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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 4, Dec. 1810-Dec. 1811

Chapter 56: XXIII
By Charles Oman
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The volume chronicles the military campaigns of 1811 across the Iberian Peninsula, centering on the stalemate between Wellington and French commanders Masséna, Soult, and Marmont. It traces Masséna's retreat from Portugal, key battles and sieges such as Fuentes de Oñoro, Albuera, Almeida, Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo, and surveys Eastern operations under Suchet and Catalan actions. The narrative combines operational analysis, topographical study of battlefields, and extensive use of contemporary diaries, correspondence, and intercepted dispatches to assess shifting strategic initiative and the decline of French offensive capability in the west.

XXIII

HILL’S FORCE IN ESTREMADURA
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1811

    Officers. Men. Total.
2nd Division:
Byng’s Brigade: 1/3rd, 1/57th, 2/31st, 2/66th   306 5,548 5,854
Howard’s Brigade: 1/50th, 1/71st, 1/92nd
Wilson’s Brigade: 1/28th, 1/34th, 1/39th
Hamilton’s Portuguese Division:
2nd, 4th, 10th, 14th Line (2 batts. each)   224 4,858 5,082
Ashworth’s Portuguese Brigade:
6th and 18th Line and 6th Caçadores (5 batts.)   81 2,338 2,419
CAVALRY. Major-General Sir W. Erskine:
Long’s Cavalry Brigade: 9th and 13th Light Dragoons, 2nd Hussars K.G.L.   50 803 853
Le Marchant’s Brigade: 3rd Dragoons, 4th Dragoon Guards   36 929 965
Brigade of Portuguese Cavalry (5th and 8th regts.)   57 591 648
[799]Artillery, British: Lefebure’s Troop R.H.A., Hawker’s and Meadows’s Companies R.A., about   20 320 340
[799]Artillery, Portuguese: 2 companies (Arriaga and Braun), about   10 220 230
[799]Engineers and Train, about   13 80 93
General Total   797 15,687 16,484