Below is the order of battle for the Battle of Barrosa, also known in Spain as the Battle of Chiclana. The battle took place on 5 March 1811 during the Peninsular War between the Allied Army of Sir Thomas Graham and Manuel Lapeña against the French I Corps of the Armée du Sud (Army of the South) of Marshal Perrin.[1]
I Corps (Army of the South) edit
- I Corps, Armée du Sud[1][2][3]
- Commanding Officer; Maréchal d'Empire Claude Victor-Perrin, 1er Duc de Belluno
- 1st Regiment of Dragoons (3 squadrons)
- 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (3 squadrons)
- 4 Foot Artillery Batteries
- 1st Division; Général de Division François Amable Ruffin
- Combined Grenadiers (2 battalions)
- 24th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st and 2nd battalions)
- 96th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st battalion)
- 9th Regiment of Light Infantry (2nd battalion)
- 2nd Division; Général de Division Jean François Leval
- Combined Grenadiers (1 battalion)
- 45th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st battalion)
- 54th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st and 2nd battalions)
- 8th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st and 2nd battalions)
- 3rd Division; Général de Division Eugène-Casimir Villatte, Comte d'Oultremont
- 94th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st and 2nd battalions)
- 95th Regiment of Line Infantry (1st and 2nd battalions)
- 27th Regiment of Light Infantry (1 battalion)
Allied Army edit
- Commanding Officer; Lieutenant General Thomas Graham (British)[1][2]
- British Forces[1][2][4]
- 2nd Hussars (King's German Legion) (2 squadrons)
- Browne's Flank Battalion — Formed from the flank companies (Grenadier and Light Infantry) of the following:
- 1st Battalion, 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
- 1st Battalion, 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
- 2nd Battalion, 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- Barnard's Flank Battalion
- 2nd Battalion, 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (flank companies)
- 20th Portuguese Infantry Regiment (4 coys)
- 3rd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) (4 coys)
- 362 men of the Royal Artillery — commanded by Major Alexander Duncan (unknown units)
- 96 men of the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners and Staff
- Dilke's Brigade; Brigadier General William Thomas Dilke
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
- 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (2 coys)
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 coys)
- 2nd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) (2 coys)
- Wheatley's Brigade; Brigadier General Henry Wheatley
- 1st Battalion, 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot (8 coys)
- 2nd Battalion, 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
- 2nd Battalion, 87th (The Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiment of Foot
- Spanish Forces; Teniente General Manuel Lapeña Rodríguez y Ruiz de Sotillo[1][2]
- 14 guns from the Real Cuerpo de Artillería
- four squadrons of cavalry
- 1st Division; General de División Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe
- Campomayor Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Carmona Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Murcia Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Canaris Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
- 2nd Division; General de División Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, Príncipe de Anglona
- African Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Siguenza Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Cantabrian Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Volunteers of Valencia (1 battalion)
- British Forces[1][2][4]
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d e Smith, pp. 354–355.
- ^ a b c d Grehan, pp. 179–180.
- ^ Nafziger, George (1990). "French Army at the Battle of Barrosa — 5 March 1811" (PDF). usacac.army.mil. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Nafziger, George (1990). "British Army at the Battle of Barrosa — 5 March 1811" (PDF). usacac.army.mil. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
Bibliography edit
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars data book. London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-276-7. OCLC 37616149.
- Grehan, John (2014). The Battle of Barrosa, 1811 : forgotten battle of the Peninsular War. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84884-826-9. OCLC 881567885.