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[784] | ||
| 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[785] | 910 | 1,650 | ||
| 21st Line, 2 batts. | — | 740[785] | 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[785] | 724 | 1,764 | ||
| 15th Line, 2 batts. | — | 556[785] | 556 | ||||
| 8th Caçadores, 1 batt. | — | 484[785] | 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[785] | 915 | 2,137 | ||
| 12th Line, 2 batts. | — | 1,222[785] | 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[786] | 713 | 2,181 | ||
| 19th Line, 2 batts. | — | 1,026[786] | 1,026 | ||||
| 2nd Caçadores, 1 batt. | — | 442[786] | 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[786] | 450 | 897 | ||
| 3rd Caçadores | — | 447[786] | 447 | ||||
| Total Light Division | 122 | 3,693 | 3,815 | 3,815 | |||
| Ashworth’s Portuguese Brigade, unattached | 18th Line, 2 batts. | — | 986[786] | 986 | 2,539 | ||
| 6th Line, 2 batts. | — | 1,130[786] | 1,130 | ||||
| 6th Caçadores | — | 423[786] | 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[786] | 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.