Task Force To Calabria
Maida 1806

British and French Orders of Battle

by K F Bailey, UK

British

Commander: Major General John Stuart (at right)
Deputy QM General: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bunbury (5200 men)

Unattached:

    20 troopers from 20th Light Dragoons

General Lowry Cole :

    1st Brigade:
    Grenadier companies of the 20th, 27th, 35th, 58th, 81st & De Watteville's Regt

General Acland (1300 men) :

    2nd Brigade:
    2nd Batt. 78th Foot
    Battalion companies of 81st Foot (8 coys)

Lieutenant Colonel Oswald:

    3rd Brigade:
    Battalion companies 58th Foot (8 coys)
    Battalion Companies De Watteville's
    Swiss Regiment (8 coys)

Lieutenant Colonel Kempt Light Brigade: (700 men):

    Light companies of the 20th, 27th, 35th, 58th, 61st, 81st and De Watteville's
    3 battalion companies of 35th
    Foot (flankers) (200 men)
    2 companies of Corsican Rangers
    1 company of Royal Sicilian Volunteers

Unattached: Lieutenant Colonel Ross:

    Battalion companies of the 20th Foot (8 coys)

Royal Artillery: Major Lemoine:

    10 x 4 pounders
    4 x 6 pounders
    2 x howitzers

French

Commander: General Ebenezer Reynier (6440 men) (at right)

General Compere Brigade

    1st Legere (2 battalions) (1500 men)
    42nd Ligne (2 battalions) (1600 men)

General Digonet Brigade

    23rd Legere (2 battalions) (1500 men)
    1st Polonais (2 battalions) (900 men)

General Peyri Brigade

    lst Swiss Regt. (1 battalion) (630 men)
    9th Chasseurs a Cheval (328 men)
    1 x Horse Battery

N.B. Numbers have been taken from various accounts and in some cases estimated. The French Swiss Regiment were gathered at Palmi 630 men. The Poles, despite fielding 2 battalions, lost some 200 at the first British encounter on the beach plus a further detachment was left to garrison one of the towns thus depleting their force to about 900 men. Compere's brigade was at least 3,100 men 200/300 men were detached as skirmishers facing the Corsicans therefore his advancing column would be about 2,800 men..

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