Note 199 — SECTION IV: CHAPTER II
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According to the figures given by the Portuguese historian of the war, Da Luz Soriano, they stood as follows:—
Cavalry of the 6th, 11th, and 12th Regiments 258 sabres.
6th battalion of Cazadores 562 bayonets.
12th, 21st, and 24th line battalions 1,514 bayonets.
A few troopers of the Lisbon Police Guard, forty-one in all, according to Soriano, deserted Junot and joined the army before Vimiero. Landsheit of the 20th Light Dragoons mentions their arrival, and says that they were put in company with his regiment. This would give 2,375 as the total of the Portuguese whom Trant commanded.