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| Maria Teresa Menguiano Romero (p54) agrees that Contreras was part of the March 1810 movement towards Andalusia. She says that Contreras commanded the first division of the Army of the Left. This is completely different from the assumptions I made above, consisting of: | Maria Teresa Menguiano Romero (p54) agrees that Contreras was part of the March 1810 movement towards Andalusia. She says that Contreras commanded the first division of the Army of the Left. This is completely different from the assumptions I made above, consisting of: | ||
| - | ^ November 1809 (Nafziger 809KSAA) ^ June 1810 (Nafziger 810FSAP) ^ | + | ^ November 1809 (Nafziger 809KSAA) ^ June 1810 (Nafziger 810FSAP) |
| - | | Granaderos Provinciales | Granaderos Provinciales | | + | | Granaderos Provinciales | Granaderos Provinciales |
| - | | Regimiento de Leon | Leon Infantry Regiment | | + | | Regimiento de Leon | Leon Infantry Regiment |
| - | | 1st Regimiento de Aragon | Aragon Infantry Regiment | | + | | 1st Regimiento de Aragon | Aragon Infantry Regiment |
| - | | 2nd Regimiento de Aragon | | | + | | 2nd Regimiento de Aragon | |
| - | | Voluntarios de la Corona | Voluntarios de la Coruna | | + | | Voluntarios de la Corona | Voluntarios de la Coruna |
| - | | 1st Regimiento de Barcelona | 1st de Barcelona | | + | | 1st Regimiento de Barcelona | 1st de Barcelona |
| - | | Regimiento del general | General Infantry Regiment | | + | | Regimiento del general | General Infantry Regiment |
| - | | 1/ 2/ Regimiento de la Union | Union Infantry Regiment | | + | | 1/ 2/ Regimiento de la Union | Union Infantry Regiment |
| - | | Regimiento de Orense | Orense Infantry Regiment | | + | | Regimiento de Orense | Orense Infantry Regiment |
| - | | Regimiento de Batanzos | Betanzos Infantry Regiment | | + | | Regimiento de Batanzos | Betanzos Infantry Regiment |
| - | | Compania de Guardias Nacionales | | | + | | Compania de Guardias Nacionales | | New Light | |
| - | That's potentially 11 batallions, against 6 that I had in the original order of battle for Contreras when I misread which his division was. I originally had that divided into two brigades of 3 battalions each. If I use the June order of battle that gives nine regiments, which I could assume is a single battalion each, giving two brigades one of 4 battalions and the other of five. | + | That's potentially 11 batallions, against 6 that I had in the original order of battle for Contreras when I misread which his division was. I originally had that divided into two brigades of 3 battalions each. If I use the June order of battle that gives nine regiments, which I could assume is a single battalion each, giving two brigades one of 4 battalions and the other of five. I could also treat the original light infantry regiments as providing the skirmishing capacity for each brigade rather than as separate units in their own right. That would give 2 brigades of 3 and 4 battalions respectively, |
| Oman, Charles __A History of the Peninsular War Volume 3__ (Greenhill Books, London, 1996a) | Oman, Charles __A History of the Peninsular War Volume 3__ (Greenhill Books, London, 1996a) | ||
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