Battle of Uclés (1809) order of battle
The Battle of Uclés (1809) order of battle is shown below. The action was fought on 13 January 1809 during the Peninsular War. An Imperial French corps led by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor severely mauled a Spanish army commanded by Francisco Javier Venegas.
Abbreviations
[edit]- General of Division = GD
- General of Brigade = GB
Orders of battle
[edit]Spanish order of battle
[edit]- General Francisco Venegas
- Charles Oman: 9,203 infantry, 1,814 cavalry, 383 sappers, 100 artillery[1][note 1]
- David Gates: 9,500 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 480 artillery, 4 guns[2]
- Digby Smith: 9,771 infantry, 1,814 cavalry, 769 artillery and sappers, 5 guns[3]
| Detached from | Strength | Unit | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 2,848 | Murcia Infantry Regiment | 652 |
| Cantabria Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | 315 | ||
| Jaen Provincial Militia Regiment | 342 | ||
| Chinchilla Provincial Militia Regiment | 354 | ||
| Catalan Volunteers Regiment | 499 | ||
| Barbastro Cazadores Regiment | 221 | ||
| Campo Mayor Infantry Regiment | 465 | ||
| 1st Division | 2,804 | Africa Infantry Regiment, 1st and 3rd Battalions | 771 |
| Burgos Infantry Regiment, 1st and 3rd Battalions | 519 | ||
| 3rd Seville Volunteers Regiment | 106 | ||
| Cuenca Provincial Militia Regiment | 626 | ||
| Navas de Tolosa Cazadores Regiment | 542 | ||
| Cadiz Tiradores Regiment | 818 | ||
| 2nd Division | 1,917 | Military Orders Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions |
848 |
| 4th Seville Volunteers Regiment | 224 | ||
| Toro Provincial Militia Regiment | 265 | ||
| Bailén Cazadores Regiment | 472 | ||
| Carmona Volunteers Regiment | 456 | ||
| Reserve | 1,634 | Walloon Guard Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | 425 |
| Irlanda Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | 377 | ||
| Andalucia Provincial Grenadier Regiment | 522 | ||
| Cavalry | 1,814 | Castilla Dragoon Regiment | 125 |
| Borbon Dragoon Regiment | 119 | ||
| España Dragoon Regiment | 342 | ||
| Lusitania Dragoon Regiment | 158 | ||
| Pavia Dragoon Regiment | 428 | ||
| Principe Cavalry Regiment | 141 | ||
| Reyna Cavalry Regiment | 276 | ||
| Santiago Cavalry Regiment | 74 | ||
| Tercio de Tejas Cavalry Regiment | 131 | ||
| Artillery and Sappers | 483 | Artillerymen (4 guns)[note 2] | 100 |
| Sappers | 383 |
French order of battle
[edit]- Marshal Claude Perrin Victor
| Division | Strength | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division GD François Amable Ruffin |
5,429 | 9th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) |
| 24th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) | ||
| 96th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) | ||
| 2nd Division GD Pierre Belon Lapisse |
(7,692) | Detached[8] |
| 3rd Division GD Eugène-Casimir Villatte |
6,376 | 27th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) |
| 63rd Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) | ||
| 94th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) | ||
| 95th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) | ||
| Corps Cavalry GB Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont |
1,386 | 2nd Hussar Regiment |
| 5th Horse Chasseur Regiment | ||
| (487) | Westphalian Chevau-Léger Regiment[note 3] | |
| 1st Dragoon Division[note 4] GD Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg |
2,527 | 1st Dragoon Regiment |
| 2nd Dragoon Regiment | ||
| 4th Dragoon Regiment | ||
| 9th Dragoon Regiment[note 5] | ||
| 14th Dragoon Regiment | ||
| 26th Dragoon Regiment | ||
| Artillery | 32 guns [2][note 6] |
Four Foot artillery batteries |
| Two Horse artillery batteries |
Notes
[edit]- Footnotes
- ^ The Military Orders, Irlanda, and Cadiz Tiradores Regiments had several companies detached and hence were not at the full stated strength.
- ^ Venegas had 5 guns, but 1 was broken down and not usable. (Oman, p. 10)
- ^ Gates stated that only 2 French light cavalry units were at Uclés. This suggests that the Westphalian unit served elsewhere. (Gates, p. 117)
- ^ The three dragoon brigades were commanded by GBs André Thomas Perreimond, Ignace Laurent d'Oullenbourg, and Alexandre, vicomte Digeon. It is not known which regiments belonged to each brigade.
- ^ Smith stated that the 20th Dragoon Regiment rather than the 9th was part of this division. (Smith, p. 278) According to Oman, the 20th was transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Division and replaced by the 9th. (Oman, p. 627)
- ^ The I Corps artillery had 48 guns manned by 1,523 gunners. (Oman, p. 624) Smith stated that each of the two infantry divisions at Uclés had two foot batteries and the cavalry had two horse batteries. (Smith, p. 277) Assuming Gates was correct that there were 32 French guns at Uclés, then the other 16 guns belonging to the corps were probably with Lapisse. This is only speculative.
- Citations
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Gates, David (2002). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.
- Oman, Charles (1995) [1903]. A History of the Peninsular War Volume II. Vol. 2. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole. ISBN 1-85367-215-7.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.