20 April 1813 – Southern Spain – Cuidad Real Campaign

Map of Europe

This map shows the location of the five campaign areas. 

Each square is a military region.  

The current location of each army group is shown.  

The stars show the location of previous phases.  

The colour indicates which side won.  

 

This is the 80^th phase since the campaign started in April 2009.  

It is the 7^th in the sixth revision which started in June 2020 

 

The white star shows the location of Cuidad Real

Map of Spain

This map shows the location of the four army groups in Spain.  

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

The stars show the location of previous campaigns fought in Spain. 

The colour of the star indicates which side won.  

 

The white star shows the location of Cuidad Real

 

There are two allied armies in Spain

British army at Oporto

Spanish army at Seville

Their objective is to drive the French out of Spain

 

General Giron commands the Spanish army

They are concentrated in the Seville region

Their objective is to advance into the Madrid region and engage the French

 

Marshal Suchet commands the Fifth French army

They are concentrated in the Madrid region

Their objective is to march south and defeat the Spanish army

 

This map shows the current location of the four armies.
The colour of stars indicated which army has won the previous campaign phases.    

Map of South Spain

This map shows the location of the French and Spanish army.  

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

The stars show the location of previous campaigns fought in Spain. 

The colour of the star indicates which side won

 

There are three regions in Southern Spain

Lisbon Region (on the left) is held by the Portuguese army

Valencia Region (on the right) is the held by irregular Spanish forces

Seville Region is the disputed area in the middle

 

This map shows the current location of the French and Spanish armies

It also shows the location of previous battles fought in the area.

Cuidad Real is indicated by a white star

Seville Region

This map shows the location of the French and Spanish army. 

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

The stars show the location of previous campaigns fought in Spain. 

The colour of the star indicates which side won

 

This map is used for strategic (planning) movement.

Cuidad Real District

This map shows the campaign area

It covers the area between Cuidad Real and Albacete

The district border is in the middle of the map

 

It shows the location of each French and Spanish corps.

It also shows depots and detached brigades

Each square is a 2x2 foot scenic square.  

Nine squares is a wargames table.  

Nine squares is also a military district.   

 

This map is used for tactical (daily) movement

 

The Spanish objective is to hold the city of Cuidad Real

The French objective is to defeat the Spanish army

 

Campaign Diary

1 February 1813      Austria, Britain, Prussia, Russia and Spain declared war on France

4 February 1813      Spanish army operational n Saville region

28 February 1813    Fifth French army operational in Madrid Region

9 March 1813          Start of Toledo campaign phase

13 March 1013        Spanish win Toledo campaign phase      

 

Fifth French Army

Marshal Suchet

25^th French corps

26^th Polish corps

27^th French corps

28^th Italian corps

29^th French corps

30^th Westphalian corps

31^st Reserve corps

 

Each corps has four infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade and corps artillery.   The reserve corps has six infantry brigades who form the garrison of towns in Albacete district

120,000 infantry, 6000 cavalry, 180 guns

 

Spanish Army

General Giron

1^st Spanish corps

2^nd Spanish corps

3^rd Spanish corps

4^th Spanish corps

5^th Spanish corps

6^th Spanish corps

 

1^st, 2^nd, 4^th and 6^th corps have four infantry and one cavalry brigades, plus corps artillery

3^rd and 6^th corps have three infantry brigades and corps artillery

There are also 12 militia brigades, one in each town

 

80,000 infantry, 48,000 militia, 4000 cavalry, 180 guns

 

Reference

The campaign diary contains comprehensive details of the whole campaign.   The labels on the right are an index to various parts of the campaign.

 

01 - Introduction to the1813 campaign

02 - Five campaign areas

50 - Introduction to the campaign in southern Spain

51 - Fifth French Army order of battle

52 - Spanish Army order of battle

53 - Daily diary for the campaign in southern Spain

54 - Battle reports of all battles fought in southern Spain

55 - Summary of campaign in southern Spain