These numbers are probably a little overstated; on Feb. 1 the whole Vanguard, including the battalions left behind, had only 2,687 effectives, and the whole 2nd Division, including the four battalions left in Estremadura, only 5,108. It is probable that the wastage of the Spanish troops when inside the Lines was not large, and that on Nov. 1 the whole of La Romana’s sixteen battalions did not make 7,000 men.
TOTAL OF REGULAR TROOPS IN THE LINES
| British | 34,059 |
| Portuguese | 24,539 |
| Spanish | 8,000 |
| Total | 66,598 |
Add Portuguese Militia and embodied Ordenança, 11,092 strong, and the total of organized troops in the Lines makes 77,690.
XV
THE BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE ARTILLERY
IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1810
To match the list of the Artillery units in Wellington’s army which the late Colonel F. A. Whinyates was so good as to compile for me for the year 1809, and which forms Appendix XI of my second volume, I have compiled, with the invaluable aid of Major John H. Leslie, R.A., who is responsible for all the British section, the following appendix to cover the year 1810.
Royal Horse Artillery.
Two troops served in the Bussaco campaign, viz.:—