The brigading of the Portuguese regular infantry was practically permanent, very few changes having been made after 1810, when the greater part of the regiments were attached in pairs to the British divisions. The arrangement was as follows, 1811-14:—
- 1st Brigade 1st (Lisbon) and 16th (Viera Telles) [attached to 1st Division].
- 2nd Brigade 2nd (Lagos) and 14th (Tavira).
- 3rd Brigade 3rd (1st of Olivenza) and 15th (2nd of Olivenza) [attached to 5th Division].
- 4th Brigade 4th (Freire) and 10th (2nd of Lisbon) [attached to 2nd Division].
- 5th Brigade 5th (1st of Elvas) and 17th (2nd of Elvas).
- 6th Brigade 6th (Oporto) and 18th (2nd of Oporto).
- 7th Brigade 7th (Setubal) and 19th (Cascaes) [attached to 7th Division].
- 8th Brigade 8th (Evora) and 12th (Chaves) [attached to 6th Division].
- 9th Brigade 9th (Viana) and 21st (Valenza) [attached to 3rd Division].
- 10th Brigade 11th (1st of Almeida) and 23rd (2nd of Almeida) [attached to 4th Division].
- 11th Brigade 13th (Peniche) and 24th (Braganza).
- The 20th (Campomayor) and 22nd (Serpa) were never brigaded.
- The 1st and 3rd Cazadores were attached to the Light Division.
- The 2nd was attached to the 7th Portuguese Brigade, in the 7th Division.
- The 4th was attached to the 1st Portuguese Brigade, in the 1st Division.
- The 6th was attached to the 6th Portuguese Brigade.
CAVALRY.
N.B.—Each regiment should have had 594 men, in four strong squadrons.
| Strength. | |
| 1st (Alcantara Dragoons) | 559 |
| 2nd (Moura) | 400 |
| 3rd (Olivenza) | 394 |
| 4th (Duke of Mecklenburg, Lisbon) | 559 |
| 5th (Evora) | 581 |
| 6th (Braganza) | 578 |
| 7th (Lisbon) | 564 |
| 8th (Elvas) | 287 |
| 9th (Chaves) | 572 |
| 10th (Santarem) | 475 |
| 11th (Almeida) | 482 |
| 12th (Miranda) | 589 |
| Total | 6,040 |
ARTILLERY.
Four regiments with head quarters respectively at (1) Lisbon, (2) Faro in Algarve, (3) Estremoz in Alemtejo, (4) Oporto. The total strength was 4,472 officers and men.
There were also a few garrison companies, largely composed of invalids, which were mainly stationed in the forts round Lisbon. Their force is not given in Beresford’s General State of the Regular Army.
THE LUSITANIAN LEGION.
This abnormal force, under Sir Robert Wilson, comprehended in 1809-10 three battalions of infantry, with an establishment of ten companies and 1,000 men each, one regiment of cavalry of three squadrons, which never seems to have been complete, and one battery of field artillery. Its total force was about 3,500 men. In 1811 the three battalions were taken into the regular army as the 7th, 8th, and 9th Cazadores.