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 artilleryThe 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 Digby Smith: 9,771 infantry, 1,814 cavalry, 769 artillery and sappers, 5 guns
+Spanish Force of General Venegas - Battle of Uclés 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)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 David Gates: 12,000 infantry, 3,800 cavalry, 500 artillery, 32 guns Digby Smith: 12,000 infantry, 3,500 cavalry, 48 guns
+I Corps of Claude Victor on 1 February 1809 Division Strength Unit 1st DivisionGD François Amable Ruffin 5,429 9th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 24th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 96th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 2nd DivisionGD Pierre Belon Lapisse (7,692) Detached 3rd DivisionGD 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 CavalryGB Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont 1,386 2nd Hussar Regiment 5th Horse Chasseur Regiment (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) 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 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 Artillery 32 gunsThe 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
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