A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810

by Charles Oman

X

WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT BUSSACO, SEPT. 27, 1810

INFANTRY
	Officers.	Men.
1st Division, General Spencer:
Stopford’s Brigade:
1st Coldstream Guards	24	790		1,684
1st Scots Fusilier Guards	26	791
1 company 5/60th Foot	2	51
Lord Blantyre’s Brigade:
24th Foot, 2nd batt.	30	338		1,516
42nd Foot, 2nd batt.	23	391
61st Foot, 1st batt.	36	648
1 company 5/60th Foot	3	47
Löwe’s Brigade:
1st Line batt. K.G.L.	28	510		2,061
2nd Line batt. K.G.L.	31	453
5th Line batt. K.G.L.	30	460
7th Line batt. K.G.L.	24	429
Detachment Light Batts. K.G.L.	6	90
Pakenham’s Brigade:
7th Foot, 1st batt.	26	843		1,792
79th Foot, 1st batt.	38	885
Total of 1st Division	327	6,726		7,053
2nd Division, General Hill:
W. Stewart’s Brigade:
3rd Foot, 1st batt.	32	826		2,247
31st Foot, 2nd batt.	27	384
48th Foot, 2nd batt.	27	454
66th Foot, 2nd batt.	30	433
1 company 5/60th Foot	1	33
Inglis’s Brigade:
29th Foot	31	430		1,818
48th Foot, 1st batt.	32	519
57th Foot, 1st batt.	28	727
1 company 5/60th Foot	2	50
Catlin Craufurd’s (Wilson’s) Brigade:
28th Foot, 2nd batt.	32	522		1,672
34th Foot, 2nd batt.	36	617
39th Foot, 2nd batt.	27	394
1 company 5/60th Foot	2	42
Hamilton’s Portuguese Division attached to 2nd Division:
Archibald Campbell’s Brigade:
4th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,164		2,250[652]
10th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,086
Fonseca’s Brigade:
2nd Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,317		2,690[652]
14th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,373
Total of 2nd Division	306	10,371		10,677
3rd Division, General Picton:
Mackinnon’s Brigade:
45th Foot, 1st batt.	35	560		1,808
74th Foot, 1st batt.	38	456
88th Foot, 1st batt.	40	679
Lightburne’s Brigade:
5th Foot, 2nd batt.	31	464		1,160
83rd Foot, 2nd batt.	43	461
90th Foot, 5th batt. (three companies)	16	145
Champlemond’s (vice Harvey’s) Portuguese Brigade:
9th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,234		1,775[652]
21st Line Regiment (one batt.)	–	541
Total of 3rd Division	203	4,540		4,743
4th Division, Major-General Cole:
Alex. Campbell’s Brigade:
7th Foot, 2nd batt.	29	585		2,109
11th Foot, 1st batt.	42	920
53rd Foot, 2nd batt.	25	448
1 company 5/60th Foot	2	58
Kemmis’s Brigade:
27th Foot, 3rd batt.	34	785		2,448
40th Foot, 1st batt.	48	1,007
97th Foot	27	493
1 company 5/60th Foot	4	50
Collins’s Portuguese Brigade:
11th Line (two batts.)	–	1,438		2,843[652]
23rd Line (two batts.)	–	1,405
Total of 4th Division	211	7,189		7,400
5th Division, General Leith:
Barnes’s Brigade:
1st Foot, 3rd batt.	35	733		1,879
9th Foot, 1st batt.	30	585
38th Foot, 2nd batt.	29	467
Spry’s Portuguese Brigade:
3rd Line (two batts.)	–	1,134		2,619[652]
15th Line (two batts.)	–	905
Thomar Militia (attached)	–	580
Lusitanian Legion (three batts.), Baron Eben[653]	–	1,646		2,807[652]
8th Line (two batts.), Colonel Douglas	–	1,161
Total of 5th Division	94	7,211		7,305
Light Division, Brigadier-General Craufurd:
Beckwith’s Brigade:
43rd Foot, 1st batt.	40	804		1,896[652]
95th Foot, 1st batt. (four companies)	12	384
3rd Portuguese Caçadores	–	656
Barclay’s Brigade:
52nd Foot, 1st batt.	29	946		1,891[652]
95th Foot, 1st batt. (four companies)	12	358
1st Portuguese Caçadores	–	546
Total of Light Division	93	3,694		3,787
Independent Brigades of Portuguese Infantry:
1st Brigade, Brig.-Gen. D. Pack:
1st Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,089		2,769
16th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,130
4th batt. Caçadores	–	550
5th Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. Campbell:
6th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,317		3,249
18th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,386
6th batt. Caçadores	–	546
6th Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Coleman:
7th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	815		2,345
19th Line Regiment (two batts.)	–	1,124
2nd batt. Caçadores	–	406
Total of Independent Portuguese Brigades				8,363
CAVALRY
4th Dragoons (two squadrons)	15	195
ARTILLERY
British Horse	18	314
British Field	37	663
K.G.L. Field	19	299
Portuguese	–[654]	880[655]
Total Artillery	74	2,156		2,230
ENGINEERS	24	19		43
WAGGON TRAIN	25	397		422
STAFF CORPS	1	40		41

GENERAL TOTAL
	British.	Portuguese.	Total.
Infantry	24,777	24,549	49,326
Cavalry	210	–	210
Artillery	1,350	880	2,230
Engineers	43	–	43
Waggon Train	422	–	422
Staff Corps	41	–	41
Total present at Bussaco	26,843	25,429	52,272

N.B.—It may be convenient to give here the list of the units of Wellington’s field army which were not present at the battle of Bussaco; these were:—

		Officers.	Men.
British Cavalry:
De Grey’s Brigade:
3rd Dragoon Guards		18	392		620
4th Dragoons (two squadrons)		14	196
(Near Mealhada.)
Slade’s Brigade:
1st Dragoons		20	513		967
14th Light Dragoons		17	417
Anson’s Brigade:
16th Light Dragoons		23	440		902
1st Hussars, K.G.L.		19	420
(Both near Mealhada.)
Fane’s Brigade:
13th Light Dragoons		29	401		430
Portuguese Cavalry (under Fane):
1st Regiment		–	422		1,450
4th Regiment		–	451
7th Regiment		–	223
10th Regiment		–	354
(All beyond the Alva in the direction of Chamusca, &c.)
Lecor’s Portuguese Division:
Bradford’s Brigade:
12th Line Regiment (two batts.)		–	1,277		2,811
13th Line Regiment (two batts.)		–	1,078
5th batt. Caçadores		–	456
Militia Brigade:
Three regiments (Idanha, Castello Branco, Covilhão)		–	?2,000		2,000
					4,811
(At and about Ponte de Murcella, and behind the Alva.)
In garrison at Lisbon, 88th Foot, 2nd batt.		68	1,086
In march for Lisbon, 58th Foot, 2nd batt.
At Raiva, 1 comp. K.G.L.
Sick		–	6,565
‘On command’		–	2,220

Of the remaining Portuguese regiments Nos. 5 and 17 were at Elvas, No. 20 at Cadiz, No. 22 at Abrantes, No. 24 had been taken prisoner at Almeida. These are not part of the field army.

The total of the fractions of the field army not present at Bussaco was 9,180.

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