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

General of Division = GD
General of Brigade = GB

Orders of battle

=Spanish order of battle=

General Francisco Venegas

:*Charles Oman: 9,203 infantry, 1,814 cavalry, 383 sappers, 100 artillery{{sfn|Oman|1995|p=622}}The Military Orders, Irlanda, and Cadiz Tiradores Regiments had several companies detached and hence were not at the full stated strength.

:*David Gates: 9,500 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 480 artillery, 4 guns{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=117}}

:*Digby Smith: 9,771 infantry, 1,814 cavalry, 769 artillery and sappers, 5 guns{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=278}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:70%;" \|+Spanish Force of General Venegas - Battle of Uclés{{sfn\|Oman\|1995\|pp=621–622}}{{sfn\|Smith\|1998\|pp=277–278}} ! Detached from ! Strength ! Unit ! Strength
rowspan=7 \| Vanguard \| rowspan=7 \| 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
rowspan=6 \| 1st Division \| rowspan=6 \| 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
rowspan=5 \| 2nd Division \| rowspan=5 \| 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
rowspan=3 \| Reserve \| rowspan=3 \| 1,634 \| Walloon Guard Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion	425
Irlanda Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion	377
Andalucia Provincial Grenadier Regiment	522
rowspan=9 \| Cavalry \| rowspan=9 \| 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
rowspan=2 \| Artillery and Sappers \| rowspan=2 \| 483 \| Artillerymen (4 guns)Venegas had 5 guns, but 1 was broken down and not usable. (Oman, p. 10)	100
Sappers	383

=French order of battle=

Marshal Claude Perrin Victor

:*Charles Oman: 12,000 infantry, 3,500 cavalry{{sfn|Oman|1995|p=9}}

:*David Gates: 12,000 infantry, 3,800 cavalry, 500 artillery, 32 guns{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=117}}

:*Digby Smith: 12,000 infantry, 3,500 cavalry, 48 guns{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=278}}

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|+I Corps of Claude Victor on 1 February 1809{{sfn|Oman|1995|pp=624–627}}{{sfn|Smith|1998|pp=277–278}}

! Division

! Strength

! Unit

rowspan=3 | 1st Division
GD François Amable Ruffin

| rowspan=3 | 5,429

| 9th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)

24th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)

96th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)

rowspan=1 | 2nd Division
GD Pierre Belon Lapisse

| rowspan=1 | (7,692)

| Detached{{sfn|Oman|1995|pp=1–2}}

rowspan=4 | 3rd Division
GD Eugène-Casimir Villatte

| rowspan=4 | 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)

rowspan=3 | Corps Cavalry
GB Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont

| rowspan=2 | 1,386

| 2nd Hussar Regiment

5th Horse Chasseur Regiment

rowspan=1 | (487)

| Westphalian Chevau-Léger RegimentGates stated that only 2 French light cavalry units were at Uclés. This suggests that the Westphalian unit served elsewhere. (Gates, p. 117)

rowspan=6 | 1st Dragoon DivisionThe 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.
GD Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg

| rowspan=6 | 2,527

| 1st Dragoon Regiment

2nd Dragoon Regiment

4th Dragoon Regiment

9th Dragoon RegimentSmith 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)

14th Dragoon Regiment

26th Dragoon Regiment

rowspan=2 | Artillery

| rowspan=2 | 32 guns
{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=117}}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.

| Four Foot artillery batteries

Two Horse artillery batteries

Notes

;Footnotes

;Citations

References

{{cite book | last=Gates | first=David | year=2002 | title=The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War | location=London | publisher=Pimlico | isbn=0-7126-9730-6}}
{{cite book|last=Oman |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Oman |year=1995 |orig-year=1903 |title=A History of the Peninsular War Volume II |volume=2 |location=Mechanicsburg, Pa. |publisher=Stackpole |isbn=1-85367-215-7 }}
{{cite book | last=Smith | first=Digby | author-link=Digby Smith | year=1998 | title=The Napoleonic Wars Data Book | location=London | publisher=Greenhill | isbn=1-85367-276-9}}

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