Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, which took place on 3–6 May 1811.

French Army of Portugal

Commander-in-Chief: Marshal André Masséna

Army total: 48,198 (42,206 infantry, 4,662 cavalry, 46 guns)

II Corps

GD Jean Reynier

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division


    GD Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle
    (4,891 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Jacques Thomas Sarrut
  • 2e Légère (3 bns)
  • 36e Légère (3 bns)
Unbrigaded
  • 4e Légère (3 bns)
2nd Division


    GD Étienne Heudelet de Bierre
    (5,491 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Roche Godard
  • 17e Légère (3 bns)
  • 70e Ligne (3 bns)
2nd Brigade


    GB Jean Arnaud
  • 31e Légère (3 bns)
  • 47e Ligne (3 bns)
Cavalry Brigade


    GB Pierre Benoît Soult
    (682 total)
  • 1e Hussards
  • 22e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 8e Dragons
Corps total: 11,064 (10,382 infantry, 682 cavalry)

VI Corps

GD Louis Henri Loison

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division


    GD Jean Gabriel Marchand
    (5,872 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Antoine de Maucune
  • 6e Légère (3 bns)
  • 69e Ligne (3 bns)
2nd Brigade


    GB Cheminau
2nd Division


    GD Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet
    (6,702 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Ménard
  • 25e Légère (3 bns)
  • 27e Ligne (3 bns)
2nd Brigade


    GB Eloi Charlemagne Taupin
  • 50e Ligne (3 bns)
  • 59e Ligne (3 bns)
3rd Division


    GD Claude François Ferey
    (4,232 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Simon
  • 26e Ligne (3 bns)
  • Légion du Midi (1 bn)
  • Légion Hannoverienne (1 bn)
2nd Brigade


    GB Labassée
  • 66e Ligne (3 bns)
  • 82e Ligne (2 bns)
Cavalry Brigade


    GB Pierre Louis François Lamotte
    (334 total)
  • 3e Hussards
  • 15e Chasseurs à Cheval
Corps total: 17,140 (16,806 infantry, 334 cavalry)

VIII Corps

GD Jean-Andoche Junot[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
2nd Division


    GD Jean-Baptiste Solignac
    (4,714 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Pierre Guillaume Gratien
  • 15e Ligne (3 bns)
  • 86e Ligne (3 bns)
2nd Brigade


    GB Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières
  • 65e Ligne (3 bns)
  • Régiment Irlandais (1 bn)
Corps total: 4,714 infantry

IX Corps

GD Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division


    GD Michel Marie Claparède
    (4,716 total)

 1st Brigade
2nd Brigade
  • 4th Battalion, 40e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 63e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 88e Ligne
3rd Brigade
  • 4th Battalion, 64e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 100e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 103e Ligne
2nd Division


    GD Nicolas François Conroux
    (5,588 total)

 1st Brigade
2nd Brigade
  • 4th Battalion, 8e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 24e Ligne
  • 4th Battalion, 45e Ligne
3rd Brigade
Cavalry Brigade


    GB François Fournier
    (794 total)
  • 7e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 13e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 20e Chasseurs à Cheval
Corps total: 11,098 (10,304 infantry, 794 cavalry)

Reserves
Division Brigade Regiments and Others
Reserve Cavalry Division


    GD Louis-Pierre Montbrun[2]
    (1,187 total)

 1st Brigade


    GB Cavrois
2nd Brigade


    GB Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
Army of the North (cavalry)


    Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières
    (1,665 total)

 Imperial Guard Cavalry Brigade


    GB Louis Lepic
    (881 total)
Light Cavalry Brigade


    GB Pierre Watier
    (784 total)
  • 11e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 12e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 24e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • 5e Hussards
  • 1 Horse Battery
Reserve Artillery


    GB Jean Baptiste Eblé
    (430 total)
  • 4 Foot Batteries
  • 1 Horse Battery
Corps total: 4,182 (2,852 cavalry, 46 guns)

Anglo-Portuguese Army

Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen Viscount Wellington

Column Commander: Lt Gen Brent Spencer, commanding 1st & 3rd Divisions

Army total: 36,813 (33,969 infantry, 1,857 cavalry, 48 guns)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division


    Lt Gen Brent Spencer
    Maj Gen Miles Nightingall
    (7,565 total)

 1st Brigade


    Col the Hon Edward Stopford
    (1,943 total)
2nd Brigade


    Maj Gen Miles Nightingall
    Lt Col Lord Blantyre
    (1,774 total)
3rd Brigade


    Maj Gen Kenneth Alexander Howard
    (1,934 total)
4th Brigade


    Maj Gen Sigismund, Baron Löw
    (1,914 total)
3rd Division


    Maj Gen Thomas Picton
    (5,480 total)

 1st Brigade


    Col Henry MacKinnon
    (1,863 total)
2nd Brigade


    Maj Gen the Hon Charles Colville
    (1,967 total)
Portuguese Brigade


    Col Manley Power
    (1,650 total)
  • 9th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 21st Portuguese Line (2 bns)
5th Division


    Maj Gen Sir William Erskine, Bart
    (5,128 total)

 1st Brigade


    Col Andrew Hay
    (1,740 total)
2nd Brigade


    Maj Gen James Dunlop
    (1,624 total)
Portuguese Brigade


    Brig Gen William Frederick Spry
    (1,764 total)
  • 3rd Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 15th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
6th Division


    Maj Gen Alexander Campbell
    (4,692 total)

 1st Brigade


    Col Richard Hulse
    (2,041 total)
2nd Brigade


    Col Robert Burne
    (514 total)
Portuguese Brigade


    Brig Gen Frederick, Baron Eben
    (2,137 total)
  • 8th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 12th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
7th Division


    Maj Gen William Houston
    (4,750 total)

 1st Brigade


    Maj Gen John Sontag
    (2,409 total)
Portuguese Brigade


    Brig Gen John Milley Doyle
    (2,181 total)
  • 7th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 19th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 2nd Caçadores
Light Division


    Brig Gen Robert Craufurd
    (3,815 total)

 1st Brigade


    Lt Col Thomas Sydney Beckwith
    (1,631 total)
2nd Brigade


    Col George Drummond
    (2,184 total)
  • 1/52nd Foot
  • 2/52nd Foot
  • 1/95th Rifles (4 Coys)
  • 1st Caçadores
Ashworth's Portuguese Brigade


    Col Charles Ashworth
    (2,539 total)
  • 6th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 18th Portuguese Line (2 bns)
  • 6th Caçadores
Cavalry


    Maj Gen Stapleton Cotton
    (1,857 total)

 1st Cavalry Brigade


    Maj Gen John Slade
    (766 total)
2nd Cavalry Brigade


    Lt Col Frederick von Arentschildt
    (779 total)
Portuguese Cavalry Brigade


    Brig Gen Count Barbacena
    (312 total)
  • 4th Portuguese Dragoons
  • 10th Portuguese Dragoons
Reserve Artillery


    Brig Gen Edward Howarth
    (987 total)
Army total: 36,813 (33,969 infantry, 1,857 cavalry, 48 guns)

Notes
  1. Clausel's 1st Division and Saint-Croix's cavalry were maintaining the French lines of communication (Lipscombe, p.207)
  2. Montbrun was in command of all the reserve cavalry, although GB Lepic insisted on referring all Montbrun's orders to Bessières for confirmation (Glover, p.153)
  3. 2nd Foot detached at the blockade of Almeida (Glover, p378)

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 1-84908-364-9.
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