, 249; 9th ditto, 257; 15th ditto, 245.

Total, seven squadrons 1,754

Artillery, Train, &c. 1,297

Total of the Corps (twenty-two battalions, seven squadrons) 24,918

2. ‘2nd CORPS OF OBSERVATION OF THE GIRONDE.’

Commander, General Dupont. Chief of the Staff, General Legendre.

Men.

1st Division, General Barbou (Brigades Pannetier and Chabert):

Garde de Paris (2nd batts. of 1st and 2nd Regiments), 1,454; 3rd Legion of Reserve (1st and 2nd batts.), 2,057; 4th ditto (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.), 3,084; Marines of the Guard, 532; 4th Swiss (2nd batt.), 709.

Total, nine battalions 7,836

2nd Division, General Vedel (Brigades Poinsot and Cassagne):

1st Legion of Reserve (three batts.), 3,011; 5th ditto (three batts.), 2,695; 3rd Swiss (1st batt.), 1,178.

Total, seven battalions 6,884

3rd Division, General Frere (Brigades Laval and Rostolland):

15th Léger (2nd batt.), 1,160; 2nd Legion of Reserve (three batts.), 2,870; 2nd Swiss (1st batt.), 1,174.

Total, five battalions 5,204

Cavalry Division, General Frésia (Brigades Rigaud and Dupré):

1st Provisional Cuirassiers, 778; 2nd ditto, 681; 1st Provisional Chasseurs, 556; 2nd ditto, 662; 6th Provisional Dragoons, 623.

Total, fifteen squadrons 3,300

Artillery, Train, &c. 1,204

Total of the Corps (twenty-one battalions, fifteen squadrons) 24,428

3. ‘CORPS OF OBSERVATION OF THE OCEAN COAST.’

Commander, Marshal Moncey. Chief of the Staff, General Harispe.

Men.

1st Division, General Musnier (Brigades Brun and Isemburg):

1st Provisional Regiment of Infantry (four batts.), 2,088; 2nd ditto, 2,183; 3rd ditto, 2,118; 4th ditto, 2,232; Westphalian battalion, 1,078.

Total, seventeen battalions 9,699

2nd Division, General Gobert (Brigades Lefranc and Dufour):

5th Provisional Regiment (four batts.), 2,095; 6th ditto, 1,851; 7th ditto, 1,872; 8th ditto, 1,921; Irish Legion, 654.

Total, seventeen battalions 8,393

3rd Division, General Morlot (Brigades Bujet and Lefebvre):

9th Provisional Regiment (four batts.), 2,448; 10th ditto, 2,146; 11th ditto, 2,062; Prussian battalion, 493.

Total, thirteen battalions 7,149

Cavalry Division, General Grouchy (Brigades Privé and Wathier):

1st Provisional Dragoons, 660; 2nd ditto, 872; 1st Provisional Hussars, 597; 2nd ditto, 721.

Total, twelve squadrons 2,850

Artillery, Train, &c. 1,250

Total of the Corps (forty-seven battalions, twelve squadrons) 29,341

4. ‘CORPS OF OBSERVATION OF THE PYRENEES.’

Commander, Marshal Bessières. Chief of the Staff, General Lefebvre-Desnouettes.

Men.

1st Division, General Merle (Brigades Darmagnac and Gaulois):

47th of the Line (1st batt.), 1,235; 86th ditto (two companies), 231; 3rd Swiss (2nd batt.), 721; 1st Régiment de Marche (two batts.), 965; 1st Supplementary Regiment of the Legions of Reserve (two batts.), 2,096.

Total, six and a quarter battalions 5,248

2nd Division, General Verdier (Brigades Sabathier and Ducos):

17th Provisional Regiment (four batts.), 2,110; 18th ditto, 1,928; 13th ditto, 2,185; 14th ditto, 2,295.

Total, sixteen battalions 8,518

Cavalry Division, General Lasalle:

10th Chasseurs, 469; 22nd ditto, 460; Escadron de Marche of Cuirassiers, 153.

Total, seven squadrons 1,082

Artillery, Train, &c. 408

Detached troops belonging to the Corps of Bessières.

(1) Garrison of Pampeluna, General D’Agoult:

15th of the Line (4th batt.), 435; 47th ditto (3rd batt.), 297; 70th ditto (3rd batt.), 488; 5th Escadron de Marche of Cuirassiers, 329; Artillery, 63 1,612

(2) Garrison of San Sebastian, General Thouvenot:

2nd Supplementary Regiment of the Legions of Reserve (4th batt.), 890; Dépôt Battalion, 1,240; Cavalry Dépôt, 60; Artillery, 28 2,218

Total of the Corps (twenty-seven and a quarter battalions, nine squadrons) 19,086

5. ‘CORPS OF OBSERVATION OF THE EASTERN PYRENEES.’

Commander, General Duhesme. Chief of the Staff, Colonel Fabre.

Men.

1st Division, General Chabran (Brigades Goulas and Nicolas).

2nd of the Line (3rd batt.), 610; 7th ditto (1st and 2nd batts.), 1,785; 16th ditto (3rd batt.), 789; 37th ditto (3rd batt.), 656; 56th ditto (4th batt.), 833; 93rd ditto (3rd batt.), 792; 2nd Swiss (3rd batt.), 580.

Total, eight battalions 6,045

2nd Division, General Lecchi (Brigades Milosewitz and ?):

2nd Italian Line (2nd batt.), 740; 4th ditto (3rd batt.), 587; 5th ditto (2nd batt.), 806; Royal Vélites (1st batt.), 519; 1st Neapolitan Line (1st and 2nd batts.), 1,944.

Total, six battalions 4,596

Cavalry Brigade, General Bessières:

3rd Provisional Cuirassiers, 409; 3rd Provisional Chasseurs, 416 825

Cavalry Brigade, General Schwartz:

Italian Chasseurs of the Prince Royal, 504; 2nd Neapolitan Chasseurs, 388 892

Artillery, Train, &c. 356

Total of the Corps (fourteen battalions, nine squadrons) 12,714

6. IMPERIAL GUARD.

Commander, General Dorsenne.

Men.

1st Fusiliers (three batts.), 1,570; 2nd ditto, 1,499; Marines of the Guard [detached to Dupont’s Corps].

Total, six battalions 3,069

Dragoons, 252; Chasseurs and Mamelukes, 321; Gendarmes d’élite, 304; Polish Light Horse, 737; Guard of the Duke of Berg, 148 1,762

Artillery, &c. 1,581

Total (six battalions, nine squadrons) 6,412

7. TROOPS WHICH ENTERED SPAIN AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, IN JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.

Men.

Division Mouton (Brigades Rey and Reynaud):

2nd Léger (1st and 2nd batts.); 4th ditto (1st, 2nd, and 4th batts.); 12th ditto (1st and 2nd batts.); 15th of the Line (1st and 2nd batts.); Garde de Paris (one batt.) 5,100

Brigade of General Bazancourt:

14th of the Line (1st and 2nd batts.), 1,488; 44th ditto (1st and 2nd batts.), 1,614 3,102

Polish Brigade (Colonel Chlopiski):

1st, 2nd, and 3rd of the Vistula (each of two batts.) 3,951

Four Bataillons de Marche (Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7) 2,281

Division of General Reille at Perpignan [for details see p. 320] 8,370

Division of General Chabot (‘Reserve of Perpignan’) 2,667

Portuguese Troops, before Saragossa (two batts.) 553

National Guards of the Pyrenees, before Saragossa (two batts.) 971

General Dépôt at Bayonne 7,659

Battalions, companies, and smaller drafts sent to join their corps in June-August 8,687

Escadrons de Marche, Polish Lancers, Cavalry of the Imperial Guard 3,911

Artillery, drafts 851

Engineers, ditto 101

Total 48,204

GENERAL TOTAL.

Men.

Junot’s Corps 24,918

Dupont’s Corps 24,428

Moncey’s Corps 29,341

Bessières’ Corps 19,086

Duhesme’s Corps 12,714

Imperial Guard 6,412

Troops which entered Spain
in June, July, and August 48,204

165,103

N.B.—The organization and the greater part of the figures come from the table at the end of vol. iv of Foy’s history of the Peninsular War. But a few corrections are made where more detailed information is available, especially in the seventh section, where Foy is incomplete (e.g. he omits one of Mouton’s brigades).