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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809

Note 307 — Chapter I

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From Nap. Corresp., 14,092, 14,150, 14,151, and 14,168, we get the composition of this force. They account for the following:

Two batts. of the 113th (Tuscans) 1,300

National Guards of the Pyrénées Orientales 560

1st Provisional Battalion of Perpignan (companies from the dépôts of the 1st, 5th, 24th, 62nd of the Line, and 16th and 22nd Léger) 840

2nd Provisional Battalion, similarly formed from the 23rd, 60th, 79th, 81st of the Line, and the 8th and 18th Léger 840

A mixed battalion of the 16th and 32nd French and 2nd Swiss 1,100

Another from the 7th and 93rd of the Line 840

Another from the 2nd, 56th, and 37th of the Line 840

One battalion of the ‘5th Legion of Reserve’ from Grenoble 500

Battalion of the Valais 800

Two squadrons of Tuscan Dragoons 250

Two escadrons de marche (French) 300

Two batteries of artillery 200

8,370

There were also nine companies of gendarmerie and ‘departmental reserves.’

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