VII
MORNING STATE OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN PORTUGAL, UNDER SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY, K.B.
HEAD QUARTERS, COIMBRA, MAY 6, 1809.
TABLE LEGEND:
- A = Officers.
- B = Present.
- C = Sick.
- D = On Command.
- E = Total.
- F = Total Efficients Present, Officers and Men.
| Sergeants, Drummers, Rank and File, &c. |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| CAVALRY. | ||||||
| 1st Brigade [Stapleton Cotton] | ||||||
| 14th Light Dragoons | 27 | 628 | 21 | 73 | 749 | 655 |
| 16th Light Dragoons | 37 | 673 | 20 | 35 | 765 | 710 |
| 20th Light Dragoons [two squadrons] | 6 | 237 | 6 | 63 | 312 | 243 |
| 3rd Light Dragoons K.G.L. [one squadron] | 3 | 57 | 2 | 77 | 139 | 60 |
| 1,668 | ||||||
| 2nd Brigade [Fane] | ||||||
| 3rd Dragoon Guards | 25 | 698 | 10 | – | 733 | 723 |
| 4th Dragoons | 27 | 716 | 13 | – | 756 | 743 |
| 1,466 | ||||||
| Total Cavalry | 125 | 3,009 | 72 | 248 | 3,454 | 3,134 |
| INFANTRY. | ||||||
| Brigade of Guards [H. Campbell] | ||||||
| Coldstream Guards, 1st batt. | 33 | 1,194 | 75 | 3 | 1,305 | 1,227 |
| 3rd Foot Guards, 1st batt. | 34 | 1,228 | 79 | 8 | 1,349 | 1,262 |
| 1 company 5/60th Foot | 2 | 61 | 4 | – | 67 | 63 |
| 2,552 | ||||||
| 1st Brigade [Hill] | ||||||
| 3rd Foot, 1st batt. | 28 | 719 | 104 | 50 | 901 | 747 |
| 48th Foot, 2nd batt. | 32 | 721 | 52 | – | 805 | 753 |
| 66th Foot, 2nd batt. | 34 | 667 | 38 | 10 | 749 | 701 |
| 1 company 5/60th Foot | 2 | 61 | 4 | – | 67 | 63 |
| 2,264 | ||||||
| 2nd Brigade [Mackenzie] | ||||||
| 27th Foot, 3rd batt. | 28 | 726 | 134 | 2 | 890 | 754 |
| 31st Foot, 2nd batt. | 27 | 765 | 99 | 6 | 897 | 792 |
| 45th Foot, 1st batt. | 22 | 671 | 125 | 27 | 845 | 693 |
| 2,239 | ||||||
| 3rd Brigade [Tilson] | ||||||
| 5/60th Foot [5 companies] | 14 | 306 | 32 | 2 | 354 | 320 |
| 87th Foot 2nd batt. | 32 | 669 | 88 | 1 | 790 | 701 |
| 88th Foot 1st batt. | 30 | 608 | 143 | 28 | 809 | 638 |
| 1st Portuguese, 1st batt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1,659 | ||||||
| 4th Brigade [Sontag] | ||||||
| 97th Foot | 22 | 572 | 74 | 20 | 688 | 594 |
| 2nd batt. of Detachments | 35 | 787 | 221 | 16 | 1,059 | 822 |
| 1 company 5/60th Foot | 2 | 61 | 6 | – | 69 | 63 |
| 16th Portuguese, 2nd batt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1,479 | ||||||
| 5th Brigade [A. Campbell] | ||||||
| 7th Foot, 2nd batt. | 26 | 559 | 50 | 3 | 638 | 585 |
| 53rd Foot, 2nd batt. | 23 | 691 | 59 | 3 | 776 | 714 |
| 1 company 5/60th Foot | 4 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 80 | 68 |
| 10th Portuguese, 1st batt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1,367 | ||||||
| 6th Brigade [R. Stewart] | ||||||
| 29th Foot | 26 | 596 | 85 | 7 | 714 | 622 |
| 1st batt. of Detachments | 27 | 803 | 169 | 24 | 1,023 | 830 |
| 16th Portuguese, 1st batt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1,452 | ||||||
| 7th Brigade [Cameron] | ||||||
| 9th Foot, 2nd batt. | 27 | 545 | 227 | 22 | 821 | 572 |
| 83rd Foot, 2nd batt. | 39 | 833 | 73 | 23 | 968 | 872 |
| 1 company 5/60th Foot | 2 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 62 |
| 10th Portuguese, 2nd batt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1,506 | ||||||
| King’s German Legion Brigade [Murray] | ||||||
| 1st Line batt. K.G.L. | 34 | 767 | 125 | 9 | 935 | 801 |
| 2nd Line batt. K.G.L. | 32 | 804 | 52 | 9 | 897 | 836 |
| 5th Line batt. K.G.L. | 28 | 720 | 101 | 12 | 861 | 748 |
| 7th Line batt. K.G.L. | 22 | 688 | 83 | 10 | 803 | 710 |
| 3,095 | ||||||
| Unattached Troops (Lisbon) | ||||||
| 24th Foot, 2nd batt. | 18 | 750 | 26 | 3 | 797 | 768 |
| 30th Foot, 2nd batt. | 15 | 447 | 49 | 197 | 708 | 462 |
| Independent Light Co. K.G.L. | 3 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 56 | 38 |
| 1,268 | ||||||
| Total Infantry | 703 | 18,178 | 2,405 | 501 | 21,787 | 18,881 |
| ARTILLERY. | ||||||
| British | 31 | 550 | 83 | 499 | 1,163 | 581 |
| King’s German Legion | 18 | 331 | 34 | 134 | 517 | 349 |
| Wagon Train attached | 3 | 61 | 18 | 83 | 165 | 64 |
| Total Artillery | 52 | 942 | 135 | 716 | 1,845 | 994 |
| ENGINEERS. | 12 | 27 | 1 | – | 40 | 39 |
| WAGON TRAIN. | 2 | 65 | 21 | 17 | 105 | 67 |
| General Total | 894 | 22,221 | 2,634 | 1,482 | 27,231 | 23,115 |