This is the order of battle for the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813).
Abbreviations used
Military rank Gen = General Lt Gen = Lieutenant-General Maj Gen = Major-General GD = général de division Brig Gen = Brigadier-General GB = général de brigade Col = Colonel Lt Col = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Capt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Other (w) = wounded (mw) = mortally wounded (k) = killed in action (c) = captured
Allied army Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen (local General) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington
Total Allied Forces: 81,136 (68,222 infantry, 7,715 cavalry, 5,199 artillery and train)
Artillery: Lt Col Alexander Dickson (4,307 gunners and train, approx. 90 gunsFigures for guns are not given in Glover or Lipscombe, but there are 15 batteries listed, which with a standard complement of 6 guns each would give a total of 90 guns.)
Reserve Artillery (Lt Col Julius Hartmann) Webber-Smith's Troop Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) Parker's Company Royal Artillery (RA) Arriaga's Portuguese Battery
Engineers: 892
Right Column Lt Gen Rowland Hill
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others2nd Division Lt Gen William Stewart (10,834 total)1st Brigade Col. the Hon. Henry Cadogan (2,777 total) 1/50th Foot 1/71st Foot 1/92nd Foot coy. 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade Maj Gen John Byng (2,465 total) 1/3rd Foot 1/57th Foot 1st Provisional Bn. (2/31st & 2/66th Foot) coy. 5/60th Rifles3rd Brigade Col. the Hon. Robert O'Callaghan (2,530 total) 1/28th Foot 2/34th Foot 1/39th Foot coy. 5/60th RiflesPortuguese Brigade Brig Gen Charles Ashworth (3,062 total) 6th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 18th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 6th Caçadores Portuguese Division Maj Gen Francisco Silveira, Count of Amarante (5,287 total)1st Brigade Brig Gen Hippolita da Costa (2,49 total) 2nd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 14th Portuguese Line (2 bns)2nd Brigade Brig Gen Archibald Campbell (2,795 total) 4th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 10th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 10th Caçadores Spanish Division Maj Gen Pablo Morillo (4,551 total)Unbrigaded León Unión Legión Bailén Victoria 2nd Jaén Cavalry
(1,847 total)Light Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen Victor Alten (1,005 total) 14th Light Dragoons 1st Hussars KGLHeavy Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen Henry Fane (842 total) 3rd Dragoon Guards 1st Dragoons Artillery Maj. Joseph Carncross Beane's Troop RHA (attached to Cavalry) Maxwell's Company RA (attached to 2nd Division) Tulloh's 2 Portuguese batteries of Cunas and Mitchell (attached to Portuguese Division)Total Right Column: 22,519 (20,672 infantry, 1,847 cavalry)
Right Centre Column
Lt Gen Lowry Cole
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others 4th Division Lt Gen Lowry Cole (7,286 total)1st Brigade Maj Gen William Anson (2,395 total) 3/27th Foot 1/40th Foot 1/48th Foot 2nd Provisional Bn. (2nd & 2/53rd Foot) coy. 5/60th Rifles2nd (Fusilier) Brigade Maj Gen John Byne Skerrett (2,049 total) 1/7th Fusiliers 20th Fusiliers 1/23rd Fusiliers coy. Brunswick Oels JägerPortuguese Brigade Col. George Stubbs (2,842 total) 11th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 23rd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 7th Caçadores Light Division Maj Gen Charles Alten (5,484 total)1st Brigade
(2,597 total) 1/43rd Light Infantry 1/95th Rifles 3/95th Rifles (5 coys.) 3rd Caçadores2nd Brigade Maj Gen Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur (2,887 total) 1/52nd Light Infantry 2/95th Rifles (6 coys.) 17th Portuguese Line 1st Caçadores Cavalry
(4,417 total)Household Cavalry Brigade Lieut-Col. Robert Chambre Hill (870 total) 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse GuardsLight Cavalry Brigade Col. Colquhoun Grant (1,624 total) 10th Hussars 15th Hussars 18th HussarsHeavy Cavalry Brigade Maj-Gen William Ponsonby (1,238 total) 5th Dragoon Guards 3rd Dragoons 4th DragoonsPortuguese Cavalry Brigade Brig-Gen. Benjamin d'Urban (685 total) 1st Portuguese Dragoons 11th Portuguese Dragoons 12th Portuguese Dragoons Artillery Maj Augustus Simon Frazer Ross' Troop RHA (attached to Light Division) Gardiner's Troop RHA (attached to Cavalry) Ramsay's Troop RHAAccording to Lipscombe (2010), Ramsay's Troop was attached to Bock's Cavalry Brigade in the Left Column Sympher's Battery KGL (attached to 4th Division)Total Right Centre Column: 17,817 (13,400 infantry, 4,417 cavalry)
Left Centre Column Lt Gen George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others 3rd Division Lt Gen Thomas Picton (7,455 total)1st Brigade Maj Gen Thomas Brisbane (2,723 total)This includes strength for all the companies of 5/60th Rifles distributed through other brigades (Glover, p. 385) 1/45th Foot 74th Foot 1/88th Foot 3 coys. 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade Maj Gen Charles Colville (2,272 total) 1/5th Regiment of Foot 2/83rd Foot 2/87th Foot 94th FootPortuguese Brigade Maj Gen Manley Power (2,460 total) 9th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 21st Portuguese Line (2 bns) 11th Caçadores 7th Division Lt Gen the Earl of Dalhousie (7,297 total)1st Brigade Maj Gen Edward Barnes (2,322 total) 1/6th Foot 3rd Provisional Bn. (2/24th & 2/58th Foot) 7 coys. Brunswick Oels Jäger2nd Brigade Col. William Grant (2,538 total) 51st Light Infantry 68th Light Infantry 1/82nd Foot Chasseurs BritanniquesPortuguese Brigade Maj Gen Frederico Le Cor (2,437 total) 7th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 19th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 2nd Caçadores Artillery Maj Richard Buckner Cairnes' Company RA (attached to 7th Division) Douglas' Company RA (attached to 3rd Division)Total Left Centre Column: 14,752 infantry
Left Column Lt Gen Thomas Graham
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others 1st Division Maj Gen Kenneth Howard (4,854 total)1st (Guards) Brigade Maj Gen the Hon. Edward Stopford (1,728 total) 1/Coldstream Guards 1/3rd Guards coy. 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade Col. Colin Halkett (3,126 total) 1st Line Bn, KGL 2nd Line Bn, KGL 5th Line Bn, KGL 1st Light Bn, KGL 2nd Light Bn, KGL 5th Division Maj Gen John Oswald (6,725 total)1st Brigade
(2,292 total) 3/1st Foot 1/9th Foot 1/38th Foot coy. Brunswick Oels Jäger2nd Brigade Maj Gen Frederick Philipse Robinson (2,061 total) 1/4th Foot 2/47th Foot 2/59th Foot coy. Brunswick Oels JägerPortuguese Brigade Brig Gen Frederick William Spry (2,372 total) 3rd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 15th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 8th Caçadores Independent Portuguese Brigades (4,689 total)Pack's Brigade Maj Gen Denis Pack (2,297 total) 1st Portuguese Line (2 bns) - Major Thomas Noel Hill 16th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 4th CaçadoresBradford's Brigade Maj Gen Thomas Bradford (2,392 total) 13th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 24th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 5th Caçadores Spanish Division Col. Francisco de Longa (3,130 total)Unbrigaded 1st Iberia 2nd Iberia 3rd Iberia 4th Iberia Guardias Nacionales Húsares de Iberia Salcedo's Guerilla Corps Cavalry (1,451 total)Light Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen George Anson (819 total) 12th Light Dragoons 16th Light DragoonsHeavy Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen George Bock (632 total) 1st Dragoons KGL 2nd Dragoons KGL Artillery Dubordieu's Battery RA (attached to 1st Division) Lawson's Company RA (attached to 5th Division)Total Anglo-Portuguese Forces: 20,849 (19,398 infantry, 1,451 cavalry)
From Glover (2001), The Peninsular War, pp. 382-385 unless otherwise cited.
French Army Commander-in-Chief: King Joseph Bonaparte
Chief of Staff: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
French Army total: 69,212 (51,645 infantry, 11,002 cavalry, 6,565 artillery and train, 151 guns)Sources differ on the number of guns present. 151 is commonly used, but Lipscombe (2010) puts the figure as low as 117. With 18 foot batteries and 3 horse batteries, the full complement would be 162, so 151 is not unreasonable.
Army of the South
GD Honoré Gazan
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division GD Jean François Leval (4,844 total)1st Brigade GB Georges Alexis Mocquery (2,579 total) 9th Légère 24th Ligne2nd Brigade GB Jacques Polycarpe Morgan (2,099 total) 88th Ligne 96th LigneArtillery One battery (166)3rd Division GD Eugène-Casimir Villatte (5,874 total)1st Brigade GB Antoine Rignoux (2,578 total) 27th Légère 63rd Ligne2nd Brigade GB Étienne Nicolas Lefol (3,113 total) 94th Ligne 95th LigneArtillery One battery (183)4th Division GD Nicolas François Conroux (6,589 total)1st Brigade GB Jean-Pierre-Antoine Rey (3,669 total) 32nd Ligne 43rd Ligne2nd Brigade GB Henri César Auguste Schwiter (2,717 total) 55th Ligne 58th LigneArtillery One battery (193)5th Division (detachment) (2,927 total)1st Brigade GB Jean-Pierre Maransin (2,927 total) 12th Légère 45th Ligne6th Division GD Augustin Darricau (5,700 total)1st Brigade GB Louis Paul Baille de Saint-Pol (2,711 total) 21st Légère 100th Ligne2nd Brigade GB Victor Urbain Remond (2,984 total) 28th Légère 103rd LigneArtillery One battery (240)1st Cavalry Division GD Pierre Benoît Soult (1,502 total)1st Brigade GB Gilbert Julian Vinot 2nd Hussars 21st Chasseurs à Cheval2nd Brigade GB 5th Chasseurs à Cheval 10th Chasseurs à ChevalArtillery Horse Artillery battery (169)2nd Cavalry Division GD Jacques Delaistre de Tilly (1,929 total)1st Brigade GB Pierre Ismert 2nd Dragoons 4th Dragoons2nd Brigade GB François Léon Ormancey 14th Dragoons 26th Dragoons3rd Cavalry Division GD Alexandre, vicomte Digeon (1,692 total)1st Brigade GB 16th Dragoons 21st Dragoons2nd Brigade GB 5th Dragoons 12th DragoonsArtillery Horse Artillery battery (177)Auxiliary Troops (1,883 total) Artillery Reserve: Two batteries (370) Artillery Park: (713) Engineers: (630) Gendarmerie: (105) Wagon Train: (65)Total Army of the South: 33,511 (25,377 infantry, 5,123 cavalry, 3,011 auxiliary)
Army of the Centre GD Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division GD Jean Barthélemy Darmagnac (4,472 total)1st Brigade GB David Hendrik Chassé (1,794 total) 28th Ligne 75th Ligne2nd (German) Brigade GB Karl von Neuenstein (2,678 total) 2nd Nassau Infantry 4th Baden Infantry Frankfort Infantry2nd Division On loan from Army of the South GD Louis Victorin Cassagne (5,209 total)1st Brigade Col. Joseph Braun 16th Légère 8th Ligne2nd Brigade GB Jacques Blondeau 51st Ligne 54th Ligne1st Cavalry Division GD Anne-François-Charles Trelliard (1,038 total) 13th Dragoons 18th Dragoons 19th Dragoons 22nd Dragoons 2nd Cavalry Division GD Antoine Sylvain Avy (474 total) 27th Chasseurs à Cheval Nassau Chasseurs à ChevalAuxiliary Troops (830 total) Artillery: Three batteries (501) Engineers: (131) Wagon Train, etc.: (198)Total Army of the Centre: 12,023 (9,681 infantry, 1,512 cavalry, 830 auxiliary)
Army of Portugal GD Honoré Charles Reille
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others4th Division GD Jacques Thomas Sarrut (mw)Fletcher (2005), p. 68. Source noted Sarrut's mortal wounding. (4,802 total)1st Brigade GB Joseph François Fririon 2nd Légère 36th Ligne2nd Brigade GB Jean Baptiste Pierre Menne 4th Légère 65th LigneArtillery One battery6th Division GD Thomas Mignot de Lamartinière (6,711 total)1st Brigade GB (2,567 total) 118th Ligne 119th Ligne2nd Brigade GB (3,968 total) 120th Ligne 122nd LigneArtillery One battery (176)1st Cavalry Division GD Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet (1,801 total)1st Brigade GB Jean Baptiste Théodore Curto (902 total) 13th Chasseurs à Cheval 22nd Chasseurs à Cheval2nd Brigade (unknown commander) (899 total) 3rd Hussars 14th Chasseurs à Cheval 26th Chasseurs à Cheval2nd Cavalry Division