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Appendix 1: Organisation of the Spanisn Army, November 1812 Appendix 1: Organisation of the Spanisn Army, November 1812 FIRST ARMY (CATALONlA) - LACY First Division Baza, Fernando VII, Leales Manresanos, Cazadores de Catalufla, Barcelona, Palma Second Division Ultonia, Matar6, Tarragona, Cardona, San Fernando, Ausona Unattached Borb6n, Tiradores de Busa, Gerona, Tiradores de Catalufla Total: sixteen battalions, c. 16 000 officers and men. SECOND AND THIRD ARMIES (LEV ANTE-ARAGON) - EUO (a) Second Army Villacampa' s Division 2° de la Princesa, 2° de Soria, 2° de Voluntarios de Arag6n, Voluntarios de Molina Bassecourt' s Division 2° de Voluntarios de Catalufla, 2° de Badajoz, Cazadores de Cuenca (two squadrons), Husares de Arag6n (two squadrons) EI Empecinado' s Voluntarios de Guadalajara, Voluntarios de Division Madrid, Tiradores de Sigüenza, Tiradores de Cuenca, Cazadores de Guadalajara (three squadrons), Cazadores Voluntarios de Madrid (three squadrons) Duran' s Division Cariflena, Voluntarios Numantinos, Cazadores de Soria, Voluntarios de Rioja, Dragones de Soria (three squadrons) Total: fourteen battalions, thirteen squadrons, c. 18 000 officers and men. 182 Appendix 1 183 (h) Third Army Vanguard - Freyre 1er de Voluntarios de la Corona, 1er de Guadix, Velez Malaga, Carabinieros Reales (one squadron), 1er Provisional de Linea (three squadrons), 2° Provisional de Linea (three squadrons), 1er Provisional de Dragones, (three squadrons), 2° Provisional de Dragones (three squadrons), 1er Provisional de Husares (two squadrons) Roche' s Division Voluntarios de Alicante, Canarias, Chinchilla, Cazadores de Valencia, Husares de Fernando VII (three squadrons) Montijo's Brigade 2° de Guardias Walonas, 1er de Badajoz, Cuenca Michelena' s Brigade 1er de Voluntarios de Arag6n, Tiradores de Cadiz, 2° de Mallorca Mijares' Brigade 1"' de Burgos, Alcazar de San Juan, BaHen, Lorca, Voluntarios de Jaen U na ttachedl garrisons Almansa, America, Alpujarras, Almeria, Cazadores de Jaen (one squadron), Cazadores de la Mancha (two squadrons) Total: twenty-two battalions, twenty-one squadrons, c. 22000 officers and men. FOURTH ARMY (ANDALUCiA) - P ALACIO First Division Granaderos deI General, Carmona, 1er de Guardias Espanolas, Cantabria, Ronda, 1er de Voluntarios de Ca ta luna, Irlanda, Ciudad Real Second Division 1er de Valencia, 3er de Guardias Espanolas, 1er de Guardias Walonas, Africa, Espana, Navarra, 2° de Guadix Third Division 1er de Zamora, Castropol, Cangas, Infiesto, Rey, Lena, Cadiz Cavalry Division Calatrava (three squadrons), Husares de Castilla (three squadrons), Husares de Ubrique (one squadron) Depot Division 4° de Guardias Espanolas, 2° de Zamora, Suizos de Kaiser Total: twenty-five battalions, seven squadrons, c. 30 000 officers and men. 184 The Duke of Wellington and the Spanish Army FIFTH AND SIXTH ARMIES (EXTREMADURA-CASTILE-GALICIA) - CASTANOS (a) Fifth Army Vanguard - Penne Provisional de Linea (four squadrons), Villemur Provisional de Ligeros (four squadrons), ler de Lanceros de Castilla (four squadrons), 2° de Lanceros de Castilla (three squadrons) Morillo's Division 1er de Le6n, Uni6n, 1er de la Legi6n Extremena Espana's Division 1er de la Princesa, 2° de Jaen, 1er de Sevilla, Tiradores de Castilla, Cazadores de Castilla Garrisons Merida, Trujillo, Plasencia, Tiradores de Doyle, Voluntarios de la Victoria, ler de Mallorca, Hibernia Cavalry depots Reina, Borb6n, Aigarve, Dragones de Sagunto, Cazadores de Sevilla, Husares de Extremadura, Legi6n Extremena Total: fifteen battalions, twenty-two squadrons, c. 20 000 officers and men. (b) Sixth Army First Division Cazadores dei Rey, 2° de Voluntarios de la Corona, ler de Asturias, Tuy, Monterrey, Marina, Orense, Compostela. Second Division Voluntarios de Asturias, 2° de Murcia, Toledo, Santiago, Columna de Cazadores, Columna de Granaderos, Rivero, Oviedo Reserve Division Voluntarios de Santiago, Benevente, 2° de Asturias, 2° de Guadalajara, 2a Legi6n de Castilla Cavalry Division Granaderos a Caballo (one squadron), Cazadores de Galicia (three squadrons), Husares de Galicia (two squadrons), Husares de Cantabria (three squadrons) Total: twenty-one battalions, nine squadrons, c. 25 000 officers and men. SEVENTH ARMY (ASTURIAS-CANT ABRIA-BASQUE PROVINCES­ NA V ARRE) - MENDIZABAL Porlier's Division Laredo, ler Cantabro, Tiradores de Cantabria Longa' s Division 1er de Iberia, 2° de Iberia, 3er de Iberia, 4° de Iberia, 2° de Alava Mina's Division ler Voluntarios de Navarra, 2° Voluntarios de Navarra, 3er Voluntarios de Navarra, 4° Appendix 1 185 Voluntarios de Navarra, ler de Alava, Husares de Navarra (one squadron) Total: at least thirteen battalions, one squadron. DIVISIÖN OE MALLORCA (ALICANTE) - WHITTINGHAM Quinto de Granaderos, 1er de C6rdoba, 1er de Guadalajara, 2° de Burgos, 2° de Murcia, Cazadores de Olivenza (two squadrons), Oragones de Almansa (two squadrons). Total: five battalions, four squadrons, c. 4500 officers and men. Notes Figures given are total strengths, and should be reduced by as much as fifty per cent to give the number of effectives. Nor have such 'units' as deposits of recruits and military schools been included. In view of the confused and contradictory nature of many of the original sources, the tables should in any case be regarded as being conjectural. This is particu­ larly the case with the Seventh Army which consisted entirely of guer­ rillas, and theoretically included many more formations than those actu­ ally listed. The regiment listed in Whittingham's division as the Quinto de Granad­ eros is usually shown as the Fifth Grenadiers. In this instance, however, 'quinto' almost certainly bears its alternative meaning of 'conscript', the correct translation therefore being 'Conscript Grenadiers'. Appendix 2: Organisation 01 the Spanisli Army, July 1813 FIRST ARMY (CATALONlA) - COPONS First Division (Eroles) Baza, Fernando VII, Leales Manresanos, Barcelona, Cazadores de Cataluna, Coraceros Espanoles (two squadrons) Second Division Ultonia, Cardona, Matar6, Pairna, Ausona, San Fernando, Tarragona, Husares de Cataluna (four squadrons) Garrisons Lerida, Pontevedra, 1,r dei Principe, Bata1l6n deI General Total: Sixteen battalions, six squadrons, c. 18 500 officers and men. SECOND ARMY (LEVANTE) - EUO First Division (Mijares) 1"' de Voluntarios de la Corona, Alcazar de San Juan, Voluntarios de Jaen, 1,r de Burgos, Tiradores de Cadiz, Cuenca Second Division 2° de la Princesa, Voluntarios de Molina, 2° de (Villacampa) Voluntarios de Arag6n, 2° de Soria, Husares Espanoles (two squadrons) Third Division Bailen, 1,r de Badajoz, 2° de Badajoz, America, (Sarsfield) Alpujarras, Cazadores de Jaen (two squadrons) Fourth Division 1"' Voluntarios de Arag6n, Canarias, (Roche) Voluntarios de Alicante, Chinchilla, Cazadores de Valencia Fifth Division (EI Voluntarios de Guadalajara, Voluntarios de Empecinado) Madrid, Tiradores de Sigüenza, Tiradores de Cuenca, Cazadores de Guadalajara (three squadrons), Cazadores Voluntarios de Madrid (three squadrons) Sixth Division (Duran) Cazadores de Soria, Voluntarios de Rioja, 186 Appendix 2 187 Carinena, Voluntarios Numantinos, Dragones de Soria (three squadrons) Cavalry Brigade Cazadores de la Mancha (three squadrons), Husares de Fernando VII (three squadrons) Total: twenty-eight battalions, nineteen squadrons, c. 36000 officers and men. THIRD ARMY (ANDALUCIA) - PALACIO First Division Granaderos deI General, Carmona, 1er de (Anglona) Guardias Espanolas, Cantabria, Ciudad Real, ler de Voluntarios de Cataluna, Irlanda, Ronda Second Divison ler de Valencia, Espana, Navarra, 3er de (Cuevas) Guardias Walonas, ler de Zamora, Africa, ler de Guadix Third Division Rey, Castropol, Cangas, Infiesto, Cadiz, Lena, (Murgeon) Sigüenza Cavalry Division Calatrava (three squadrons), Dragones de (Si sternes) Madrid (three squadrons), Husares de Ubrique (one squadron) Total: twenty-two battalions, seven squadrons, c. 24000 officers and men. FOURTH ARMY (EXTREMADURA-CASTILE-GALICIA-CANTABRIA) - CASTANOS First Division (Morillo) ler de Leon, Union, ler de la Legion Extremena, Tiradores de Doyle, Voluntarios de la Victoria, 2° de Jaen Second Division 1er de Sevilla, Tiradores de Castilla, 1er de (Espana) Mallorca, 1er de la Princesa, 3er de Guardias Espanolas, Third Division Toledo, Voluntarios de Leon, ler de Asturias, (Losada) Monterrey, Benavente, Rivero, Oviedo Fourth Division 2° de Asturias, 2° de Guadalajara, (Barcena) Constitucion, 2° de Voluntarios de la Corona, Voluntarios de Asturias, Voluntarios de Santiago Fifth Division (Porlier) ler Cantabro, Laredo, Tiradores de Cantabria Sixth Division (Longa) ler de Iberia, 2° de Iberia, 3er de Iberia, 4° de Iberia, 2° de Alava Seventh Division 1er de Gu'ipuzcoa, 2° de Guipuzcoa, 3er de (Mendizabal) Guipuzcoa Eighth Division (Mina) ler de Voluntarios de Navarra, 2° de Voluntarios de Navarra, 3er de Voluntarios de Navarra, 4° de Voluntarios de Navarra, ler de 188 The Duke of Wellington and the Spanish Army Alava, 3eT de Alava, leT de Voluntarios de Arag6n, 2° de Voluntarios de Arag6n, 3eT de Voluntarios de Arag6n Cavalry Division Aigarve (four squadrons), Husares de (Penne Villemur) Extremadura (four squadrons), Granaderos a Caballo de Galicia (one squadron), Granaderos a Caballo de Cantabria (one squadron), Husares de Rioja (one squadron), Husares de Castilla (one squadron), leT de Lanceros de Castilla (four squadrons), 2° de Lanceros de Castilla (four squadrons) Garrisons/Unattached Tuy, Trujillo, Plasencia, Cazadores de Castilla, Hibernia, Cazadores Extranjeros, Legi6n Extremena (two squadrons) Total: fifty battalions, twenty-two squadrons, c. 60 000 officers
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