French Commanders in Catalonia 1808–1814
On the surface, Catalonia may have appeared to be a marvellous appointment for the commanders of VII Corps. They reported not to Madrid but directly back to Paris and therefore enjoyed considerable freedom of action. However, the significant number of tasks, the terrain and the omnipresent and brutal nature of the Catalan insurgents quickly over-stretched the French forces stationed there. Requests for more resources, money and manpower were met with Napoleonic rage – Napoleon simply could not comprehend how a small regular Spanish army, supported by a few bandits, could disrupt operations and lines of communication with such frequency and such success. Duhesme’s force was undoubtedly too small for the task, at just under 13,000 men, but by the tenures of Saint-Cyr (45,000) and Augereau (50,000) Napoleon had poured massive reinforcements into the area. When Macdonald assumed command, large numbers of soldiers were beginning to be redeployed in anticipation of the impending Russian campaign, leaving the unfortunate commander just 25,000 men. Aside from Marshal Suchet, who assumed command of the Army of Catalonia in addition to that of Valencia and Aragón towards the end of the war, Catalonia was quickly dubbed the generals’ graveyard. No fewer than two generals and two marshals were to be relieved of their command, while Saint-Cyr resigned.
| Incumbent | From | To |
| General Count Guillaume Philibert Duhesme | Feb 1808 | Oct 1808 |
| General Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr | Oct 1808 | Oct 1809 |
| Marshal Charles Pierre François Augereau, Duke of Castiglione | Oct 1809 | May 1810 |
| Marshal Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duke of Tarento | May 1810 | Oct 1812 |
| General Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen | Oct 1812 | Nov1813 |
| Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet | Jul 1813 | Apr 1814 |
Spanish Commanders in Catalonia 1808–1814
| Incumbent | From | To |
| Lieutenant General Marquis del Palacio | 1808 | Oct 1808 |
| Lieutenant General Joan Miquel de Vives i Feliu | Oct 1808 | Dec 1808 |
| Lieutenant General Teodoro Reding (1) | Dec 1808 | Apr 1809 |
| Major General Antoine Malet, Marqués de Coupigny | Apr 1809 | Apr 1809 |
| Lieutenant General Joaquín Blake y Joyes | Apr 1809 | Dec1809 |
| Lieutenant General Francisco Gómez, Marqués de Portago | Dec 1809 | Dec 1809 |
| Lieutenant General Gregorio Garcia Conde | Dec 1809 | Dec 1809 |
| Lieutenant General Enrique O’Donnell y Anethan, Conde de La Bisbal (2) | Jan 1810 | Sept 1810 |
| Marqués de Campoverde | Oct 1810 | Jun 1811 |
| Lieutenant General Luis de Lacy | Jun 1811 | Jan 1813 |
| Francisco de Oliver-Copons y Méndez-Navia, Conde de Tarifa | Jan 1813 | Apr 1814 |
Notes:
1. Died of wounds after battle of Valls.
2. O’Donnell’s wound forced him to hand over command. See also Note 1 below.
Spanish Commanders in (the Kingdom of) Valencia 1808–1814
| Incumbent | From | To |
| Lieutenant General Conde de la Conquista | Jan 1808 | Mar 1809 |
| Lieutenant General José Caro y Sureda | Mar 1809 | Aug 1810 |
| Major General Luis Alejandro de Bassecourt | Aug 1810 | Apr 1811 |
| Major General Carlos O’Donnell y Anethan (1) | Apr 1811 | Jun 1811 |
| Lieutenant General Marquis del Palacio | Jul 1811 | Oct 1811 |
| Lieutenant Joaquín General Blake y Joyes | Nov 1811 | Jan 1812 |
| Major General José O’Donnell y Anethan (1) | Jan 1812 | Sep 1812 |
| Lieutenant General Francisco Javier de Elio | Sep 1812 | 1820 |
Notes:
1. There were three O’Donnell brothers – Henry (Enrique), Charles (Carlos) and Joseph (José) – who were all generals during the Peninsular War. Their father was José O'Donnell y O'Donnell (1722–1787), colonel of the Spanish Regiment Irlanda, Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army, and their mother was Mariana Anethan y de Mareshal, of Luxemburg.
Royal Navy Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
| Incumbent | Dates | Comments |
| Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood | 1793–1794 | |
| Vice Admiral Lord Hotham | 1794–1795 | |
| Vice Admiral Lord Jervis | 1796–1799 | Lord St. Vincent in 1798 |
| Vice Admiral Lord Keith | 1799–1802 | |
| Vice Admiral Lord Nelson | 1803–1805 | Returned home in January 1805 |
| Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood | 1805–1810 | |
| Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cotton | 1810–1811 | |
| Vice Admiral Sir Edward Pellew | 1811–1814 | Lord Exmouth in 1814 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Charles Penrose | 1814–1815 |
Suchet’s Army of Aragón, April 1810
Total Strength: 25,044 men (33 battalions and 9 cavalry squadrons)
Note: in this and subsequent orders of battle numbers in brackets refer to the number of squadrons/battalions where known.
| 1st Division – General Laval | 6,922 |
| Brigade Montmarie – 14th Line and 3rd Regiment of the Vistula Legion | |
| Brigade Chłopicki – 44th Line and 2nd Vistula | |
| 2nd Division – General Musnier | 8,226 |
| Brigade Paris – 115th Line and 1st Vistula | |
| Brigade Vergés – 114th and 121st Line | |
| 3rd Division – General Habert | 4,605 |
| 5th Light, 116th and 117th Line | |
| Cavalry Division – General Boussard | 3,087 |
| 4th Hussars, 13th Cuirassiers and Lanciers Polonais | |
| Artillery – General Valée | 1,926 |
| Engineers – General Haxo | 278 |
| Source: Suchet |
Suchet’s Army for the Invasion of Valencia, July 1811
Total Strength: 26,133 men (44 battalions and 14 cavalry squadrons)
| 1st Division – General Musnier | 4,829 |
| Brigade Robert – 114th (3) Line and 1st (2) Vistula | |
| Brigade Ficatier – 121st (3) Line and 2nd (2) Vistula | |
| 2nd Division – General Harispe | 4,762 |
| Brigade Paris – 7th (4) Line and 116th (3) Line | |
| Brigade Chłopicki – 44th (2) Line and 3rd (2) Vistula | |
| 3rd Division – General Habert | 3,459 |
| Brigade Montmarie – 5th (2) Line and 16th (3) Line | |
| Brigade Bronikowski – 117th (3) Line | |
| Italian Division – General Palombini | 6,219 |
| Brigade Saint Paul – 2nd (3) Italian Light and 4th (3) | |
| Italian Line | |
| Brigade Balathier – 5th (2) Italian Line and 6th (3) | |
| Italian Line | |
| Neapolitan Division – General Compère | |
| 1st (1) Neapolitan Light, 1st (1) and 2nd (1) | |
| Neapolitan Line | 1,391 |
| Cavalry Division – General Boussard | 2,405 |
| 4th Hussars (4) | |
| 24th Dragoons (2) | |
| 13th Cuirassiers (4) | |
| Italian Dragoons of Napoleon (3) | |
| Neapolitan Chasseurs (1) | |
| Artillery, Engineers and Gendarmerie | 3,068 |
| Source: Oman, Suchet |
Blake’s Order of Battle for the Battle of Sagunto, 25 October 1811
Total Strength: 28,044 men (47 battalions, 18 companies and 33 squadrons)
Left Wing
Division C. O’Donnell
Brigade Villacampa – 2nd Princesa (2), 2nd Soria (2)
Brigade San Juan – Cazadores a caballo de Valencia (1 sqn), Dragones del Rey (3 sqns), Voluntarios de Molina (1) Real Cuerpo de Zapadores (1 coy), 2 x 4-pounder guns
Artillery battery – Captain Luengo, 2 x 8-pounder guns and 2 x 7 inch howitzers
Division Miranda
Brigade Gervasio Gasca – Cazadores de Valencia (2 coys), Cazadores de Linea, Cazadores a Caballo de Valencia (1 sqn), Real Cuerpo de Zapadores (1 coy), 2 x 4-pounder guns
Brigade Miranda – 2nd Cazadores de Valencia (1), 1st & 2nd Infantry de Valencia, 1st & 2nd Voluntarios de Castilla
Division Obispo
Tiradores de Doyle (1), Cazadores Campo de Cariñena (2), 2nd Avila (1), 1st Aragón (1), Voluntarios de Daroca (1), Dragones de la Reina (1 sqn), Húsares de Aragón (2 sqns)
(Independent) Brigade O’Ronan
2nd Voluntarios de Aragón (1), Cazadores de Valencia (1), Dragones del Rey (1 sqn)
Rearguard – Infantry de Avila (1)
Left Wing Reserve
Division Mahy
Brigade Santiago Terreros – Tiradores de Cádiz (1), Voluntarios de Burgos (1), Dragones de Madrid (1 sqn)
Brigade Conde de Montijo – 1st Badajoz (2), Cuenca (2), Real Cuerpo de Zapadores
Brigade Creagh de Lacy – La Corona (1), Alcázar de San Juan (1), Real Cuerpo de Zapadores (1 coy), Dragones de la Reina (1 sqn)
Cavalry Brigade de Osorio – Dragones de Pavia (2 sqns), Dragones de Granada (2 sqns), Húsares de Fernando VII (1 sqn)
Artillery battery – Captain Ibarra, 2 x 4-pounder and 2 x 8-pounder guns and 2 x 7 inch howitzers
Right Wing
Division Lardizabal
Brigade Lardizabal – Murcia (2), Badajoz (2), 1 x 4-pounder and 1 x 8-pounder guns
Brigade Prieto – Africa (2), Tiradores de Cuenca (1)
Vanguard Saravia – Ligero de Campomayor (1)
Artillery battery – (commander unknown) 2 x 4-pounder and 2 x 8pounder guns and 2 x 7 inch howitzers
Division Zayas
Brigade Zayas – 2nd Reales Guardias Españolas (1), 4th Reales Guardias Españolas (1)
Brigade Polo – Voluntarios de Ciudad Rodrigo (1), 1st and 2nd Patria (2), Imperial de Toledo (1)
Brigade de Hautregard – 1st Reales Guardias Walonas (1), 1st Legión Extranjera (1), Real Cuerpo de Zapadores (1 coy)
Vanguard Favré de Aunoy – Cazadores Reunidos
Artillery battery – Gómez, 2 x 4-pounder and 2 x 8-pounder guns and 2 x 7 inch howitzers
Cavalry Brigade Loy – Granaderos a caballo (2 sqns), Caballeria del Rey (1 sqn), Húsares de Castilla (1 sqn), 3rd escuadron de artilleria de caballo, 1 x 4-pounder and 1 x 7 inch howitzer
Cavalry Brigade Chacón – Dragones de Numancia (4 sqns), Provisional de Caballeria (3 sqns), Caballeria de Alcántara (1 sqn), Húsares Españoles (1 sqn), Húsares de Granada (1 sqn)
Cavalry Brigade Del Rio – Caballeria de Cuenca (2 sqns), Cazadores a caballo de Montaña (1 sqn)
Right Wing Reserve
Division Caro
Brigade Velasco – 3rd Voluntarios de Castilla (1), 3rd Avila (1), Provisional Infanteria de línea (7 coys), Real Cuerpo de Zapadores (1 coy), artillery compania 2 x 4pdr, 1 x 8 pdr and 1 x 7 inch howitzer
Brigade Lory – 3rd Infante Don Carlos, Provisional Infanteria de ligera (6 coys), artillery section 2 x 8-pounder guns
Source: Arcón
Suchet’s Order of Battle for the Battle of Sagunto, 25 October 1811
Total Strength: 18,333 men (36 battalions, 8 companies and 14 squadrons)
Left Wing – Vall de Jesús: Total 9,468
3rd Division – Harispe
Brigade Paris – 7th Line (3), 116th Line (3), 3rd Vistula (2) Cavalry –
4th Hussars (3 sqns)
Artillery battery, Duchand, 5th artillerie à cheval, 6 x 4-pounder guns
4th Division – Habert
Brigade Montmarie – 5th Light (2), 16th Line (3), 117th Line (1)
Cavalry – 24th Dragoons (2 sqns)
Artillery battery – Delaporte, 3rd artillerie à pied, 6 x 8-pounder guns
Italian Division – Palombini
Brigade Barbieri – 2nd Italian Light (2), 4th Italian Line (2)
Cavalry Brigade – Boussard
13th Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
Right Wing – Sancti-Espiritu: Total 3,579
Brigade Chłopicki – 44th Line (2), 114th Line (1), Italian Dragoons of Napoleon (3 sqns)
Brigade Robert – 114th Line (1), 1st Vistula (1), Elite Battalion (1)
Reserve Forces – Gilet: Total 2,343
Neapolitan Division – Compère
Neapolitan Brigade Ferrier – 1st Neapolitan Line (del Rey) (1), 2nd Neapolitan Line (della Regina) (1), 1st Neapolitan Light (1)
Battalion Millet – 121st Line (1), 13th Cuirassiers (1 sqn)
Battalion Fondzielski – 1st Vistula (1), Fusiliers (1)
Cavalry – 1st and 2nd (Neapolitan) Cacciatori a cavallo (2 sqns)
Forces Maintaining Cordon at Sagunto Fort: Total 4,419
Brigade Bronikowski – 2/117th Line (1), 3/117th Line (1) 16th Line (3 coys) and 2nd Vistula (5 coys)
Brigade Balthier – 1/5th and 2/5th Italian Line, 1/6th & 2/6th Italian Line (total 4)
Army Artillery – Valée – artillery of the 1st and 4th divisions and Army
Army Engineers – Rogniat, 6 Engineer companies
Source: Arcón
Note: the voltigeur companies of the 2nd Vistula came down from Almenara to act as the hinge between Chłopicki and Robert.
The Spanish 2nd (Valencian) and 3rd (Murcian) Armies, 1 March 1812
Total strength: 16,918 men
Commander: General José O’Donnell
Second in Command: General Manuel Freire (also cavalry commander)
1st Division – Conde de Montijo. 1st Badajoz (2), Cuenca (2) and 2 squadrons
2nd Division – General Luis Riquelme. 2nd Walloon Guards (1), Guadalajara (3), 1st Burgos (3), Guadix (2), Bailén (1), Alpujarras (1), dismounted cavalry (1)
Reserve Division – General Philip Roche. Voluntarios de Aragón (1), Canarias (1), Alicante (1), 2nd Murcia (1), Alcázar de San Juan (1), Chinchilla (1), Húsares de Fernando (2 sqns)
Cavalry – General José Rich (y Forrest). Príncipe (2), España (2), Reina (2), Carabineros Reales (1), Farnesio (1), Montesa (1), Dragones del Rey (1), Cazadores de Valencia (1), Pavía (1), Rey (1), Granaderos a Caballo (1), Húsares de Castilla (1) and three provisional squadrons
Artillery, Engineers and a number of infantry cadres still dispersed of Lorca, Velez, Malaga, Almanza and America
Source: Oman, Lipscombe
Note: General Luis Alejandro de Bassecourt was operating between Cuenca and Requena and General Pedro Villacampa had returned to Aragón
Lieutenant General Thomas Maitland’s Army, August 1812
Total Strength: 14,900 men
Force from Sicily (6,500)
Infantry – 10th, 58th and 81st Foot, 4th and 6th Line KGL, Roll-Dillon (1) and the Calabrian Free Corps (half battalion)
Cavalry – 20th Light Dragoons and Foreign Troop of Hussars
Artillery – Williamson’s Company RA
Whittingham’s Spanish Division (4,200 including some gunners, but without guns)
Infantry – 5th Cuesta Granderos, 2nd Burgos, Cordoba, 2nd Murcia, Guadalajara and the Cazadores de Mallorca
Cavalry – Almansa Hussars and Olivenza Dragoons
Roche’s Spanish Division (3,500)
Infantry – Voluntarios de Aragón, Alicante, Chinchilla, Voluntarios de Valencia and Canarias
Cavalry – Húsares de Fernando
Force Artillery (under Holcombe’s Command)
Thompson’s Company RA and Holcombe’s Company RA (both 6-pounder), Cox’s and Penedo’s companies of Portuguese artillery (guns unknown). All four batteries joined the force at Port Mahon having be sent from Lisbon.
Note: In addition the 2/67th joined the force in August from Cartagena. Wellington had agreed to the use of the 67th Foot in a letter to Major General Ross commanding the British garrison at the port: Dispatches vol. V., pp. 632-4. He had placed this battalion there in December 1811 together with five companies of the Regiment de Watteville, Campbell’s Company RA and a detachment of RE.
Reinforcements arrived at Alicante, 14 November 1812
Total strength: 4,500 men
1/27th and 2/27th Foot – see note below.
Grenadier Battalion comprised of the grenadier companies from the 2/10th, 21st, 31st, 62nd, 75th and the 3rd, 7th and 8th KGL
2nd Battalion Italian Levy
Plus a number of additional soldiers for the 20th Light Dragoons, the Royal Artillery and the Sicilian artillery.
Reinforcements arrived at Alicante, 25 December 1812
Total strength: 2,300 men
20th Light Dragoons (2 squadrons)
2nd Anglo-Italians
Calabrian Free Corps (half battalion) Sicilian Estero Regiment
Plus some additional Sicilian cavalry and more Royal Artillery personnel
Source: Oman, Clinton, Whittingham, Lipscombe
Note: Oman lists, arriving on 14 November, the 1/27th Foot and a light infantry battalion which he quotes Schwertfeger (vol. I, p. 480) as being comprised of the light companies of De Roll’s, Dillon’s, De Watteville’s (which Oman states is a mistake) and the 3rd, 7th and 8th KGL. In fact the entire entry is an error. The light infantry battalion was, in fact, the 2/27th Foot. The Regimental History states (p. 60): ‘On the 12th December, 1812, the commander of the forces, Lord William Bentinck, inspected the battalion, and observing that a drummer in each battalion carried a bugle, inquired if the regiment was instructed in light movements – then not usual. Being answered in the affirmative, and these movements being executed to his satisfaction, he inquired if the regiment could be embarked the next day for Spain.’
Commanders of the Anglo-Sicilian Expeditionary Force 1812–1814
| Incumbent | From | To |
| Lieutenant General Thomas Maitland | Jun 1812 | Oct 1812 |
| Major General John Mackenzie | Oct 1812 | Nov 1812 |
| Major General William Clinton | Nov 1812 | Dec 1812 |
| Major General James Campbell | Dec 1812 | Feb 1813 |
| Lieutenant General Sir John Murray | Feb 1813 | Jun 1813 |
| Lieutenant General Sir William Bentinck | Jun 1813 | Sep 1813 |
| Lieutenant General William Clinton | Sep 1813 | Mar 1814 |
Suchet’s Order of Battle for the Battle of Castalla, 13 April, 1813
Total Strength: 13,568 men (18 battalions and 8 squadrons)
| 1st Division – General Robert (Musnier absent) | |
| 1st (2) and 3rd (2) Light (2), 114th (2) Line and 121st (2) Line | 5,084 |
| 2nd Division – General Harispe | |
| 7th (2), 44th (2) Line and 116th (2) Line. | 4,052 |
| 3rd Division – General Habert | |
| 14th (2) Line, 16th (1) Line and 117th (1) Line | 2,722 |
| Cavalry – General Boussard | 1,424 |
| 4th Hussars (2) | |
| 24th Dragoons (2) | |
| 13th Cuirassiers (4) | |
| Artillery (4 batteries), Engineers and Gendarmerie | 232 |
| Source: Oman |
Murray’s Order of Battle for the Battle of Castalla, 13 April, 1813
Total Strength: 18,716 men (25 battalions and 7 squadrons)
Advance Guard – Colonel Adam
2/27th, 1st Italian Levy, Calabrian Free Corps, two rifle companies from 3 and 8 KGL
Mackenzie’s Division
27th, Sicilian Estero (2), 4 KGL and 6 KGL
Clinton’s Division
10th, 58th, 81st, Roll-Dillon (1), 2nd Italian Levy
Roche’s Division
Voluntarios de Aragón (1), Voluntarios de Valencia (1), Canarias (1), Alicante (1) and Chinchilla (1)
Whittingham’s Division
5th Cuesta Granderos, 2nd Burgos, Cordoba, 2nd Murcia, Guadalajara and the Cazadores de Mallorca (plus four squadrons from Olivenza and Almanza)
Cavalry
20th Light Dragoons (2), 1st Sicilian Cavalry, Foreign Hussars (1 troop)
Artillery
Lacy’s Company – 6 x 6-pounder guns
Williamson’s Company – 5 x 6-pounder guns and 1 x 5 ½ inch howitzer
Half of Thompson’s Company – 3 x 6-pounder guns
Arabin’s half-brigade – 4 x 4-pounder guns
Garcia’s Sicilian Company – 6 x 6-pounder guns
Cox’s Portuguese Company – 6 x 6-pounder guns
Patten’s flying detachment – 2 x 6-pounder guns
Source: Oman, Lipscombe, Clinton (Bentinck Papers)
Murray’s Force for the Tarragona Expedition, June 1813
Total Strength: 17,126 men (18 battalions and 4 squadrons)
Advance Guard – Colonel Adam
2/27th, 1st Anglo-Italian Levy, Calabrian Free Corps and one company De Roll’s
Clinton’s 1st Division
58th, 2/67th, 4 KGL and Sicilian Estero (2)
Mackenzie’s 2nd Division
10th, 27th, 81st, Roll-Dillon (1) and 2nd Italian Levy
Whittingham’s Division
5th Granderos, Cordoba, 2nd Murcia, Guadalajara and Cazadores de Mallorca
Cavalry
20th Light Dragoons (2), Brunswick Hussars (2), Foreign Hussars (1 troop)
Artillery
Lacy’s Company – 6 x 6 pounder guns
Williamson’s Company – 5 x 6 pounder guns and 1 x 5 ½ inch howitzer
Half Thompson’s Company – 3 x 6 pounder guns
Arabin’s half-brigade – 3 x 4 pounder guns
Plus 30 siege guns, mortars and howitzers (exact breakdown unknown) manned by the men from A Campbell’s, Garcia’s (Sicilian) and T. Cox’s (Portuguese) companies
Source: Oman, Lipscombe and Court Martial Papers (p. 386)
Spanish armies on the East Coast of Spain, 1 June 1813
1st Army (Catalonia) – General Copons (15,761)
1st Division – General Eroles. 5 battalions and 2 squadrons
2nd Division – (?). 7 battalions and 2 squadrons
Garrison Troops – 5 battalions
2nd Army – General Elio (30,605)
1st Division – General Miyares. 6 battalions
2nd Division – General Villacampa. 4 battalions and 2 squadrons
3rd Division – General Sarsfield. 5 battalions and 2 squadrons
4th Division – General Roche. 5 battalions
5th Division – El Empecinado. 4 battalions and 2 squadrons
6th Division – Duran. 4 battalions and 3 squadrons
Cavalry Brigade – 6 squadrons
Artillery and Engineers
3rd Army – Duque Del Parque (12,591)
1st Division – Prince of Anglona. 8 battalions
2nd Division – Marquis of las Cuevas. 7 battalions
3rd Division – General Cruz Mourgeon. 7 battalions
Cavalry Division – General Sisternes. 7 squadrons
Artillery and Engineers
Source: Oman, Arteche
Suchet’s Forces in Valencia, 16 June 1813
Total Strength: 22,798 men (27 battalions and 15 squadrons)
| 1st Division – General Musnier (near Tortosa) | |
| 1st (2) Light, 114th (3) Line and 121st (2) Line | 4,163 |
| 2nd Division – General Harispe (Xativa) | |
| 7th (2) Line, 44th (2) Line and 116th (2) Line | 4,064 |
| 3rd Division – General Habert (Alcira) | |
| 14th (2) Line, 16th (1) Line and 117th (1) Line | 4,120 |
| Italian Division – General Severoli (Buñol) | |
| 1st (2) Italian Light and 1st (2) Italian Line and artillery | |
| battery | 2,065 |
| Independent Brigade – General Lamarque | |
| 3rd (2) Light, 11th (2) Line and 20th (2) Line plus 1st Italian | |
| Chasseurs (1) | 3,329 |
| Cavalry – General Boussard | 2,153 |
| 4th Hussars (4) | |
| 24th Dragoons (3) | |
| 13th Cuirassiers (4) | |
| Neapolitan Chasseurs (2) | |
| Westphalian Chasseurs (1) | |
| Artillery (4 batteries and siege train), Engineers and | |
| Gendarmerie | 2,285 |
| Source: Oman |
Decaen’s Forces in Catalonia, 16 June 1813
Total Strength: 25,566 men (33 battalions and 4 squadrons)
| Division Quesnel (Cerdagne) | |
| 102nd (2) Line and 143rd (4) Line | 3,074 |
| Division Lamarque (Upper Catalonia) | |
| 32nd (1) Light, 60th (1) Line and 3rd Provisional Regiment (1) | 2,519 |
| Garrison Nogués (Gerona) | |
| 60th (2) Line and 115th (1) Line | 3,064 |
| Brigade Beurmann | |
| 23rd (2) Light and 115th (2) Line | 2,462 |
| Brigade Petit | |
| 23rd (1) Light and 67th (2) Line and Wurzburg (1) | 2,059 |
| Garrison Maurice Mathieu (Barcelona) | |
| 18th (2) Light, 5th (2) Line, 79th (2) Line, 1st Nassau | |
| (2), 29th Chasseurs (1) | 7,019 |
| Garrison Henriot (Lérida) | |
| 42nd (2) Line | 1,443 |
| Garrison Tarragona | |
| 20th (1) Line and 7th (1) Italian Line | 1,516 |
| Artillery (and siege train), Engineers and Gendarmerie | 2,408 |
| Artillery (4 batteries and siege train), Engineers and | |
| Gendarmerie | 2,285 |
| Source: Oman | |
| Note: In addition to the squadron of 29th Chasseurs there a second squadron and two squadrons of 1st Hussars in the region, spread around the garrison troops. | |
Bentinck’s Force on the East Coast of Spain, 25 August 1813
Total Strength: 16,000 men (19 battalions and 6 squadrons)
Advance Guard – Colonel Adam
2/27th, Calabrian Free Corps, one company 4 KGL and one company de Roll’s
Clinton’s 1st Division (Brigade commanders were Brooke and Haviland-Smith but exact breakdown unknown)
44th, 58th, 2/67th, 4 KGL, 1st Italian Levy and Sicilian Estero (2)
Mackenzie’s 2nd Division (brigade commanders were G. Mackenzie and La Tour but exact breakdown unknown)
10th, 27th, 81st, Roll-Dillon (1) and 2nd Italian Levy
Whittingham’s Division (based on the organization from Castalla, April 1813)
5th Granderos, Cordoba, 2nd Murcia, Guadalajara and Cazadores de Mallorca
Bentinck’s Cavalry Division
20th Light Dragoons, Brunswick Hussars, Foreign Hussars (1 troop), Sicilian cavalry (2)
Artillery
Lacy’s Company – 6 x 9 pounder guns
Williamson’s Company – 5 x 6 pounder guns and 1 x 5 ½ inch howitzer (9 pounders arrived in November 1813)
Thompson’s Company – 6 x 6 pounder (Portuguese) guns
Arabin’s half-brigade – 3 x 4 pounder guns
Source: Oman, Arteche, Lipscombe
Note: Another siege train of sorts was put together. The exact number and types of ordnance is unknown. It was manned by the men from A. Campbell’s, Garcia’s (Sicilian) and T. Cox’s (Portuguese) companies. In addition a small Rocket Brigade had been established with the force.
Colonel Adam’s force at the Combats of Ordal and Villafranca, 13 and 14 September 1813
Total Strength: 3,700 men (4 battalions and 1 squadron)
Advance Guard Brigade – Colonel Adam
2/27th, Calabrian Free Corps, one company 4 KGL and one company De Roll’s
Sarsfield’s Division (one brigade under Colonel Torres)
Badajoz (1), Tiradores de Cádiz (1), Voluntarios de Aragón (1) and Ultonia (1)
Cavalry – Troop of Brunswick Hussars and a Spanish squadron
Artillery – 4 light guns under Captain Arabin
Source: Oman, Arteche
Note: Oman does not list the battalion from the Ultonia but they were certainly present at the action.