V
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 |
| Total | 27,076 |
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.