History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814, vol. 2Napier, William Francis Patrick
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History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814, vol. 2
Napier, William Francis Patrick
Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Men. Horses.
The French, having received some reinforcements
of conscripts, amounted, in the beginning
of July, including the king’s guards,
to about 275,000
In hospital 61,000 }
Stragglers and prisoners borne on } 68,000
the states 7,000 }
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Total under arms 207,000 36,000
The military governments, lines of correspondence,
garrisons, and detachments, absorbed 32,000 3,000
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_Present under arms_ with the _corps d’armée_ 175,000 33,000
The actual strength and situation of each _corps d’armée_ was as
follows:--
[Sidenote: Muster roll of the French Army, MSS.]
_Under the King, covering Madrid._
Inf. & Art. Cavalry.
First corps, in the valley of the Tagus 20,881 4,200
Fourth corps, La Mancha 17,490 3,200
Division of Dessolles, Madrid 6,864
King’s French guards, Madrid, about 4,000 1,500
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Total 49,235 8,900
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_In Old Castile, under Marshal Soult._
Inf. & Art. Cavalry.
Second corps, Zamora, Tora, and Salamanca 17,707 2,883
Fifth corps, Valladolid 16,042 874
Sixth corps, Astorga, and its vicinity 14,913 1,446
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Total 48,662 5,203
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_In Aragon, under General Suchet._
Inf. & Art. Cavalry.
Third corps, Zaragoza, Alcanitz, &c. 15,226 2,604
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_In Catalonia, under Marshal Augereau._
Inf. & Art. Cavalry.
Seventh corps, Vich, Gerona, and Barcelona 30,593 2,500
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In addition to these corps there were twelve hundred men belonging
to the battering train, four thousand infantry under Bonnet, at St.
Andero, and two thousand two hundred cavalry under Kellerman, in
the Valladolid country.
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