Note 489 — SECTION VII: CHAPTER V
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The French army consisted of—
2nd Corps (Marshal Soult):
Maurice Mathieu’s Division (twelve battalions) 7,000
Musnier’s Division (eight battalions) 5,500
Morlot’s Division (six battalions) 4,000
Grandjean’s (late Frère’s) Division (eight battalions) 5,000
Cavalry of Wathier (three regiments) 1,600
Ney’s Corps:
Lagrange’s Division 6,000
Colbert’s Cavalry (three regiments) 2,200
Reserve Cavalry:
Digeon’s Brigade of Dragoons (two regiments) 1,200
Artillery, &c. 1,200
Total 33,700
These figures are mainly taken from Napoleon’s dispatch, No. 14,456, of Nov. 8. They do not include the Irish, Prussian, and Westphalian battalions of Moncey’s corps garrisoning Pampeluna and San Sebastian.