Note note 93 — ERRATA IN VOL. II

[93] There is a detailed estimate of Reding’s army given by St. Cyr in his Appendix no. 11. He says that the figures were given him by ‘a Spanish general taken prisoner at Valls,’ which must mean the Marquis of Casteldosrius, the only officer of that rank captured. The names of nearly all the battalions cited in this list are to be verified, either in Reding’s dispatch or in the narrative of Cabanes—all indeed except the regiment of Baza, and the three Miquelet Tercios, 1st and 2nd of Tarragona and Lerida. But it is probable that Casteldosrius gave St. Cyr a morning state of the whole army collected at Santa Coloma on the twenty-fourth, and that these corps (with a total force of 3,000 men) formed part of the force left with Wimpffen at Santa Coloma. I am driven to this conclusion by the statement of Doyle in his letter written from Santa Coloma, on the day before the battle, that Reding was marching “with 500 horse and a little over 10,000 foot,” for Tarragona. Doyle is arguing in favour of fighting, and has no object in understating the numbers. His figures are borne out by all the Spanish narratives. The force must have stood as follows:—

Infantry.

Granadan Division:

Reding’s Swiss (one batt.) 500

Iliberia (or 1st of Granada) 1,860

Santa Fé (two batts.) 2,300

1st of Antequera 1,100

5,760

From the Old Catalan Army:

Guards [150 Spanish, 280 Walloons] 430

Soria 1,000

2nd of Savoia 800

Provincial Grenadiers of Old and New Castile 1,300

Wimpffen’s Swiss (two batts.) 1,140

Palma Militia 350

5,020

Cavalry.

Husares of Granada 450

Husares Españoles 250

700

Artillery.

2 batteries, 8 guns 200

Sappers.

1 Company 100

Total 11,800

[Erratum from p. xii: I have found from a Madrid document that part, though not the whole, of the Regiment of Baza was present at Valls. One battalion was left behind with Wimpffen: one marched with Reding: about 800 men therefore must be added to my estimate of the Spanish infantry.]