By Neil Carey, UK
Allied(From East to West) Skirmish Screen
3 detached light companies: c. 160 12th Cacadores: 600 est First ColumnWallace's Brigade
74th Foot: 443* 1/88th Foot: 642* From Power's Brigade
Second ColumnCampbell's Brigade
2/5th Foot: 308 2/83rd Foot: 319 94th Foot: 347 From Power's Brigade
battery of 8th Btn Royal Foor Art. (Capt. Douglas)
Third ColumnAlten's Light Cavalry BrigadeUnder Col. Arentschildt
14th Light Dragoons (2 sqdns): 175
Fourth ColumnD'Urban's Brigade
Total Strength: 5847 infantry, 1228 cavalry, 6 guns * Less the detached light companies FrenchCurto's Light Cav Division1st Brigade
22nd Chasseurs, 2 escadrons: 253 26th Chasseurs, 2 escadrons: 294 28th Chasseurs, 1 escadron: 94 2nd Brigade
14th Chasseurs, 4 escadron: 322 Escadron de marche: 152 Pico de Miranda:
Divisional Artillery: 6 x 4-pounder guns*** Monte de Azan:
62nd Ligne, 2 bttns: 1723 *** It might be thought strange for a divisional battery to use such small caliber guns, but he allies captured mainly 4-lbers at Salamanca. The French in Spain used the "unreformed" Gribeauval range of 4-, 8-, and 12-lbers, the former prized for their mobility and not only by horse artillery. Marmont's Army was anyway particularly short of healthy teams to pull heavier ordnance. Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #24 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by First Empire. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |