ad iers ▁were ▁Charles ▁Joseph ▁Bu get ▁( Bu jet ) ▁and ▁Simon ▁Le f eb vre . ▁Mor lot ' s ▁soldiers ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁cons cript ▁classes ▁of ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁and ▁ 1 8 0 9 ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁called ▁up ▁a ▁year ▁early . ▁The ▁prov is ional ▁reg iments ▁were ▁each ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁four ▁ 5 6 0 - man ▁batt al ions ▁from ▁the ▁regiment al ▁dep ots ▁in ▁southern ▁France . ▁The ▁soldiers ▁were ▁all ▁un tra ined ▁d raf te es ▁and ▁the ▁officers ▁were ▁all ▁half - pay ▁men ▁or ▁brand - new ▁sous ▁lie uten ants . ▁These ▁were ▁the ▁troops ▁who ▁inv aded ▁Spain ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 . ▁ ▁Mor lot ▁missed ▁Mon ce y ' s ▁expedition ▁that ▁ended ▁un success fully ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Val encia . ▁Instead , ▁his ▁division ▁guard ed ▁Madrid . ▁When ▁the ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁dis astr ous ▁Battle ▁of ▁B ail én ▁arrived , ▁Mor lot ' s ▁division ▁was ▁separated . ▁Bu get ' s ▁ 3 , 7 0 0 - man ▁brig ade ▁remained ▁near ▁Mad id ▁while ▁Le f eb vre ' s ▁brig ade ▁had ▁been ▁l ent ▁to ▁Marsh al ▁Jean ▁Bapt iste ▁B ess ier es ' ▁corps . ▁Madrid ▁was ▁quickly ▁abandoned ▁and ▁the ▁French ▁retre ated ▁beyond ▁the ▁E bro ▁River . ▁Before ▁subsequent ▁operations , ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁Division ▁was ▁re organ ized ▁as ▁part ▁of