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In September 1812, Russia had about 904, 000 enlisted men in its land forces, and between 1799 and 1815 a total of 2. 1 million men served in the Russian army, with perhaps 400, 000 serving from 1792 to 1799.
Apart from the UK, Austria proved the most persistent enemy of France, more than a million Austrians served in total.
Spain's armies also peaked at around 300, 000 men, not including a considerable force of guerrillas.
Otherwise only the Maratha Confederation, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and the Duchy of Warsaw ever had more than 100, 000 men under arms.
However, one should bear in mind that the above numbers of soldiers come from military records and in practice the actual numbers of fighting men would fall below this level due to desertion, fraud by officers claiming non-existent soldiers ' pay, death and, in some countries, deliberate exaggeration to ensure that forces met enlistment-targets.
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