WELLINGTON’S ARMY ON THE BEIRA FRONTIER
[FROM THE RETURN OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1811.]
BRITISH CAVALRY (Stapleton Cotton)
| Slade’s Brigade | 1st Royal Dragoons | 406 | |
| 112th Light Dragoons | 372 | ||
| Alten’s Brigade | 11th Light Dragoons | 377 | |
| 1st Hussars K.G.L. | 413 | ||
| Anson’s Brigade | 14th Light Dragoons | 344 | |
| 16th Light Dragoons | 373 | ||
| De Grey’s Brigade[797] | 3rd Dragoon Guards | 369 | |
| 4th Dragoons | 358 | ||
| Total British Cavalry, 161 officers, 2,851 men = 3,012. | |||
BRITISH INFANTRY
| 1st Division. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham. | |||
| H. Campbell’s Brigade | 1st Coldstream Guards | 877 | |
| 1st Scots Fusilier Guards | 886 | ||
| 1 comp. 5/60th Foot | 48 | ||
| Stopford’s Brigade | 2/24th Foot | 300 | |
| 1/26th Foot | 538 | ||
| 2/42nd Foot | 368 | ||
| 1/79th Foot | 374 | ||
| 1 comp. 5/60th Foot | 38 | ||
| Löwe’s Brigade | 1st Line battalion K.G.L | 533 | |
| 2nd ditto | 502 | ||
| 5th ditto | 462 | ||
| Total 1st Division = 4,926. | |||
| 3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton. | |||
| Wallace’s (vice Mackinnon) Brigade | 1/45th Foot | 444 | |
| 74th Foot | 519 | ||
| 1/88th Foot | 935 | ||
| 3 companies 5/60th Foot | 243 | ||
| Colville’s Brigade | 2/5th Foot | 462 | |
| 77th Foot | 560 | ||
| 2/83rd Foot | 401 | ||
| 94th Foot | 424 | ||
| Total 3rd Division, 207 officers, 3,781 men = 3,988. | |||
| 4th Division. Major-General Lowry Cole. | |||
| Kemmis’s Brigade | 3/27th Foot | 770 | |
| 1/40th Foot | 877 | ||
| 97th Foot | 279 | ||
| 1 comp. 5/60th Foot | 37 | ||
| Pakenham’s Brigade | 1/7th Fusiliers | 552 | |
| 1/23rd R.W. Fusiliers | 554 | ||
| 1/48th Foot | 383 | ||
| 1 comp. Brunswick Oels | 49 | ||
| Total 4th Division, 155 officers, 3,346 men = 3,501. | |||
| 5th Division. Brigadier-General Dunlop (for Leith). | |||
| Hay’s Brigade | 3/1st Foot | 682 | |
| 1/9th Foot | 626 | ||
| 2/38th Foot | 263 | ||
| 1 comp. Brunswick Oels | 63 | ||
| Dunlop’s Brigade | 1/4th Foot | 525 | |
| 2/30th Foot | 388 | ||
| 2/44th Foot | 392 | ||
| 1 comp. Brunswick Oels | 52 | ||
| Total 5th Division, 162 officers, 2,829 men = 2,991. | |||
| 6th Division. Major-General A. Campbell. | |||
| Hulse’s Brigade | 1/11th Foot | 740 | |
| 2/53rd Foot | 417 | ||
| 1/61st Foot | 624 | ||
| 1 comp. 5/60th Foot | 40 | ||
| Burne’s Brigade | 2nd Foot | 543 | |
| 1/32nd Foot | 794 | ||
| 1/36th Foot | 460 | ||
| Total 6th Division, 181 officers, 3,437 men = 3,618. | |||
| 7th Division. Major-General Sontag. | |||
| V. Alten’s Brigade | 1st Light Batt. K.G.L. | 602 | |
| 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L. | 516 | ||
| Brunswick Oels (9 comps.) | 536 | ||
| Sontag’s Brigade | 51st Foot | 309 | |
| 68th Foot | 479 | ||
| 85th Foot (5 comps.) | 166 | ||
| Chasseurs Britanniques | 671 | ||
| Total 7th Division, 161 officers, 3,118 men = 3,279. | |||
| Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd. | |||
| Barnard’s Brigade | 1/43rd Foot | 1,005 | |
| 4 comps. 1/95th | 317 | ||
| 1 comp. 2/95th | 86 | ||
| detachment 3/95th | 297 | ||
| 2nd Brigade | 1/52nd Foot | 771 | |
| 2/52nd Foot | 432 | ||
| 4 companies 1/95th | 339 | ||
| Total Light Division, 148 officers, 3,099 men = 3,247. | |||
| Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd. | |||
| ARTILLERY[798] | |||
| British: Bull’s, Ross’s, and Macdonald’s Troops R.H.A., Lawson’s and Bredin’s companies R.A. (including drivers) | 464 | ||
| German: Sympher’s company K.G.L. | 77 | ||
| ENGINEERS[798] | 143 | ||
| WAGGON TRAIN[798] | 136 | ||
TOTAL BRITISH ARMY
| Cavalry | 3,012 |
| 1st Division | 4,920 |
| 3rd Division | 3,988 |
| 4th Division | 3,501 |
| 5th Division | 2,991 |
| 6th Division | 3,018 |
| 7th Division | 3,279 |
| Light Division | 3,247 |
| Artillery | 541 |
| Engineers | 143 |
| Waggon Train | 136 |
| Total | 29,382 |
PORTUGUESE (officers and men together)