The Battle of Toulouse saw a French army led by MarshalNicolas Soult defend the city of Toulouse against the Marquess of Wellington's British, Portuguese, and Spanish army. The fighting took place on 10 April 1814 and Soult evacuated the city late in the evening of 11 April after suffering defeat. Allied casualties in the bitter fighting exceeded French losses by more than a thousand. Official news of the end of the war did not reach Wellington until the afternoon of 12 April.
Army total: 38,843 (31,793 infantry, 2,700 cavalry, 4,350 artillery)
Referencesedit
^Smith, p 519. Note that Smith does not list the regiments suffering no losses.
^Glover, p 358-359, p 382-387. Units not listed in Smith are inferred from Glover appendices 2 and 5.
^Hope's Corps (1st and 5th Divisions) was besieging Bayonne.
^Oman, p 372-373. Oman writes that Fane exercised command over both his own brigade and Clifton's.
^Lipscombe (2010) has Arentschildt commanding this brigade, and Grüben commandingthe KGL Hussar brigade
^This figure is the total for artillery across the three Anglo-Portuguese corps
^The brigade of Morillo's Spanish 1st Division was also part of Freire's 4th Army, but operated under the command of Hill's corp for the battle (Lipscombe, 2010, p.349)
^The 7th Division had been left in Bordeaux (Glover p. 324)
^Smith, p 500-501 and 518-519. For Toulouse, Smith lists the same unit totals as for Orthez. The following totals subtract the losses at Orthez given by Smith.
^Glover, p 394. To these totals must be added one of Harispe's brigades (Brigade Paris?) which was broken up after Orthez and used to reinforce other units.
Booksedit
Chandler, David. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. New York: Macmillan, 1979. ISBN0-02-523670-9
Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001. ISBN0-14-139041-7
Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN1-85367-276-9
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The Battle of Toulouse saw a French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult defend the city of Toulouse against the Marquess of Wellington s British Portuguese and Spanish army The fighting took place on 10 April 1814 and Soult evacuated the city late in the evening of 11 April after suffering defeat Allied casualties in the bitter fighting exceeded French losses by more than a thousand Official news of the end of the war did not reach Wellington until the afternoon of 12 April Contents 1 Abbreviations used 1 1 Military rank 1 2 Other 2 Anglo Allied Army 2 1 Wellington s Corps 2 2 Freire s Corps part of Spanish 4th Army 2 3 Hill s Corps 2 4 Beresford s Corps 3 French Army of Spain 4 References 5 BooksAbbreviations used editMilitary rank edit Gen General Lt Gen Lieutenant General Maj Gen Major General GD general de division Brig Gen Brigadier General GB general de brigade Col Colonel Lt Col Lieutenant Colonel Maj Major Capt Captain Lt LieutenantOther edit w wounded mw mortally wounded k killed in action c capturedAnglo Allied Army editCommander in Chief Field Marshal the Marquess of Wellington 1 2 3 Cavalry Commander Lt Gen Stapleton CottonQuartermaster General Maj Gen Sir George MurrayAdjutant General Maj Gen the Hon Edward PakenhamMilitary Secretary Capt brevet Lt Col Lord FitzRoy SomersetCommander Royal Artillery brevet Lt Col Alexander DicksonCommander Royal Engineers Lt Col Howard ElphinstoneArmy total 48 765 40 325 infantry 6 490 cavalry 1 950 artillery Wellington s Corps edit Division Brigade Regiments and OthersLight Division Maj Gen Charles Alten 4 275 total 1st Brigade Maj Gen James Kempt 1 43rd Foot 1 95th Rifles 3 95th Rifles 3rd Portuguese Cacadores2nd Brigade Lt Col John Colborne 1 52nd Foot 2 95th Rifles 1st Portuguese Cacadores 17th Portuguese Line 2 bns 3rd Division Lt Gen Thomas Picton 4 566 total 1st Brigade Maj Gen Thomas Brisbane 1 45th Foot 1 74th Foot 1 88th Foot 5 60th Rifles2nd Brigade Col John Keane 1 5th Foot 2 83rd Foot 2 87th Foot 94th Foot3rd Brigade Maj Gen Manley Power 9th Portuguese Line 2 bns 21st Portuguese Line 2 bns 11th Portuguese CacadoresCavalry Division Maj Gen Henry Fane 4 1 707 total Heavy Cavalry Brigade Col Clifton 891 total 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse GuardsLight Cavalry Brigade Col Doherty vice Fane 816 total 13th Light Dragoons 14th Light DragoonsUnattached Cavalry Brigades 2 127 total Heavy Cavalry Brigade Lord Charles Manners 1 426 total 5th Dragoon Guards 3rd Dragoons 4th DragoonsHeavy Cavalry Brigade Brig Gen Bulow 5 701 total 1st KGL Dragoons 2nd KGL DragoonsArtillery 1 950 total 6 Turner s Battery Royal Artillery RA Gardiner s Troop Royal Horse Artillery RHA Corps total 14 625 8 841 infantry 3 834 cavalry 1 950 artillery Freire s Corps part of Spanish 4th Army edit Gen Manuel Freire 7 Division Regiments and OthersSpanish 4th Division Gen Marcilla 3 959 total Corona Rivero Oviedo Cantabro Laredo Tiradores de CantabriaSpanish 5th Division Gen Espeleta 3 576 total 2º Asturias Guadalajara 6º Regimiento de Marina Voluntarios de Asturias SantiagoArtillery Preto s Portuguese Battery Arriaga s Portuguese BatteryCorps total 7 535 infantryHill s Corps edit Lt Gen Sir Rowland Hill Division Brigade Regiments and Others2nd Division Lt Gen the Hon Sir William Stewart 6 940 total 1st Brigade Maj Gen John Byng 1 3rd Foot 1 57th Foot 1st Provisional Bn 2 31st and 2 66th Foot 2nd Brigade Maj Gen Edward Barnes 1 50th Foot 1 71st Foot 1 92nd Foot3rd Brigade Col the Hon Richard O Callaghan 1 28th Foot 2 34th Foot 1 39th FootPortuguese Brigade Lt Col Henry Hardinge 6th Portuguese Line 2 bns 18th Portuguese Line 2 bns 6th Portuguese CacadoresPortuguese Division Maj Gen Carlos Le Cor 3 952 total 1st Brigade Brig Gen Almeida 2nd Portuguese Line 2 bns 14th Portuguese Line 2 bns 2nd Brigade Maj Gen John Buchan 4th Portuguese Line 2 bns 10th Portuguese Line 2 bns 10th Portuguese CacadoresSpanish 1st Division Gen Pablo Morillo 2 001 total Leon Victoria DoyleArtillery Maxwell s Battery RA Beane s Troop RHA Da Silva s Portuguese Battery Michael s Portuguese BatteryCorps total 12 893 infantryBeresford s Corps edit Marshal William Beresford Division 8 Brigade Regiments and Others4th Division Lt Gen Galbraith Lowry Cole 5 363 total 1st Brigade Maj Gen William Anson 3 27th Foot 1 40th Foot 1 48th Foot2nd Brigade Maj Gen Robert Ross 1 7th Foot 1 20th Foot 1 23rd FootPortuguese Brigade Brig Gen Jose Vasconcellos 11th Portuguese Line 23rd Portuguese Line 7th Portuguese Cacadores6th Division Lt Gen Sir Henry Clinton 5 693 total 1st Brigade Maj Gen Denis Pack 1 42nd Foot 1 79th Foot 1 91st Foot2nd Brigade Maj Gen John Lambert 1 11th Foot 1 36th Foot 1 61st FootPortuguese Brigade Col James Douglas 8th Portuguese Line 12th Portuguese Line 9th Portuguese CacadoresCavalry 2 656 total 1st Hussar Brigade Maj Gen Edward Somerset 1 717 total 7th Hussars 10th Hussars 15th Hussars2nd Hussar Brigade Col Friedrich Arentschildt vice Hussey Vivian 9 1st Hussars KGL 18th HussarsArtillery Daniel s Battery RA Brandreth s Battery RACorps total 13 712 11 056 infantry 2 656 cavalry French Army of Spain editCommander in Chief Marshal Soult 10 11 Army total 38 843 31 793 infantry 2 700 cavalry 4 350 artillery Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division GD Augustin Darricau 3 490 total 1st Brigade GB Joseph Francois Fririon 6th Legere 1 bn 76th Ligne 1 bn 69th Ligne 2 bns 2nd Brigade GB Pierre Andre Hercule Berlier 36th Ligne 2 bns 39th Ligne 1 bn 65th Ligne 2 bns 2nd Division GD Jean Barthelemy Darmagnac 4 456 total 1st Brigade GB Louis Jean Baptiste Leseur 31st Legere 2 bns 51st Ligne 1 bn 75th Ligne 2 bns 2nd Brigade GB Jean Baptiste Pierre Menne 118th Ligne 3 bns 120th Ligne 3 bns 4th Division GD Eloi Charlemagne Taupin k 4 864 total 1st Brigade GB Jean Pierre Antoine Rey 12th Legere 2 bns 32nd Ligne 2 bns 43rd Ligne 2 bns 2nd Brigade GB Joseph Gasquet 47th Ligne 2 bns 55th Ligne 1 bn 58th Ligne 1 bn 5th Division GD Jean Pierre Maransin 3 196 total 1st Brigade GB Marie Etienne de Barbot 4th Legere 1 bn 40th Ligne 2 bns 50th Ligne 1 bn 2nd Brigade GB Claude Pierre Rouget 27th Ligne 1 bn 34th Ligne 1 bn 59th Ligne 1 bn 6th Division GD Eugene Casimir Villatte 4 270 total 1st Brigade GB Louis Paul Baille de Saint Pol 21st Legere 1 bn 86th Ligne 1 bn 96th Ligne 1 bn 100th Ligne 1 bn 2nd Brigade GB Etienne Francois Lamorendiere 28th Legere 1 bn 103rd Ligne 1 bn 119th Ligne 2 bns 8th Division GD Jean Isidore Harispe 4 250 total 1st Brigade GB Guillaume Dauture 9th Legere 2 bns 25th Legere 2 bns 34th Legere 2 bns 2nd Brigade GB Jean Baptiste Charles Baurot 10th Legere 2 bns 45th Ligne 1 bn 81st Ligne 1 bn 115th Ligne 1 bn 116th Ligne 1 bn 117th Ligne 1 bn Reserve Division GD Jean Pierre Travot 7 267 total 1st Brigade GB Bernard Pourailly 4 bns conscripts2nd Brigade GB Armand Wouillemont de Vivier 4 bns conscriptsCavalry Division GD Pierre Benoit Soult 2 700 total 1st Brigade GB Jean Baptiste Berton 2nd Hussars 13th Chasseurs a Cheval 21st Chasseurs a Cheval2nd Brigade GB Charles Guillaume Vial d Alais 5th Chasseurs a Cheval 10th Chasseurs a Cheval 15th Chasseurs a Cheval 22nd Chasseurs a ChevalAuxiliaries 4 350 total Artillery Engineers OtherArmy total 38 843 31 793 infantry 2 700 cavalry 4 350 artillery References edit Smith p 519 Note that Smith does not list the regiments suffering no losses Glover p 358 359 p 382 387 Units not listed in Smith are inferred from Glover appendices 2 and 5 Hope s Corps 1st and 5th Divisions was besieging Bayonne Oman p 372 373 Oman writes that Fane exercised command over both his own brigade and Clifton s Lipscombe 2010 has Arentschildt commanding this brigade and Gruben commandingthe KGL Hussar brigade This figure is the total for artillery across the three Anglo Portuguese corps The brigade of Morillo s Spanish 1st Division was also part of Freire s 4th Army but operated under the command of Hill s corp for the battle Lipscombe 2010 p 349 The 7th Division had been left in Bordeaux Glover p 324 Oman p 372 Vivian was wounded on 8 April Smith p 500 501 and 518 519 For Toulouse Smith lists the same unit totals as for Orthez The following totals subtract the losses at Orthez given by Smith Glover p 394 To these totals must be added one of Harispe s brigades Brigade Paris which was broken up after Orthez and used to reinforce other units Books editChandler David Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars New York Macmillan 1979 ISBN 0 02 523670 9 Glover Michael The Peninsular War 1807 1814 London Penguin 2001 ISBN 0 14 139041 7 Smith Digby The Napoleonic Wars Data Book London Greenhill 1998 ISBN 1 85367 276 9 Oman Charles Wellington s Army 1809 1814 London Greenhill 1913 1993 ISBN 0 947898 41 7 Lipscombe Nick 2010 The Peninsular War Atlas Oxford Osprey ISBN 1 84908 364 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toulouse 1814 order of battle amp oldid 1182490446, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
