VII

MORNING STATE OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN PORTUGAL, UNDER SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY, K.B.

HEAD QUARTERS, COIMBRA, MAY 6, 1809.

TABLE LEGEND:

• A = Officers.
• B = Present.
• C = Sick.
• D = On Command.
• E = Total.
• F = Total Efficients Present, Officers and Men.

Sergeants, Drummers,
Rank and File, &c.

A B C D E F

CAVALRY.

1st Brigade [Stapleton Cotton]

14th Light Dragoons 27 628 21 73 749 655

16th Light Dragoons 37 673 20 35 765 710

20th Light Dragoons [two squadrons] 6 237 6 63 312 243

3rd Light Dragoons K.G.L. [one squadron] 3 57 2 77 139 60

1,668

2nd Brigade [Fane]

3rd Dragoon Guards 25 698 10 – 733 723

4th Dragoons 27 716 13 – 756 743

1,466

Total Cavalry 125 3,009 72 248 3,454 3,134

INFANTRY.

Brigade of Guards [H. Campbell]

Coldstream Guards, 1st batt. 33 1,194 75 3 1,305 1,227

3rd Foot Guards, 1st batt. 34 1,228 79 8 1,349 1,262

1 company 5/60th Foot 2 61 4 – 67 63

2,552

1st Brigade [Hill]

3rd Foot, 1st batt. 28 719 104 50 901 747

48th Foot, 2nd batt. 32 721 52 – 805 753

66th Foot, 2nd batt. 34 667 38 10 749 701

1 company 5/60th Foot 2 61 4 – 67 63

2,264

2nd Brigade [Mackenzie]

27th Foot, 3rd batt. 28 726 134 2 890 754

31st Foot, 2nd batt. 27 765 99 6 897 792

45th Foot, 1st batt. 22 671 125 27 845 693

2,239

3rd Brigade [Tilson]

5/60th Foot [5 companies] 14 306 32 2 354 320

87th Foot 2nd batt. 32 669 88 1 790 701

88th Foot 1st batt. 30 608 143 28 809 638

1st Portuguese, 1st batt. – – – – – –

1,659

4th Brigade [Sontag]

97th Foot 22 572 74 20 688 594

2nd batt. of Detachments 35 787 221 16 1,059 822

1 company 5/60th Foot 2 61 6 – 69 63

16th Portuguese, 2nd batt. – – – – – –

1,479

5th Brigade [A. Campbell]

7th Foot, 2nd batt. 26 559 50 3 638 585

53rd Foot, 2nd batt. 23 691 59 3 776 714

1 company 5/60th Foot 4 64 11 1 80 68

10th Portuguese, 1st batt. – – – – – –

1,367

6th Brigade [R. Stewart]

29th Foot 26 596 85 7 714 622

1st batt. of Detachments 27 803 169 24 1,023 830

16th Portuguese, 1st batt. – – – – – –

1,452

7th Brigade [Cameron]

9th Foot, 2nd batt. 27 545 227 22 821 572

83rd Foot, 2nd batt. 39 833 73 23 968 872

1 company 5/60th Foot 2 60 3 1 66 62

10th Portuguese, 2nd batt. – – – – – –

1,506

King’s German Legion Brigade [Murray]

1st Line batt. K.G.L. 34 767 125 9 935 801

2nd Line batt. K.G.L. 32 804 52 9 897 836

5th Line batt. K.G.L. 28 720 101 12 861 748

7th Line batt. K.G.L. 22 688 83 10 803 710

3,095

Unattached Troops (Lisbon)

24th Foot, 2nd batt. 18 750 26 3 797 768

30th Foot, 2nd batt. 15 447 49 197 708 462

Independent Light Co. K.G.L. 3 35 14 4 56 38

1,268

Total Infantry 703 18,178 2,405 501 21,787 18,881

ARTILLERY.

British 31 550 83 499 1,163 581

King’s German Legion 18 331 34 134 517 349

Wagon Train attached 3 61 18 83 165 64

Total Artillery 52 942 135 716 1,845 994

ENGINEERS. 12 27 1 – 40 39

WAGON TRAIN. 2 65 21 17 105 67

General Total 894 22,221 2,634 1,482 27,231 23,115