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STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, JULY 15, 1811

[From the returns in the Archives Nationales, Paris.]

I. ARMY OF THE SOUTH. Marshal Soult.

1st Corps. Marshal Victor (including battalions of 9th Corps incorporated on June 28).

Division Conroux: 9th Léger (4 batts.), 24th, 96th Ligne (3 batts. each) 5,905 present

Division Godinot: 8th Ligne (4 batts.), 16th Léger, 45th, 54th Ligne (3 batts. each) 8,133 ”

Division Villatte: 27th Léger, 63rd, 94th, 95th Ligne (3 batts. each) 5,802 ”

Perreymond’s Light Cavalry: 2nd Hussars, 5th Chasseurs 1,015 ”

Latour-Maubourg’s Dragoons: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 14th, 26th regiments 2,905 ”

Artillery and Engineers, &c. 1,985 ”

Marines and sailors of Cadiz Lines flotilla 1,456 ”

27,201

Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 35,940.

4th Corps. General Sebastiani (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).

Division Ligier-Belair: 12th Léger (3 batts.), 32nd, 43rd, 58th Ligne (4 batts. each) 10,947 present

Division Dembouski: 4th, 7th, 9th Poles (2 batts. each) 4,918 ”

Ormancey’s Light Cavalry: 10th Chasseurs, 1st Lancers of the Vistula 1,595 ”

Milhaud’s Dragoons: 5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st regiments 1,595 ”

Artillery and Engineers 886 ”

20,830

Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,889.

5th Corps. Count Drouet D’Erlon (including battalions incorporated from 9th Corps).

Division Girard: 34th, 40th Ligne (2 batts. each), 64th, 88th Ligne (3 batts. each) 4,253 present

Division Claparéde: 21st, 28th Léger, 100th, 103rd Ligne (3 batts. each) [Not including 1 batt. each of 34th, 40th, 88th, 100th Ligne, and 21st Léger in garrison at Badajoz.] 4,183 ”

Briche’s Light Cavalry: 10th Hussars, 21st Chasseurs 515 ”

Artillery and Engineers [not including Badajoz garrison] 618 ”

Garrison of Badajoz (5 battalions and detachments of artillery, &c.) 2,887 ”

12,456

Gross total of Corps with sick and detached added is 22,296.

N.B.—This enormous proportion of absentees is largely due to the Albuera wounded, who had not yet rejoined.

Troops not included in the three Corps:

Brigade in the Kingdom of Cordova: 51st, 55th Ligne (3 batts. each) 5,017 present

Unattached Cavalry: 17th, 27th Dragoons, 27th Chasseurs, 4th Spanish Chasseurs 1,942 ”

Unattached Artillery, Engineers, Train, &c. 1,381 ”

Total Army of the South, 68,827 present under arms.

Gross total, including sick and detached, 90,186.

II. ARMY OF THE CENTRE. King Joseph.

The King’s French Guards, no figures given, but about 2,500 present

Spanish Division Hugo (10 battalions, 3 squadrons) 5,060 ”

Brigade Dessolles: 75th Ligne (3 batts.), 28th Ligne (2½ batts.) 3,208 ”

German Division: 2nd Nassau and Baden (2 batts. each), Frankfort (1 batt.), 123rd Ligne (late Dutch 2nd regt.) 4,214 ”

Treillard’s Light Horse: Westphalian and Nassau Chasseurs 663 ”

Lahoussaye’s Dragoons: 13th, 18th, 19th, 22nd regts. 2,213 ”

Artillery and Engineers, &c. 1,268 ”

Drafts for Armies of South and Portugal at Madrid, &c. 4,013 ”

Total 23,139

Gross total of Army, with sick and detached, 25,537.

III. ARMY OF PORTUGAL. Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa.

Division Foy: 6th Léger, 39th, 69th, 76th Ligne (3 batts. each) 5,541 present

Division Clausel: 25th Léger, 27th, 50th, 59th Ligne (3 batts. each) 6,501 ”

Division Ferey: 31st Léger, 47th, 70th Ligne (3 batts. each), 26th (2 batts.) 5,072 ”

Division Sarrut: 2nd and 4th Léger, 36th Ligne (3 batts. each) 4,922 ”

Division Maucune: 15th, 66th, 82nd, 86th Ligne (3 batts. each) 5,049 ”

Division Brennier: 17th Léger (3 batts.), 22nd Ligne (4 batts.), 65th Ligne (3 batts.), Irlandais and Regiment de Prusse (1 batt. each) 5,332 ”

Lamotte’s Light Cavalry: 1st and 3rd Hussars, 15th and 22nd Chasseurs 613 ”

Fournier’s Light Cavalry: 7th, 17th, 20th Chasseurs 701 ”

Wathier’s Light Cavalry: 11th and 24th Chasseurs, 5th Hussars 564 ”

Montbrun’s Dragoons: 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 25th regts. 1,463 ”

Artillery, Train, Engineers, &c. 2,875 ”

Total 38,633

Gross Total of Army, with sick (12,668) and detached, 57,949.

IV. ARMY OF ARAGON. Marshal Suchet.

Division Musnier: 1st Léger, 114th and 121st Ligne (3 batts. each), 1st Vistula (2 batts.) 7,689 present

Division Frère: 14th and 42nd Ligne (3 batts. each), 115th (4 batts.), 2nd Vistula (2 batts.) 7,826 ”

Division Harispe: 7th Ligne (4 batts.), 116th (3 batts.), 44th, and 3rd Vistula (2 batts. each) 6,380 ”

Division Habert: 5th Léger (2 batts.), 16th and 117th Ligne (3 batts. each) 4,433 ”

Italian Division Peyri: 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th, 5th, and 6th Line (2 batts. each), Dragons Napoléon, Chasseurs Royaux (2 squadrons each) 4,892 ”

Neapolitan Brigade Compère: 1st and 2nd Ligne, 1st Léger (1 batt. each), and 2 squadrons of Chasseurs 1,808 ”

Boussard’s Cavalry Brigade: 13th Cuirassiers, 4th Hussars, 24th Dragoons 1,876 ”

Artillery, Engineers, Train, &c. 3,645 ”

Garrisons 2,244 ”

Drafts on the march 2,990 ”

Total 43,783

Gross Total of Army with sick and detached, 51,088.

V. ARMY OF THE NORTH. General Dorsenne.

(a) Imperial Guard, Divisions Dumoustier and Roguet, 4 regiments of Voltigeurs, 4 of Tirailleurs, 1 of Chasseurs, 1 of Fusiliers-Chasseurs, 1 bataillon de marche 15,166 present

Lepic’s Guard Cavalry 1,189 ”

Cavalry attached (Lancers of Berg) 835 ”

Guard Artillery, &c. 878 ”

(b) Navarre, Division Reille, 10th, 21st, 81st Ligne (4 batts. each), 60th Ligne (3 batts.) 8,221 ”

Navarre, over and above Reille, garrisons, and drafts 1,623 ”

Biscay, Division Caffarelli: 10th Léger (4 batts.), 5th Léger, 3rd, 52nd, 105th Ligne (3 batts. each) 7,543 ”

Biscay, over and above Caffarelli, 130th Léger (3 batts.), and drafts, &c. 4,340 ”

Burgos, Division Souham: 1st, 62nd, 101st Ligne (4 batts. each), 23rd Léger (2 batts.) 7,971 ”

Burgos, over and above Souham, provisional battalions, garrisons, and drafts 8,714 ”

Valladolid and Salamanca, Division Serras: 113th Ligne (2 batts.), 12th Léger, 2nd and 4th Swiss, Garde de Paris (1 batt. each), and cavalry, &c. 5,063 ”

Valladolid and Salamanca, over and above Serras, 34th Ligne (3 batts.), 4th Vistula (2 batts.), Neuchâtel (1 batt.), 6 bataillons de marche, and cavalry attached 8,106 ”

Asturias, Division Bonnet: 118th, 119th, 122nd Ligne (3 batts. each), 120th Ligne (4 batts.) 7,962 ”

Artillery, Engineers, &c., in the five governments named above 2,367 ”

Italian Division Severoli (destined for Suchet’s Army): 1st and 2nd Léger, 4th and 6th Ligne (1 batt. each), 1st and 7th Ligne (3 batts. each) 7,661 ”

Italian Artillery, Engineer, and Cavalry Drafts with Severoli 803 ”

Total 88,442

Gross Total of Army, including sick and detached, 99,442.

VI. ARMY OF CATALONIA. Marshal MacDonald.

Division Maurice Mathieu: 5th Ligne (3 batts.), 18th Léger, 23rd and 56th Ligne (1 batt. each), 1st of Nassau (2 batts.) 5,411 present

Division Quesnel: 79th Ligne (3 batts.), 23rd Léger (2 batts.), 93rd Ligne(1 batt.), 29th Chasseurs (3 squadrons) 3,890 ”

Division Plauzonne: 3rd Léger (4 batts.), 11th Ligne (3 batts.), 32nd Léger (1 batt.) 4,389 ”

Brigade Petit: 67th Ligne (4 batts.), 16th and 81st Ligne (1 batt. each) 2,416 ”

Brigade Lefebvre: 8th Léger, 37th and 60th Ligne (1 batt. each), regiment of Westphalia, and 3 provisional battalions 3,725 ”

Garrison of Montlouis: Würzburg and 2nd Swiss (1 batt. each) 1,429 ”

Garrison of Rosas 477 ”

Garrison of Gerona: 102nd Ligne (2 batts.), Berg and Valais (1 batt. each) 1,429 ”

Artillery, Engineers, &c. 824 ”

Total 23,590

Gross Total of Army, including sick and detached, 30,259.

GENERAL TOTAL OF FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN

Present
under Arms. Gross Total.

Army of the South 68,827 90,186

Army of the Centre 23,139 25,537

Army of Portugal 38,633 57,949

Army of Aragon 48,783 51,088

Army of the North 88,442 99,442

Army of Catalonia 23,590 30,259

291,414 354,461

Not including General Monthion’s ‘Reserve of the Army of Spain’ at Bayonne, with 251 officers and 8,047 men.