15mm Baden troops.

The Baden Army at the Battle of Talavera 27 - 28 July 1809

 By Robert Burnham

Many non-French units served with the various French armies during the Peninsular War. These units came from almost every country in the French Empire and varied in size from a battery to multi-battalion regiments. Most fought in areas that did not bring them into contact with the British-Portuguese forces under the Duke of Wellington, so their service is not well known. The exception was the "German Division," under the command of General Leval and assigned as the 2nd Division of General Sevastiani's IV Corps of the Army of the Center. The troops in the German Division five different countries and was divided into three brigades:

1st Brigade (Oberst von Porbeck from Baden)

• 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment (2 Battalions)
• 4th Baden Infantry Regiment (2 Battalions)
• Baden Foot Artillery Battery (8 6 pound cannons)

2nd Brigade (General Chasse from Holland)

• Holland Infantry Regiment (the 1st Battalion 2nd Infantry and the 2nd Battalion 4th Infantry)
• 3rd Dutch Horse Artillery Battery (6 6 pound cannons)

3rd Brigade (General Grandjean from France)

• Hesse-Darmstadt Gross und Erbprinz Infantry Regiment (2 Battalions)
• Frankfurt Infantry Battalion