This is the order of battle for the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811). The Battle of Albuera was an engagement of the Peninsular War, fought between a mixed British, Spanish, and Portuguese corps and elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South). It took place at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 12 miles (20 km) south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain. Marshal Sir William Beresford had been given the task of reconstructing the Portuguese army since February 1809. He temporarily took command of General Rowland Hill's corps while Hill was recovering from illness, and was granted overall command of the Allied army at Albuera by the Spanish generals, Joaquín Blake y Joyes and Francisco Castaños.
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 of the Allied Army: Marshal William C. Beresford
Anglo-Portuguese Forces
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Divisional light troops | 3 companies, 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot (146) | |
| 4th Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
One company each of (165) | |
| Portuguese Brigade
|
| |
| Hamilton's Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Independent Brigades
|
KGL brigade
|
|
| Collins's Brigade
|
| |
| Cavalry
|
Heavy Brigade
|
|
| Portuguese Cavalry Brigade
|
| |
| Unbrigaded
|
| |
| Artillery
|
British batteries
|
|
| KGL Batteries
|
| |
| Portuguese batteries
|
| |
| Total Anglo-Portuguese Forces: 20,650 (17,869 infantry, 2,013 cavalry, 768 artillery, 32 guns) | ||
| Sources: Unless specified, numbers taken from Oman (1911, Appendix XV). | ||
Spanish Forces
Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Forces: Gen Joaquín Blake y Joyes
4th Army
Commander-in-Chief: Gen Joaquín Blake y Joyes
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 4th Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Cavalry
|
4th Army Cavalry Brigade
|
|
| Artillery
|
4th Army
|
1 battery, 8 guns
|
5th Army
Commander-in-Chief: Gen Francisco Castaños
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| Infantry
|
Carlos de España's Brigade
|
|
| Cavalry
|
5th Army Cavalry Brigade
|
|
| Artillery
|
| |
| Total Spanish Forces: 14,531 (12,583 infantry, 1,886 cavalry, 62 artillery, 6 guns) | ||
| Sources: Unless specified, numbers taken from Oman (1911, Appendix XV). | ||
French Armée du Midi (Army of the South)
Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult
V Corps d'Armée
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 2nd Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Independent Brigades
|
Werlé's Brigade
|
|
| Godinot's Brigade
|
| |
| Grenadiers Réunis
|
Grenadier companies of
| |
| Cavalry Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Unbrigaded
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Total French Forces: 24,269 (19,014 infantry, 4,012 cavalry, 1,243 artillery, 48 guns) | ||
| Sources: Unless specified, numbers taken from Oman (1911, Appendix XVI). | ||
Notes
- Gates 1986, p. 147.
- Weller 1962, p. 151.
- Weller 1962, p. 171.
- "The Peninsular War | the English Cemetery at Elvas".
- ^ Lipscombe (2010), pp. 217-219
- ^ Lipscombe (2010), Appendix 4
- The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle
References
- Gates, David (1986), The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War, Pimlico (published 2002), ISBN 0-7126-9730-6;
- Oman, Sir Charles (1911), A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV, December 1810 to December 1811, Greenhill Books (published 2004), ISBN 1-85367-618-7;
- Weller, Jac (1962), Wellington in the Peninsula, Nicholas Vane.
- 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 978-1-84908-364-5.