II

THE GARRISON OF SARAGOSSA

[From the return of Jan. 1, 1809, given by Ibieca, corrected by reference to Arteche iv. 550-1, and the Conde de Clonard, ii. 284-93.]

INFANTRY.

1st Division, Brigadier-General F. Butron:

Gross
Total. Present
under
arms.

Walloon Guards 530 450

Estremadura 610 390

Granaderos de Palafox 1,005 752

Fusileros del Reyno 1,571 1,291

Don Carlos 1,014 534

Batallon del Carmen 771 661

Batallon del Portillo 834 594

Batallon de Torrero 720 485

Batallon de Calatayud 967 881

1st Ligero de Zaragoza 680 566

2nd Ligero de Zaragoza 666 546

1st Cazadores Catalanes 625 465

2nd Voluntarios de Aragon 1,200 1,060

Divisional Total 11,193 8,675

2nd Division, Brigadier-General D. Fiballer:

Spanish Guards 898 676

2nd of Valencia 954 726

1st Volunteers of Aragon 1,183 970

Cazadores de Fernando VII (Aragonese) 545 345

Divisional Total 3,580 2,717

3rd Division, Brigadier-General José Manso:

Peñas de San Pedro 594 241

1st of Huesca 1,274 973

Florida Blanca 352 229

1st Tiradores de Murcia 750 343

1st of Murcia 1,272 631

2nd of Murcia 1,159 477

3rd of Murcia 1,098 438

Suizos de Aragon 496 361

Divisional Total 6,995 3,693

4th Division, Major-General F. St. March:

Voluntarios de Borbon 436 317

Voluntarios de Castilla 542 292

Voluntarios de Chelva 789 529

Voluntarios de Turia 903 483

Cazadores de Fernando VII (Valencians) 304 190

Segorbe 412 313

Soria [Militia] 172 130

1st of Alicante 730 309

5th of Murcia 1,040 423

2nd Tiradores de Murcia 131 91

Divisional Total 5,459 3,077

Roca’s Division of the ‘Army of the Centre’:

1st of Savoia 347 105

Orihuela 731 315

1st Cazadores de Valencia 505 275

Murcia [Militia] 633 426

America ? 148

Avila [Militia] ? 277

Orihuela 2,216 1,546

Details from Regiments of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the ‘Army of the Centre’: viz.:—

Carmona, Guadix [Militia], Voluntarios de Madrid, Ordenes Militares, Toro (Militia) Africa, Burgos [Militia] Navas de Tolosa, Baylen, 5th of Seville, Campomayor, Cadiz, Cuenca, Tiradores de Cartagena, 1st of Valencia—all small fragments of regiments which had fought at Tudela in the left wing, but had taken refuge in Saragossa: the numbers vary from 200 to ten men

Total, perhaps 1,200

CAVALRY.

Rey, Numancia, Fuensanta, Husares de Palafox, Cazadores de Fernando VII, Husares de Aragon. With fragments of the following regiments of the ‘Army of the Centre’: Borbon, Lusitania, Olivenza, Pavia, Reyna, Santiago, Tejas

Gross Total sabres, about 2,000

ARTILLERY about 1,800

ENGINEERS.

Zapadores de Aragon, ditto de Valencia, ditto de Calatayud 800

TOTALS.

Gross. Effectives
Present.

Infantry of the four Aragonese Divisions 27,227 18,162

Cavalry 2,000 1,600

Artillery 1,800 1,600

Engineers 800 700

Details of the Army of the Centre 4,191 2,746

36,018 24,808

All these are regularly organized corps. It is impossible to state the figures of the irregulars with any certainty.

N.B.—Ibieca errs in including Doyle, La Reunion, Fieles Zaragozanos and 3rd of Valencia in the Garrison, they were detached in Aragon, the first at Jaca, the two next with the Marquis of Lazan. See the tables on pp. 284-293 of vol. vi. of the Conde de Clonard’s great work.