IX

FORCE OF WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

[FROM THE RETURN OF MAY 1]

Brigadier. Regiments. Officers. Sergeants,
drummers,
and rank
and file. Regimental
Total. Brigade
Total of
Effectives.

CAVALRY

Slade 1st Dragoons 24 364 388 766

14th Light Dragoons 25 353 378

Arentschildt 16th Dragoons 30 332 362 776

1st Hussars K.G.L. 30 384 414

Portuguese Brigade,
Barbaçena 4th Line — 104 104 312

10th Line — 208 208

Total Cavalry 109 1,745 1,854 1,854

INFANTRY

1st Division. Lieut.-General Sir Brent Spencer:

Stopford 3rd Guards, 1st batt. 24 935 959 1,943

Coldstream G., 1st batt. 31 909 940

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 42 44

Nightingale 24th Foot, 2nd batt. 22 349 371 1,774

42nd Foot, 2nd batt. 26 419 445

79th Foot, 1st batt. 39 883 922

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 1 35 36

Howard 50th Foot, 1st batt. 45 552 597 1,934

71st Foot, 1st batt. 42 455 497

92nd Foot, 1st batt. 41 723 764

3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 3 73 76

Löwe 1st Line Batt. K.G.L. 27 485 512 1,914

2nd Line Batt. K.G.L. 30 454 484

5th Line Batt. K.G.L. 29 393 422

7th Line Batt. K.G.L. 21 389 410

2 Light Comps. K.G.L. 5 81 86

Total 1st Division 388 7,177 7,565 7,565

3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton:

Mackinnon 45th Foot, 1st batt. 24 484 508 1,863

74th Regiment 24 461 485

88th Foot, 2nd batt. 30 657 687

3 comps. 5/60th Foot 6 177 183

Colville 5th Foot, 2nd batt. 28 476 504 1,967

83rd Foot, 2nd batt. 33 427 460

88th Foot, 2nd batt. 28 439 467

94th Regiment 31 505 536

Power’s
Portuguese Brigade 9th Line, 2 batts. — 910 910 1,650

21st Line, 2 batts. — 740 740

Total 3rd Division 204 5,276 5,480 5,480

5th Division. Major-General Sir W. Erskine:

Hay 1st Foot, 3rd batt. 39 633 672 1,770

9th Foot, 1st batt. 28 599 627

38th Foot, 2nd batt. 21 381 402

1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 66 69

Dunlop 4th Foot, 1st batt. 34 578 612 1,624

30th Foot, 2nd batt. 23 484 507

44th Foot, 3rd batt. 27 410 437

1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 65 69

Spry’s
Portuguese Brigade 3rd Line, 2 batts. — 724 724 1,764

15th Line, 2 batts. — 556 556

8th Caçadores, 1 batt. — 484 484

Total 5th Division 178 4,980 5,158 5,158

6th Division. Major-General Alex. Campbell:

Hulse 11th Foot, 1st batt. 49 788 837 2,041

53rd Foot, 2nd batt. 21 438 459

61st Foot, 1st batt. 31 666 697

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 46 48

Burne 2nd Foot 30 528 558 1,072

36th Foot, 1st batt. 32 482 514

Madden’s
Portuguese Brigade 8th Line, 2 batts. — 915 915 2,137

12th Line, 2 batts. — 1,222 1,222

Total 6th Division 165 5,085 5,250 5,250

7th Division. Major-General Houston:

Sontag 51st Foot, 2nd batt. 39 551 590 2,409

85th Foot 22 365 387

Chasseurs Britanniques 31 808 839

Brunswick Oels, 8 comps. 32 561 593

Doyle’s (late Collins’s)
Portuguese Brigade 7th Line, 2 batts. — 713 713 2,181

19th Line, 2 batts. — 1,026 1,026

2nd Caçadores, 1 batt. — 442 442

Total 7th Division 124 4,466 4,590 4,590

Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd:

Beckwith 43rd Foot, 1st batt. 27 727 754 1,184

95th Foot, 1st batt. (4 comps.) 13 341 354

95th Foot, 2nd batt. (1 comp.) 4 72 76

Drummond 52nd Foot, 1st batt. 32 803 835 1,734

52nd Foot, 2nd batt. 32 510 542

95th Foot, 4th batt. (4 comps.) 14 343 357

Portuguese 1st Caçadores — 450 450 897

3rd Caçadores — 447 447

Total Light Division 122 3,693 3,815 3,815

Ashworth’s
Portuguese Brigade,
unattached 18th Line, 2 batts. — 986 986 2,539

6th Line, 2 batts. — 1,130 1,130

6th Caçadores — 423 423

ARTILLERY

English H. A. (Bull’s and Ross’s troops) 10 157 167 987

English Field (Lawson’s and Thompson’s Companies) 10 260 270

Portuguese (4 batteries) — 550 550

ENGINEERS 10 30 40 40

TRAIN 15 211 226 226

TOTAL

Cavalry 1,854

1st Division 7,565

3rd Division 5,480

5th Division 5,158

6th Division 5,250

7th Division 4,590

Light Division 3,815

Ashworth’s Portuguese 2,539

Artillery 987

Engineers 40

Train 226

Grand Total 37,504

[Total of Infantry, 34,397.]

N.B.—Pack’s Portuguese Brigade and the 2nd regiment from the 6th Division were absent, in charge of the blockade of Almeida.