Note 168 — Chapter I
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Viz.:
1st Division 8,100 of all ranks, all British
3rd Division 4,500 ” and 1,550 Portuguese
4th Division 4,800 ” and 2,100 ”
5th Division 3,800 ” and 1,800 ”
6th Division 3,850 ” and 2,300 ”
Light Division 3,400 ” and 900 ”
Pack’s Portuguese Brigade 2,100
Ashworth’s Portuguese Brigade 2,500
Cavalry, British 2,430
Cavalry, Portuguese 500
Artillery, British 1,000
Artillery, Portuguese 500
Engineers, Waggon Train, &c. 200
Total British 32,080 and 14,250 Portuguese
The 2nd Division, left behind near Abrantes, had about 6,100 of all ranks. Hamilton’s Portuguese Division about 4,200, Fane’s British (13th Lt. Dragoons) and Portuguese cavalry was about 1,000 sabres, artillery of both nations for the Army of Estremadura about 500. The 7th Division, now being formed at Lisbon, was composed of 2,800 British and 2,300 Portuguese. There were two battalions not belonging to the 7th Division marching up with it, with 1,300 bayonets (2/52nd, 2/88th).