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===French Army=== [[Joseph Bonaparte|King Joseph]] led the French army in name only. Actual command over the 24,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 1,500 artillerists and 50 cannon{{sfn|Napier|1873|p=249}} was exercised by Marshal [[Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult|Soult]]. Two army corps, three cavalry divisions and the Central Reserve formed core of the army. ;IV Corps [[Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta|Sébastiani]] * Division: [[Jean François Leval|Leval]] ** 2 battalions each of [[Dutch Brigade (Peninsular War)|Dutch brigade]], 2nd Nassau, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt ''Erbprinz'' Regts., 1 bn. Frankfurt. * Division: [[François Werlé|Werlé]] ** 2 bns. each of 4th, 7th and 9th Poles. * Five artillery batteries. * Cavalry: ** 3rd Dutch Hussar, Polish ''Vistula'' Lancer Regts. ;V Corps Marshal [[Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier|Mortier]] * Division: [[Jean-Baptiste Girard (soldier)|Girard]] ** 3 bns. each of 17th Light, 40th, 64th, 88th Line. 4 bns. 34th Line. * Division: [[Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière|Gazan]] ** 3 bns. each of 21st and 28th Light, 100th and 103rd Line. * Five artillery batteries. ;Cavalry and Central Reserve * Division: [[Édouard Jean Baptiste Milhaud|Milhaud]] (1,800) ** 5th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st Dragoon Regiments. * Division: Antoine Paris d'Illins {{KIA}} (1,000) ** 10th and 26th Chasseur, Westphalian Light Horse Regts. * Division: [[Charles Victor Woirgard]] (Beauregard) (1,500) ** 10th Hussar, 21st Chasseur, 13th and 22nd Dragoon Regts. * Royal Guard cavalry: (700) ** King's Spanish Chasseur, 27th Chasseur Regts. * Central Reserve: [[Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles]] (7,000) ** Royal Guard Brigade: 4 Guard battalions, 51st and 55th Line. ** Brigade: [[Louis Emmanuel Rey]]: 12th Light, 43rd Line.{{sfn|Smith|1993|p=335}}
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