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Philip V created several additional dragoon regiments to perform the functions of a police corps in the New World. [49] Notable amongst those units were the leather-clad dragones de cuera. In 1803, the dragoon regiments were renamed as "caballería ligera" (light cavalry). By 1815, these units had been disbanded. [50]
Westphalian Chevau-Léger Regiment [note 3] 1st Dragoon Division [note 4] GD Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg: 2,527 1st Dragoon Regiment 2nd Dragoon Regiment: 4th Dragoon Regiment: 9th Dragoon Regiment [note 5] 14th Dragoon Regiment 26th Dragoon Regiment Artillery 32 guns [2] [note 6] Four Foot artillery batteries Two Horse artillery batteries
On 1 June 1809, the brigade included six squadrons belonging to the Italian Horse Chasseur and Dragoon Regiments. [20] On 10 July, a Spanish relieving column was ambushed and destroyed by Pino's division, losing 40 officers and 878 men captured. [21] The Spanish garrison of Gerona defeated a major Imperial attack on 19 September.
The dragoon division was made up of the 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th, 15th, and 25th Dragoon Regiments. Kellerman had no more than 3,000 cavalry and 12 guns immediately available. [ 12 ] This authority omitted the 6th and 11th Dragoons, listed Lorcet as leading only the 3rd Hussars and 15th Chasseurs, and stated that the other four dragoon regiments ...
The main difference to separate regiments using this uniform was the buttons stamped with regimental symbols or numbers. Twelve regiments are recorded as still wearing this uniform in May 1808. The issue of the M1805 uniform restored the official uniform's jacket colour to white and brought back the coloured facing colours.
King's Guard Cavalry Regiment 1st Dragoon Division General of Division Marie-Victor-Nicolas de Fay, Marquis de La Tour-Maubourg: 3,279 83 1st Dragoon Regiment 2nd Dragoon Regiment: 4th Dragoon Regiment: 9th Dragoon Regiment 14th Dragoon Regiment 26th Dragoon Regiment Horse Artillery Battery (6 guns) 2nd Dragoon Division General of Division
The Provisional Cavalry regiments were created by assembling the depot squadrons, all conscripts, from as many as four different regiments. [7] Honoré Charles Reille's division was a mass of second-class units cobbled together from National Guards, provisional battalions, Swiss, and a "French" regiment from recently annexed Tuscany. [8]
The regular contingent was made up of two battalions each of the Naples and Navarra Infantry Regiments, two squadrons of the Reina Cavalry Regiment, and one squadron of the Montesa Cavalry Regiment. The Pontevedra and Segovia were militia units and the Volunteers of Victory was a newly recruited unit. One company of sappers was also present.