I am raising the "German Division" that served in Spain between 1809 and 1813. Try as I might I can not obtain good Order-of-Battle for these troops. Can anyone help? A PARTIAL ANSWER TO QUESTION 105-3 by Mark Peaty The majority of this information comes from Omans History of the Peninsular War, a good place to find such material. I. As of February 1st, 1809: IVth Corps: Sebastiani 2nd Division: General Leval 1st Brigade: von Porbeck (Baden) 2nd Nassau Regiment: 2 battalions 4th Baden Regiment: 2 battalions Baden foot artillery battery: 6 4-pdr (The Baden artillery was reequiped with French 4-pdr at the Spanish frontier.) 2nd Brigade: General Chasse´ (Holland) "Holland" Regiment: 2 battalions 1 company Dutch sappers, miners 1 Dutch horse battery: 6 4-pdr. 3rd Brigade: General Grandjean Hesse-Darmstadt "Gross und Erbprinz": 2 battalions Frankfurt: 1 battalion Guards of Paris: 1 battalion Oman gives a total of 3,127 but does not list any artillery but does not list any artillery or the Guard of Paris. The above O.B. comes from Otto von Pivka work on Nassau and Oldenburg, with additional artillery data from Ray Johnson's Napoleonic Armies Vol.1. II. As of July 15, 1809 IVth Corps: Sebastiani 3rd Division: General Leval 2nd Nassau: 2 battalions 4th Baden: 2 battalions Hesse-Darmstadt: 2 battalions Holland: 2 battalions Frankffurt: 1 battalion Total: 4537 III. As of January 15, 1810 Now 2nd Division under still under Leval. Same units as for July 15, 1809. Division stationed at Segovia. IV. As of July 15, 1811 Now part of the Army of the Center: King Joseph "German Division" 2nd Nassau: 2 battalions 4th Baden: 2 battalions 123rd Line (Dutch Regt.): 2 battalions Frankfurt: 1 battalion Hesse-Darmstadt: 2 battalions (detached on way to Dadajoz: 1000 effective) Total: 4214 Also of note, Trilard's cavalry - Army of the Center Westphalian Chevau-legers ) Nassau Chevau-legers ) Total 663 V. As of October 15,1812 Army of the center: King Joseph Division Darmagnac 28th of the Line: 3 battalions 75th of the line: 3 battalions 2nd Nassau: 2 battalions 4th Baden: 2 battalions Frankfurt: 1 battalion Nassau Chevau-legers ) under Westphalian Chevau-legers ) Trilard VI. As of May 29, 1813 Army of the Center: King Joseph Division Darmagnac Brigade Chasse´ 28th of the Line: 3 battalions 75th of the Line: 3 battalions Total 1794 (35 officers and 1759 men) Brigade Neunstein 2nd Nassau 4th Baden Frankfurt Total 2678 (101 officers and 2577 men) Brigade Avy: 27th Chasseurs Nassau Chasseurs Westphalian Chasseurs (with Suchet) Army of the Center: artillery total: 30 guns. VII. As of July 1813 Army of Spain - Reserve - Marshal Soult Brigade Neunstein: 2nd Nassau: 2 battalions 4th Baden: 2 battalions Frankfurt: 1 battalion Total 2066 The Nassau Chasseurs are with Soult's cavalry Divison of the Army of Spain. As mentioned in EEL 103 by Tom DeVoe, the question is a monumental one and is undoubtly covered somewhere in greater detail that what I can offer. As for the artillery, in Martinien's "Tableaux par Corps". There are entries for Baden artillery, page 788 and 789 which states there were casualties in Spain on January 27, at Arzobispo, July 28, 1809 at Talavera, August 9, 1809 at Toledo. Note from Editor: As mentioned by Mark Peaty, the above partial answer barely covers the tipof the iceberg. Obviously it requires a great deal of research. Any taker? Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 1 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com