Note 39 — SECTION XXIII: CHAPTER II

The total of the troops available against Mortier in December would have been, giving net totals, with sick and detached men all deducted:—

Spanish:

Ballasteros’s Division 5,000

Mendizabal’s Division 6,000

Permanent garrison of Badajoz 4,200

5 battalions left behind by La Romana at Albuquerque, Olivenza, &c. 2,000

Carlos de España’s brigade on the Tagus near Abrantes 1,500

Cavalry of the Army of Estremadura 2,600

Artillery 500

Portuguese:

Brigade of Line Regiments, Nos. 5 and 17, at Elvas 2,500

Brigade of Cavalry under Madden, 3rd, 5th, 8th regiments 950

Hamilton’s Division (with Hill), 2nd, 4th, 10th, 14th Line 4,800

Portuguese Militia, 4 regiments, Beja, Evora, Villa Viciosa, Portalegre, in Elvas, Jerumenha, and Campo Mayor 4,000

5th Caçadores (with Hill) 450

Fane’s Cavalry (with Hill), 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th regiments 1,200

Artillery (4 batteries) 600

British:

Hill’s Second Division 5,250

13th Light Dragoons 350

Artillery (3 batteries) 400

Total 42,300

Mortier had in the 5th Corps 11,500 infantry, 1,200 cavalry, and about 700 artillery in his 7 batteries.