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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 Dragoons406
112th Light Dragoons372
Alten’s Brigade 11th Light Dragoons377
1st Hussars K.G.L.413
Anson’s Brigade 14th Light Dragoons344
16th Light Dragoons373
De Grey’s Brigade[797] 3rd Dragoon Guards369
4th Dragoons358
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 Guards877
1st Scots Fusilier Guards886
1 comp. 5/60th Foot48
Stopford’s Brigade 2/24th Foot300
1/26th Foot538
2/42nd Foot368
1/79th Foot374
1 comp. 5/60th Foot38
Löwe’s Brigade 1st Line battalion K.G.L533
2nd ditto502
5th ditto462
Total 1st Division = 4,926.
3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton.
Wallace’s (vice
Mackinnon) Brigade		 1/45th Foot444
74th Foot519
1/88th Foot935
3 companies 5/60th Foot243
Colville’s Brigade 2/5th Foot462
77th Foot560
2/83rd Foot401
94th Foot424
Total 3rd Division, 207 officers, 3,781 men = 3,988.
4th Division. Major-General Lowry Cole.
Kemmis’s Brigade 3/27th Foot770
1/40th Foot877
97th Foot279
1 comp. 5/60th Foot37
Pakenham’s Brigade 1/7th Fusiliers552
1/23rd R.W. Fusiliers554
1/48th Foot383
1 comp. Brunswick Oels49
Total 4th Division, 155 officers, 3,346 men = 3,501.
5th Division. Brigadier-General Dunlop (for Leith).
Hay’s Brigade 3/1st Foot682
1/9th Foot626
2/38th Foot263
1 comp. Brunswick Oels63
Dunlop’s Brigade 1/4th Foot525
2/30th Foot388
2/44th Foot392
1 comp. Brunswick Oels52
Total 5th Division, 162 officers, 2,829 men = 2,991.
6th Division. Major-General A. Campbell.
Hulse’s Brigade 1/11th Foot740
2/53rd Foot417
1/61st Foot624
1 comp. 5/60th Foot40
Burne’s Brigade 2nd Foot543
1/32nd Foot794
1/36th Foot460
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 Foot309
68th Foot479
85th Foot (5 comps.)166
Chasseurs Britanniques671
Total 7th Division, 161 officers, 3,118 men = 3,279.
Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd.
Barnard’s Brigade 1/43rd Foot1,005
4 comps. 1/95th317
1 comp. 2/95th86
detachment 3/95th297
2nd Brigade 1/52nd Foot771
2/52nd Foot432
4 companies 1/95th339
Total Light Division, 148 officers, 3,099 men = 3,247.
Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd.
ARTILLERY[798]
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[798]143
WAGGON TRAIN[798]136

TOTAL BRITISH ARMY

Cavalry3,012
1st Division4,920
3rd Division3,988
4th Division3,501
5th Division2,991
6th Division3,018
7th Division3,279
Light Division3,247
Artillery541
Engineers143
Waggon Train136
Total29,382

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 Caçadores953
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 batteries1,014
Total17,349

Total Allied Army = 46,731.