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ORGANIZATION OF THE PORTUGUESE ARMY IN 1809

The numbers are from the first complete return available, that of Sept. 15 in the Record Office.

INFANTRY OF THE LINE.

N.B.—Each regiment consisted of two battalions of seven companies each, which should have numbered 770 officers and men, the regiment totalling 1,550, with staff.

Strength.
1st Regt. (1st of Lisbon or La Lippe)1,330
2nd Regt. (Lagos or Algarve)1,301
3rd Regt. (1st of Olivenza[758])679
4th Regt. (Freire)1,477
5th Regt. (1st of Elvas)759
6th Regt. (1st of Oporto)1,082
7th Regt. (Setubal)1,312
8th Regt. (Evora)369
9th Regt. (Viana)1,511
10th Regt. (2nd of Lisbon)1,370
11th Regt. (1st of Almeida)1,498
12th Regt. (Chaves)1,491
13th Regt. (Peniche)1,361
14th Regt. (Tavira)1,239
15th Regt. (2nd of Olivenza[758])577
16th Regt. (Viera Telles)696
17th Regt. (2nd of Elvas)1,218
18th Regt. (2nd of Oporto)1,371
19th Regt. (Cascaes)1,519
20th Regt. (Campomayor)1,218
21st Regt. (Valenza)193
22nd Regt. (Serpa)1,479
23rd Regt. (2nd of Almeida)1,521
24th Regt. (Braganza)505
Total27,076

CAZADORES.

N.B.—These were single-battalion corps with a proper effective of 770 men.

The 7th, 8th, and 9th Cazadores were formed later, out of the three battalions of the Lusitanian Legion. The 10th, 11th, and 12th were raised in the year 1811.