Reserve of the king. } Gen. Saligny. 5,413. } } Imperial guard. } Gen. Dorsenne. 2,423. } Miranda, Haro, and Puente Lara. ------ } Total 7,833. Garrisons. 6,004. Pampeluna. Gen. Monthion. 1,500. Bilbao. { Composed of small garrisons and moveable Gen. La Grange. 6,979. { columns, guarding the communications { of Biscay, Alava, and Guipuscoa. Grand reserve. Moveable cols. 1,984. } Stationary. 20,005. } Bayonne, and watching the valleys of ------ } the Pyrenees opening into Navarre. Total, comm. by } Gen. Drouet, 21,989. } Total 90,289 present under arms, exclusive of the troops in Catalonia. Hence the communication being secured, the fortresses garrisoned, and the fort of Pancorbo armed, there remained above fifty thousand sabres and bayonets disposable on a line of battle extending from Bilbao to Alfaro. To oppose this formidable force the Spanish troops were divided into three principal masses, denominated the armies of the right, centre, and left. Infantry. Cavalry. Guns. 1st Line. The first, composed of the divisions of St. Marc and } O’Neil, numbered about 17,500 500 24 } The second, composed of the } Men. Guns. divisions of La Pena, Llamas, } and Caro 26,000 1,300 36 } 75,400 86 The third, consisting entirely } of Gallicians, about 30,000 100 26 } 2d Line. In the second line the Castillians were } at Segovia 12,000 } The Estremadurans at Talavera 13,000 } Two Andalusian divisions were in } 57,000 La Mancha 14,000 } And the Asturians (posted at Llanes) were } called 18,000 } This estimate, founded upon a number of contemporary returns and other documents, proves the monstrous exaggerations put forth at this time to deceive the Spanish people and the English government. The Spaniards pretended that above one hundred and forty thousand men in arms were threatening the French positions on the Ebro, whereas less than seventy-six thousand were in line of battle, and those exceedingly ill-armed and provided. The right, under Palafox, held the country between Zaragoza and Sanguessa, on the Aragon river; the centre, under Castaños, occupied Borja, Taranzona, and Agreda; the left, under Blake, was posted at Reynosa, near the sources of the Ebro.