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The French Order-of-Battle at Albuera: 16 May 1811
V Corps
By Stephen Millar
Commander: Soult,
MdE Nicholas-Jean-de-Dieu (Duke of Dalmatia)
1st Infantry Division
9 battalions: 4,194
Girard, GdD Jean-Baptiste
Infantry Brigade
4 battalions: 1,766
Brayer, GdB Michel-Silvestre, Baron
34th
Line Regiment (2 battalions): 953
Remond, Colonel Charles-Francois, Baron
40th
Line Regiment (2 battalions): 813
Millet, Colonel Theodore
Infantry Brigade
5 battalions: 2,428
64th
Line Regiment (3 battalions): 1,529
command vacant 07.02.1811-22.06.1811
(later Aulard, Colonel Pierre, Baron)
88th
Line Regiment (2 battalions): 899
Letourneur, Colonel Francois-Joseph-Alexandre
2nd Infantry Division
10 battalions: 4,224
Gazan, GdD Honore-Theodore-Maxime, Comte
Infantry Brigade
5 battalions: 2,202
Pepin, GdB Joseph, Baron**
21st
Light Regiment (2 battalions): 788
Lagarde, Colonel Henri-Jacques-Martin, Baron
28th
Light Regiment (3 battalions): 1,414
Toussaint, Colonel Jean-Francois, Baron
Infantry Brigade
5 battalions: 2,022
Marasin, GdB Jean-Pierre, Baron
100th
Line Regiment (2 battalions): 732
Gaud, Colonel Dominique-Marie-Marcel
103rd
Line Regiment (3 battalions): 1,290
Rignoux, Colonel Antoine, Baron***
Cavalry Division
44 squadrons
Latour-Maubourg,
GdD Marie-Victor-Nicolas de Fay
Cavalry Brigade
12 squadrons: 826
Briche, GdB Andre-Louis-Elisabeth-Marie
2nd
Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons): 305
Vinot, Colonel Gilbert-Julian, Baron
10th
Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons): 265
Laval, Colonel Francois-Marie de
21st
Chasseur Regiment (4 squadrons): 256
Steenhaudt, Colonel Charles-Francois-Antoine
Cavalry Brigade
12 squadrons: 851
Bouvier des Eclaz, GdB Joseph, Baron
14th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons): 406
Ludot, Colonel Denis-Eloi
26th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons): 249
Montelegier, Colonel Gabriel-Gaspard-Achille-Adolphe, Baron
4th [Spanish] Chasseur Regiment (4 squadrons): 196
Cavalry Brigade
8 squadrons: 567
Digeon, GdB Alexandre-Elisabeth-Michel, Baron
17th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)
Beurmann, Colonel Frederic-Auguste, Baron
27th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)
Lallemand, Francois-Antoine, Baron
Attached units [no brigade commander]
4th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)****
Farine, Colonel Pierre-Joseph
20th
Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons): 266****
Desargus, Colonel Pierre-Jean-Baptiste-Martin
1st [Polish] Vistula Lancer Regiment (4 squadrons):
591
Konopka, Colonel Jan
V Corps Reserve: 1,531
Grenadier Companies: 1,100
27th
Chasseur Regiment (4 squadrons): 431
d’Arenberg, Colonel Prosper-Louis
Notes:
**GdB Pepin was killed at Albuera.
***Colonel Rignoux was promoted to GdB three days after Albuera.
****One source lists these two dragoon regiments in a single ‘composite’
brigade (533).
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November 2004
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