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===Forces=== {{main|Battle of Uclés (1809) order of battle}} On 11 January 1809, Infantado's 21,216-strong army consisted of the 3,929-man Vanguard under [[Major General]] [[José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Alburquerque]], the 4,295-strong Reserve led by [[Lieutenant General]] [[Manuel la Peña]], the 5,121-man 1st Division commanded by Lieutenant General [[Antonio Malet, Marqués de Coupigny]], the 5,288-strong 2nd Division under Major General Conde de Orgaz, approximately 2,800 cavalry, 383 sappers, and 386 artillerists. Venegas' force was a collection of units drawn piecemeal from all five major units of the ''Army of the Center''. The Vanguard contributed 2,848 men, the Reserve 1,634, the 1st Division 2,804, the 2nd Division 1,917, and the cavalry 1,814. There were also 383 sappers and about 100 artillerists.{{sfn|Oman|1995|pp=621–622}} Gaston Bodart stated that the Spanish took 11,300 men into battle.{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=393}} Historian David Gates wrote that there were 11,980 Spanish troops, including 9,500 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 480 gunners with 4 guns.{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=117}} According to [[Charles Oman]] and [[Digby Smith]], the French had 12,000 infantry and 3,500 cavalry.{{sfn|Oman|1995|p=9}}{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=278}} Oman also asserted that the I Corps artillery had 48 field pieces manned by 1,523 gunners.{{sfn|Oman|1995|p=624}} Smith stated that there were four foot artillery batteries, two per infantry division, plus two additional horse artillery batteries at Uclés.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=277}} The three dragoon brigades were commanded by Generals of Brigade Perreimond, Ignace Laurent d'Oullenbourg, and [[Alexandre, vicomte Digeon]].{{sfn|Smith|1998|pp=277–278}} Gates stated that Victor commanded 16,300 men at Uclés. Of these, Ruffin led 5,000 troops, Villatte 7,000, Latour-Maubourg 2,500, General of Brigade [[Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont]] 1,300, and the artillery 500 with 32 guns.{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=117}} Bodart wrote that the French engaged 15,500 men in the battle.{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=393}} General of Division [[Pierre Belon Lapisse]]'s 2nd Division was on detached duty.{{sfn|Oman|1995|pp=1–2}}
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