Battle of Corunna order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809.

French II Corps d'Armée

Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Total: between 13,000 and 20,000^[1]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division GD Merle	1st Brigade GB Reynaud	2e Légère 36e Ligne
	2nd Brigade GB Sarrut	4e Légère
	3rd Brigade GB Thomières	15e Ligne
2nd Division GD Mermet	1st Brigade GB Gaulois (k)	122e Ligne
	2nd Brigade GB Jardon	31e Légère 47e Ligne
	3rd Brigade GB Lefebvre (w)	2e Suisse 3e Suisse
3rd Division GD Delaborde	1st Brigade GB Foy	70e Ligne 86e Ligne
3rd Division GD Delaborde	2nd Brigade GB Arnaud	17e Légère 4e Suisse
1st Cavalry Division GD Lahoussaye		17e Dragons 18e Dragons 19e Dragons 27e Dragons
2nd Cavalry Division GD Lorge Brigadiers: GB Fournier, GB Vialannes		13e Dragons 15e Dragons 22e Dragons 25e Dragons
3rd Cavalry Division GD Franceschi		1e Hussards 8e Dragons 22e Chasseurs à Cheval Hanoverian Chasseurs
Artillery		20 guns

British Army

Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen Sir John Moore (k)

Lt Gen the Hon John Hope

Total: approx. 15,000^[2]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division^[3] Lt Gen Lord Paget	1st Brigade Brig Gen John Slade	7th Light Dragoons 10th Light Dragoons 15th Light Dragoons
Cavalry Division^[3] Lt Gen Lord Paget	2nd Brigade Brig Gen the Hon Charles Stewart	18th Light Dragoons 3rd Light Dragoons KGL
1st Division Lt Gen Sir David Baird (w)	1st Brigade Maj Gen Henry Wade	1/1st Guards 2/1st Guards
	2nd Brigade Maj Gen Lord William Bentinck	1/4th Foot 1/42nd Foot 1/50th Foot
	3rd Brigade Maj Gen Coote Manningham	3/1st Foot 1/26th Foot 2/81st Foot
2nd Division Lt Gen the Hon John Hope	1st Brigade Maj Gen James Leith	51st Foot 2/59th Foot 2/76th Foot
	2nd Brigade Maj Gen Rowland Hill	2nd Foot 1/5th Foot 2/14th Foot 1/32nd Foot
	3rd Brigade Brig Gen Catlin Craufurd	1/36th Foot 1/71st Foot 1/92nd Foot
3rd Division Lt Gen Alexander Fraser	1st Brigade Maj Gen William Carr Beresford	1/6th Foot 1/9th Foot 2/23rd Foot 2/43rd Foot
3rd Division Lt Gen Alexander Fraser	2nd Brigade Brig Gen Henry Fane	1/38th Foot 1/79th Foot 1/82nd Foot
Reserve Division Maj Gen the Hon Edward Paget	1st Brigade Brig Gen Robert Anstruther	20th Foot 1/52nd Foot 1/95th Rifles
Reserve Division Maj Gen the Hon Edward Paget	2nd Brigade Brig Gen Moore Disney	1/28th Foot 1/91st Foot
Flank Brigades^[4]	1st Flank Brigade Col Robert Craufurd	1/43rd Foot 2/52nd Foot 2/95th Rifles
Flank Brigades^[4]	2nd Flank Brigade Brig Gen Charles, Count Alten	1st Light Bn KGL 2nd Light Bn KGL
	Artillery	Nine guns Truscott's Battery^[5] Wilmot's Battery

References

↑ Glover puts the French strength at 12,000 infantry and 3,300 cavalry (p. 389)
↑ The four infantry divisions had a strength of 22,000 on 19 December, the last date for which returns are available. There were considerable losses on the retreat to Corunna, so the best estimate is around 15,000 on the day of the battle (Glover, p/389)
↑ The cavalry had already emarked, and took no part in the battle (Glover, p.83)
↑ Detached to Vigo at the start of January (Lipscombe, p.91)
↑ The men from several other batteries whose guns had already been embarked remained to help man the nine guns (Lipscombe, p. 95)

Notes

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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