V

FRENCH TROOPS EMPLOYED AT THE SIEGE OF TARIFA
(DEC. 1811-JAN. 1812)

[From the table in Belmas, iv. pp. 40-2.]

Of all
ranks.

From Leval’s Division, 43rd Line, 7th and 9th Poles (2 batts. each) 3,000

From Barrois’s Division, 16th Léger (3 batts.), 51st Ligne (2 batts.), 54th Ligne (2 batts.) 4,200

From Villatte’s Division, 27th Léger (1 batt.), 94th and 95th Ligne (1 batt. each) 1,800

Cavalry, 16th Dragoons, and one squadron 21st Dragoons 585

Artillery 469

Engineers, Sappers, Marines, &c. 385

Total 10,439

In addition three battalions of the 8th and 63rd line and two squadrons of the 2nd Dragoons were occupied on the lines of communications, between Vejer and Fascinas.

ANGLO-SPANISH GARRISON OF TARIFA

Of all
ranks.

British (Colonel Skerrett):

2/47th 570

2/87th 560

Battalion of Flank Companies 400

1 company 95th regiment 75

1 troop 2nd Hussars K.G.L. 70

Artillery (Hughes’s Company R.A.) 83

Total 1,758

Spanish (General Copons):

Cantabria (1 batt.) 450

Irlanda (1 batt.) 357

Cazadores 333

Artillery 106

Sappers 83

Cavalry 17

Total 1,346

N.B.—Another return makes the total of the British part of the garrison 67 officers and 1,707 men, a total of 1,774.