"Of this force the 20th dragoons and 8 battalions should remain in Portugal. The disposeable force would then be "When to this you add 4 battalions of infantry, which may be spared, and the artillery, it will form a corps of above sixty thousand rank and file." Note. The detail of names and strength of the regiments are omitted to save space. Return of sir John Moore's army, Dec. 19, 1808, extracted from the adjutant-general's morning state of that day. Note.-Of 66 guns 42 were attached to the divisions, the remainder in reserve, with the exception of one brigade of 3 lbs. No. XXVI. The following General Return, extracted from especial regimental reports, contains the whole number of non-commissioned officers and men, cavalry and infantry, lost during sir John Moore's campaign: Lost at or previous to the arrival of the Cavalry, 95 bibre, and nearly 500 were stragglers from the troops that Lost between the departure of the army from Lugo and the embarkation at Coruña, Total. 1397 Cavalry, 9 2636 Of the whole number above 800 contrived to escape to Portugal, and being united with the sick left by the regiments in that country, they formed a corps of 1876 men, which being re-embodied under the name of the battalions of detachments, did good service at Oporto and Talavera. The pieces of artillery abandoned during the retreat were six 3-pounders. These guns were landed at Coruña without the general's knowledge; they never went beyond Villa Franca, and, not being horsed, were thrown down the rocks when the troops quitted that town. The guns used in the battle of Coruña were spiked and buried in the sand, but the French discovered them. N. B. Some errors may have crept into the regimental states, in consequence of the difficulty of ascertaining exactly where each man was lost, but the inaccuracies could not affect the total amount above fifty men more or less. No. XXVII. The following states of the Spanish armies are not strictly accurate, because the original reports from whence they have been drawn were generally very loose, and often inconsistent and contradictory. Nevertheless, it is believed that the approximation is sufficiently close for any useful purpose. Numbers of the Spanish armies in October, 1808, according to the reports transmitted to sir John Moore by the military agents. STATE III. Real numbers of the Spanish armies in line of battle, in the months of October, November, and December, 1808. To cover Moore's advance there were on the Ebro, in Biscay, and in the Asturias, according to the Spanish and the military agents reports The real number brought into the field was Exaggeration 173,000 103,150 69,850 Note.-The real amount includes the sick in the field hospitals. No. XXVIII. SECTION I.-STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY CALLED THE FIRST PART OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN, DATED OCT. 1, 1808. Head-quarters, Vittoria. King Joseph, commander-in-chief. General Jourdan, major-general. General Belliard, chief of the staff. Recapitulation, extracted from the imperial states, signed by the prince of Do. marshal Ney 13,756 2417 22,640 3132 6004 Corps of marshal Bessieres marshal Moncey 16,636 Garrison of Pampeluna Garrisons of Vittoria, Bilbao, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Montdragon, Salinas, Bergara, Gen. Lagrange 8479 note 1458 |