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WELLINGTON’S ARMY ON THE BEIRA FRONTIER

[FROM THE RETURN OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1811.]

BRITISH CAVALRY (Stapleton Cotton)

Slade’s Brigade 1st Royal Dragoons 406

112th Light Dragoons 372

Alten’s Brigade 11th Light Dragoons 377

1st Hussars K.G.L. 413

Anson’s Brigade 14th Light Dragoons 344

16th Light Dragoons 373

De Grey’s Brigade 3rd Dragoon Guards 369

4th Dragoons 358

Total British Cavalry, 161 officers, 2,851 men = 3,012.

BRITISH INFANTRY

1st Division. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham.

H. Campbell’s Brigade 1st Coldstream Guards 877

1st Scots Fusilier Guards 886

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 48

Stopford’s Brigade 2/24th Foot 300

1/26th Foot 538

2/42nd Foot 368

1/79th Foot 374

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 38

Löwe’s Brigade 1st Line battalion K.G.L 533

2nd ditto 502

5th ditto 462

Total 1st Division = 4,926.

3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton.

Wallace’s (vice
Mackinnon) Brigade 1/45th Foot 444

74th Foot 519

1/88th Foot 935

3 companies 5/60th Foot 243

Colville’s Brigade 2/5th Foot 462

77th Foot 560

2/83rd Foot 401

94th Foot 424

Total 3rd Division, 207 officers, 3,781 men = 3,988.

4th Division. Major-General Lowry Cole.

Kemmis’s Brigade 3/27th Foot 770

1/40th Foot 877

97th Foot 279

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 37

Pakenham’s Brigade 1/7th Fusiliers 552

1/23rd R.W. Fusiliers 554

1/48th Foot 383

1 comp. Brunswick Oels 49

Total 4th Division, 155 officers, 3,346 men = 3,501.

5th Division. Brigadier-General Dunlop (for Leith).

Hay’s Brigade 3/1st Foot 682

1/9th Foot 626

2/38th Foot 263

1 comp. Brunswick Oels 63

Dunlop’s Brigade 1/4th Foot 525

2/30th Foot 388

2/44th Foot 392

1 comp. Brunswick Oels 52

Total 5th Division, 162 officers, 2,829 men = 2,991.

6th Division. Major-General A. Campbell.

Hulse’s Brigade 1/11th Foot 740

2/53rd Foot 417

1/61st Foot 624

1 comp. 5/60th Foot 40

Burne’s Brigade 2nd Foot 543

1/32nd Foot 794

1/36th Foot 460

Total 6th Division, 181 officers, 3,437 men = 3,618.

7th Division. Major-General Sontag.

V. Alten’s Brigade 1st Light Batt. K.G.L. 602

2nd Light Batt. K.G.L. 516

Brunswick Oels (9 comps.) 536

Sontag’s Brigade 51st Foot 309

68th Foot 479

85th Foot (5 comps.) 166

Chasseurs Britanniques 671

Total 7th Division, 161 officers, 3,118 men = 3,279.

Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd.

Barnard’s Brigade 1/43rd Foot 1,005

4 comps. 1/95th 317

1 comp. 2/95th 86

detachment 3/95th 297

2nd Brigade 1/52nd Foot 771

2/52nd Foot 432

4 companies 1/95th 339

Total Light Division, 148 officers, 3,099 men = 3,247.

Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd.

ARTILLERY

British: Bull’s, Ross’s, and Macdonald’s Troops R.H.A., Lawson’s and Bredin’s companies R.A. (including drivers) 464

German: Sympher’s company K.G.L. 77

ENGINEERS 143

WAGGON TRAIN 136

TOTAL BRITISH ARMY

Cavalry 3,012

1st Division 4,920

3rd Division 3,988

4th Division 3,501

5th Division 2,991

6th Division 3,018

7th Division 3,279

Light Division 3,247

Artillery 541

Engineers 143

Waggon Train 136

Total 29,382

PORTUGUESE (officers and men together)

3rd Division: Palmeirim’s Brigade (9th and 21st Line) 1,289

4th Division: Collins’s Brigade (11th and 23rd Line, 7th Caçadores) 2,982

5th Division: Spry’s Brigade (3rd and 15th Line, 8th Caçadores) 2,014

6th Division: Madden’s Brigade (8th and 12th Line) 2,069

7th Division: Coleman’s Brigade (7th and 19th Line, 2nd Caçadores) 1,823

Light Division: 1st and 3rd Caçadores 953

Pack’s Independent Brigade (1st and 16th Line, 4th Caçadores) 2,206

McMahon’s Independent Brigade (13th and 22nd Line, 5th Caçadores) 2,489

Madden’s Cavalry (1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th regiments) 1,014

Artillery, 5 batteries 1,014

Total 17,349

Total Allied Army = 46,731.