Battle of Maida - Orders of Battle

Orders of Battle

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Major General John Stuart (236 officers, 4,960 men)

  • Advance Guard: Colonel James Kempt (47 officers, 919 men)
    • Combined Light Infantry Battalion (25 officers, 510 men)
      • Light companies of 20th, 1/27th, 1/35th, 1/58th, 1/61st, 1/81st, and de Watteville's Swiss
    • "Flankers" of 35th Foot (8 officers, 151 men)
    • Two companies of Royal Corsican Rangers, one company Sicilian Volunteers (14 officers, 258 men)
  • 1st Brigade: Colonel Lowry Cole (48 officers, 1,218 men)
    • Combined Grenadier Battalion (21 officers, 464 men)
      • Grenadier companies of 20th, 1/27th, 1/35th, 1/58th, 1/81st, and de Watteville's Swiss
    • 1st Battalion, 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot (eight companies, 27 officers, 754 men)
  • 2nd Brigade: Colonel Wroth Palmer Acland (69 officers, 1,272 men)
    • 2nd Battalion, 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot ("Ross-shire Buffs") (eight companies, 36 officers, 702 men)
    • 1st Battalion, 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) (eight companies, 33 officers, 570 men)
  • 3rd Brigade: Colonel John Oswald (49 officers, 1,151 men)
    • 1st Battalion, 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot (eight companies, 22 officers, 554 men)
    • de Watteville's Swiss Regiment (four companies, 16 officers, 271 men)
  • Detached from 3rd Brigade
    • Battalion, 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot (eight companies, 27 officers, 597 men)
  • Artillery
    • Royal Horse Artillery: Three 6-pound guns (7 officers, 129 men)

Général de Division Jean Reynier (6,029 men)

  • 1st Brigade: Général de Brigade Louis Fursy Henri Compere
    • Two Battalions, 1st Légère Regiment (1,810 men)
    • Battalion, 42nd Ligne Regiment (1,046 men)
  • 2nd Brigade: Général de Brigade Antoine Digonet
    • Two Battalions, 23rd Légère Regiment (1,266 men)
    • Four Squadrons, 9th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment (328 men)
  • 3rd Brigade: Général de Brigade Louis Gaspard Balthazar Pierre Léon Marie Peyri
    • Two Battalions, 1st Polish-Italian Legion Regiment (937 men)
    • 4th Battalion, 1st Swiss Regiment (630 men)
  • Artillery (Four guns, 112 men)
    • 1st Horse Artillery: 3-pound guns
    • Foot Artillery: 6-pound guns

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