Battle of Corunna order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809.

French II Corps d'Armée

Commander-in-chief: Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Total: between 13,000 and 20,000[a]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division
général de division Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle 		1st Brigade
    GB Reynaud
  • 2e Légère
  • 36e Ligne
2nd Brigade
    GB Jacques Thomas Sarrut
  • 4e Légère
3rd Brigade
    GB Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières
  • 15e Ligne
2nd Division
    GD Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet 		1st Brigade
    GB Gaulois (k)
  • 122e Ligne
2nd Brigade
    GB Henri-Antoine Jardon
  • 31e Légère
  • 47e Ligne
3rd Brigade
    GB Lefebvre (w)
  • 2e Suisse
  • 3e Suisse
3rd Division
    GD Henri François Delaborde 		1st Brigade
    GB Maximilien Sébastien Foy
  • 70e Ligne
  • 86e Ligne
2nd Brigade
    GB Arnaud
  • 17e Légère
  • 4e Suisse
1st Cavalry Division
    GD Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye
  • 17e Dragons
  • 18e Dragons
  • 19e Dragons
  • 27e Dragons
2nd Cavalry Division
    GD Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge


    Brigadiers: GB Fournier, GB Vialannes

3rd Cavalry Division
    GD Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi
  • 1e Hussards
  • 8e Dragons
  • 22e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Hanoverian Chasseurs
Artillery
  • 20 guns

British Army

Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen Sir John Moore.

After Moore was mortally wounded Lt General Sir David Baird took command until he was wounded at which point Lt Gen the Hon John Hope took command

Total: approx. 15,000[b]

Division Brigade Regiments and others
Cavalry Division[c]
Lt Gen Lord Paget 		1st Brigade
(Brigadier General John Slade)
2nd Brigade
(Brig Gen the Hon Charles Stewart)
1st Division
Lt Gen Sir David Baird 		1st Brigade
Maj Gen Henry Wade
  • 1/1st Guards
  • 2/1st Guards
2nd Brigade
Maj Gen Lord William Bentinck
3rd Brigade
Maj Gen Coote Manningham
2nd Division
Lt Gen the Hon John Hope 		1st Brigade
Maj Gen James Leith
2nd Brigade
Maj Gen Rowland Hill
3rd Brigade
Brig Gen James Catlin Craufurd
3rd Division
Lt Gen Alexander Fraser 		1st Brigade
Maj Gen William Carr Beresford
2nd Brigade
Brig Gen Henry Fane
Reserve Division
Maj Gen the Hon Edward Paget 		1st Brigade
Brig Gen Robert Anstruther
2nd Brigade
Brig Gen Moore Disney
  • 1/28th Foot
  • 1/91st Foot
Flank Brigades[d] 1st Flank Brigade
Col Robert Craufurd
2nd Flank Brigade
Brig Gen Charles, Count Alten
  • 1st Light Bn KGL
  • 2nd Light Bn KGL
Artillery

Nine guns

  • Truscott's Battery[e]
  • Wilmot's Battery

Notes

  1. ^ >Glover puts the French strength at 12,000 infantry and 3,300 cavalry [1]
  2. ^ The four infantry divisions had a strength of 22,000 on 19 December, the last date for which returns are available. There were considerable losses on the retreat to Corunna, so the best estimate is around 15,000 on the day of the battle [1]
  3. ^ The cavalry had already embarked, and took no part in the battle [2]
  4. ^ Detached to Vigo at the start of January[3]
  5. ^ The men from several other batteries whose guns had already been embarked remained to help man the nine guns [4]
  1. ^ a b Glover 2001, p. 389.
  2. ^ Glover 2001, p. 83.
  3. ^ Lipscombe 2010, p. 91.
  4. ^ Lipscombe 2010, p. 95.

References

  • Glover, Michael (2001). The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-141-39041-7.
  • Lipscombe, Nick (2010). The Peninsular War Atlas. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84908-364-5.