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Organization of the French Engineer Equipment Train as decreed on
25 March 1811
Napoleon authorized a siege engineer train of six field troops and
a depot troop. Each field troop was designed support an infantry corps.
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Officers and Men
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| Officers |
3 |
| Non-Commissioned Officers |
5 |
| Brigadiers |
6 |
| Trumpeters |
2 |
| Artificers |
7 |
| Privates |
121 |
| Total |
144 |
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Horses
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| Draft Horses |
226 |
| Spare Horses |
8 |
| Riding Horses |
16 |
| Total |
250 |
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Carriages
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| Wagons with 4 Horses, for Entrenching Tools |
30 |
| Wagons with 6 Horses, for Entrenching Tools |
4 |
| Wagons with 4 Horses, with Bridge Equipage |
5 |
| Wagons with 6 Horses, with Bridge Equipage |
5 |
| Wagons with 4 Horses, for Miners' Tools |
1 |
| Wagons with 4 Horses, for Petards and Gunpowder |
1 |
| Forge Carts with 6 Horses |
4 |
| Total |
50 |
Tools
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Entrenching Tools
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| Pickaxes |
1,700 |
| Miners' Picks |
170 |
| Shovels |
1,700 |
| Long Handled Shovels |
1,700 |
| Total |
5,270 |
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Cutting Tools
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| Felling Axes |
680 |
| Bill Hooks |
1,020 |
| Total |
1,700 |
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Miscellaneous
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| Artificers' Tools |
1,802 |
| Miners' Tools |
253 |
| Machinery and Stores |
8,318 Kilograms |
Source: Jones, John T. Journal of Sieges Carried on by the
Army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the Years 1811 and
1814 Vol. II London : T. Egerton; 1827. P. 431 - 432
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2001
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