[488] The third division (Picton) only, behind Torres Vedras. Behind the Alhandra-Arruda section were the 2nd (Hill), Hamilton’s Portuguese, and the Light Division; in the central part the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th Divisions and three unattached Portuguese brigades (Pack, Coleman, and Al. Campbell).
[489] About 5,800 rank and file, with 250 officers and 350 sergeants and drummers, by mid-winter return.
[490] For all these changes see Atkinson’s admirable ‘Composition of the British Army in the Peninsula,’ printed in the English Historical Review.
[491] The 12th and 13th line regiments and the 5th Caçadores, not much over 2,500 bayonets in all.
[492] Idanha, Castello Branco, Covilhão.
[493] Thomar, Leiria, Santarem; the fourth battalion (Tondella) was in garrison at Peniche, as was also a considerable body of dépôt troops from the line, half-trained recruits, &c.
[494] 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Lisbon, and Torres Vedras.
[495] Feira and Vizeu, properly belonging to Trant’s corps, but somehow separated from it.
[496] Setubal and Alcaçer do Sul.
[497] Who had now resigned the command of the cavalry, and gone back to his old infantry division.