Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro order of battle explained

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	39e Ligne (3 bns) 76e Ligne (3 bns)
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	4th Battalion, 54e Ligne 4th Battalion, 21e Légère 4th Battalion, 28e Légère
	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	4th Battalion, 9e Légère 4th Battalion, 16e Légère 4th Battalion, 27e Légère
	2nd Brigade	4th Battalion, 8e Ligne 4th Battalion, 24e Ligne 4th Battalion, 45e Ligne
	3rd Brigade	4th Battalion, 94e Ligne 4th Battalion, 95e Ligne 4th Battalion, 96e Ligne
	Cavalry Brigade     GB François Fournier     (794 total)	7e Chasseurs à Cheval (2 sqn) 13e Chasseurs à Cheval (2 sqn) 20e Chasseurs à Cheval (2 sqn)
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	3e Dragons 10e Dragons 15e Dragons
	2nd Brigade     GB Philippe Antoine d'Ornano	6e Dragons 11e Dragons 25e Dragons
Army of the North (cavalry)     Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières     (1,665 total)	Imperial Guard Cavalry Brigade     GB Louis Lepic     (881 total)	Chevau-légers Lanciers de la Garde Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Mameluks de la Garde (1 sqn)
	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)	1/Coldstream Guards 1/3rd Guards Coy, 5/60th Rifles
	2nd Brigade     Maj Gen Miles Nightingall     Lt Col Lord Blantyre     (1,774 total)	2/24th Foot 2/42nd Foot 1/79th Foot Coy, 5/60th Rifles
	3rd Brigade     Maj Gen Kenneth Alexander Howard     (1,934 total)	1/50th Foot 1/71st Foot 1/92nd Foot Coy, 5/60th Rifles
	4th Brigade     Maj Gen Sigismund, Baron Löw     (1,914 total)	1st KGL Line 2nd KGL Line 5th KGL Line 7th KGL Line
3rd Division     Maj Gen Thomas Picton     (5,480 total)	1st Brigade     Col Henry MacKinnon     (1,863 total)	1/45th Foot 1/74th Foot 1/88th Foot Coy, 5/60th Rifles
	2nd Brigade     Maj Gen the Hon Charles Colville     (1,967 total)	2/5th Foot 2/83rd Foot 2/88th Foot 94th Foot
	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)	3/1st Foot 1/9th Foot 2/38th Foot Coy, Brunswick Oels
	2nd Brigade     Maj Gen James Dunlop     (1,624 total)	1/4th Foot 2/30th Foot 2/44th Foot Coy, Brunswick Oels
	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)	1/11th Foot 2/53rd Foot 1/61st Foot Coy, 5/60th Rifles
	2nd Brigade     Col Robert Burne     (514 total)	1/36th Foot[3]
	Portuguese Brigade     Brig Gen 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)	51st Foot 85th Foot Chasseurs Britanniques Brunswick Oels Light Infantry (8 Coys)
	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)	1/43rd Foot 1/95th Rifles (4 Coys) 2/95th Rifles (1 Coy) 3rd Caçadores
	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)	1st Dragoons 14th Light Dragoons
	2nd Cavalry Brigade     Lt Col Frederick von Arentschildt     (779 total)	16th Light Dragoons 1st Hussars KGL
	Portuguese Cavalry Brigade     Brig Gen Count Barbacena     (312 total)	4th Portuguese Dragoons 10th Portuguese Dragoons
	Reserve Artillery     Brig Gen Edward Howarth     (987 total)	Ross' Troop, RHA Bull's Troop, RHA Lawson's Company, RA Thompson's Company, RA da Cunha's Portuguese Battery Rozziere's Portuguese Battery de Preto's Portuguese Battery de Sequerra's Portuguese Battery
Army total: 36,813 (33,969 infantry, 1,857 cavalry, 48 guns)

References

• Book: Glover, Michael . glov . Michael Glover (historian) . 2001 . The Peninsular War 1807-1814 . London . Penguin. 0-141-39041-7.
• Book: Lipscombe, Nick . lips . Nick Lipscombe . 2010 . The Peninsular War Atlas . Oxford . Osprey . 978-1-84908-364-5.

Notes and References

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)