Hello everyone,
I just updated my blog with a post on the officer shortage of the 72e Ligne in the early months of 1809. The 72e Ligne situation was interesting as their former Colonel Florentin Ficatier was promoted on 22 October 1808, and the new commander of the regiment named Meunier St. Clair never arrived. He was given command of the 31e Legere in Spain instead, and Chef de Batallion Marboeuf commanded the understaffed officer corps.