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

Note 488 — SECTION VII: CHAPTER V

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The troops should have numbered—

2nd Division of the Army of Andalusia [Grimarest] (five battalions of regulars, four of militia, and four of new levies) about 6,000

4th Division of the Army of Andalusia [La Peña] (seven battalions of regulars, three of militia, and three of new levies) about 7,500

Mixed brigade of the 1st and 3rd Divisions [Villariezo] (six battalions of regulars and six of militia) about 5,500

5th Division (Murcians and Valencians) [Roca] (eight battalions of regulars, two of militia, and seven of new levies) 6,500

Castilian battalions distributed between the other divisions, or detached on the left [Cartaojal] 8,000

O’Neille’s Division of the Army of Aragon (three battalions of regulars, five battalions of Aragonese, and three of Valencian and Murcian new levies) 9,000

Saint March’s Division of the Army of Aragon (three battalions of regulars, one of militia, and ten of Valencian new levies) 8,000

Cavalry (3,000 Andalusians, 600 Aragonese) 3,600

Artillery 1,800

55,900

Minus the detachment of Cartaojal, about 3,000 3,000

Total 52,900

But we must make large deductions for sickness (which had fallen heavily on the ill-clothed men), for loss in previous actions, desertion, and detachments; e.g. some of Roca’s division were on the Lower Ebro.

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