IX

FORCE OF WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

[FROM THE RETURN OF MAY 1]

Brigadier.   Regiments. Officers. Sergeants,
drummers,
and rank
and file.
Regimental
Total.
  Brigade
Total of
Effectives.
CAVALRY
Slade   1st Dragoons 24 364 388   766
14th Light Dragoons 25 353 378
Arentschildt   16th Dragoons 30 332 362   776
1st Hussars K.G.L. 30 384 414
Portuguese Brigade,
Barbaçena
  4th Line 104 104   312[784]
10th Line 208 208
    Total Cavalry 109 1,745 1,854   1,854
INFANTRY
1st Division. Lieut.-General Sir Brent Spencer:
Stopford   3rd Guards, 1st batt. 24 935 959   1,943
Coldstream G., 1st batt. 31 909 940
1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 42 44
Nightingale   24th Foot, 2nd batt. 22 349 371   1,774
42nd Foot, 2nd batt. 26 419 445
79th Foot, 1st batt. 39 883 922
1 comp. 5/60th Foot 1 35 36
Howard   50th Foot, 1st batt. 45 552 597   1,934
71st Foot, 1st batt. 42 455 497
92nd Foot, 1st batt. 41 723 764
3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 3 73 76
Löwe   1st Line Batt. K.G.L. 27 485 512   1,914
2nd Line Batt. K.G.L. 30 454 484
5th Line Batt. K.G.L. 29 393 422
7th Line Batt. K.G.L. 21 389 410
2 Light Comps. K.G.L. 5 81 86
    Total 1st Division 388 7,177 7,565   7,565
3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton:
Mackinnon   45th Foot, 1st batt. 24 484 508   1,863
74th Regiment 24 461 485
88th Foot, 2nd batt. 30 657 687
3 comps. 5/60th Foot 6 177 183
Colville   5th Foot, 2nd batt. 28 476 504   1,967
83rd Foot, 2nd batt. 33 427 460
88th Foot, 2nd batt. 28 439 467
94th Regiment 31 505 536
Power’s
Portuguese Brigade
  9th Line, 2 batts. 910[785] 910   1,650
21st Line, 2 batts. 740[785] 740
    Total 3rd Division 204 5,276 5,480   5,480
5th Division. Major-General Sir W. Erskine:
Hay   1st Foot, 3rd batt. 39 633 672   1,770
9th Foot, 1st batt. 28 599 627
38th Foot, 2nd batt. 21 381 402
1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 66 69
Dunlop   4th Foot, 1st batt. 34 578 612   1,624
30th Foot, 2nd batt. 23 484 507
44th Foot, 3rd batt. 27 410 437
1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 65 69
Spry’s
Portuguese Brigade
  3rd Line, 2 batts. 724[785] 724   1,764
15th Line, 2 batts. 556[785] 556
8th Caçadores, 1 batt. 484[785] 484
    Total 5th Division 178 4,980 5,158   5,158
6th Division. Major-General Alex. Campbell:
Hulse   11th Foot, 1st batt. 49 788 837   2,041
53rd Foot, 2nd batt. 21 438 459
61st Foot, 1st batt. 31 666 697
1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 46 48
Burne   2nd Foot 30 528 558   1,072
36th Foot, 1st batt. 32 482 514
Madden’s
Portuguese Brigade
  8th Line, 2 batts. 915[785] 915   2,137
12th Line, 2 batts. 1,222[785] 1,222
    Total 6th Division 165 5,085 5,250   5,250
7th Division. Major-General Houston:
Sontag   51st Foot, 2nd batt. 39 551 590   2,409
85th Foot 22 365 387
Chasseurs Britanniques 31 808 839
Brunswick Oels, 8 comps. 32 561 593
Doyle’s (late Collins’s)
Portuguese Brigade
  7th Line, 2 batts. 713[786] 713   2,181
19th Line, 2 batts. 1,026[786] 1,026
2nd Caçadores, 1 batt. 442[786] 442
    Total 7th Division 124 4,466 4,590   4,590
Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd:
Beckwith   43rd Foot, 1st batt. 27 727 754   1,184
95th Foot, 1st batt. (4 comps.) 13 341 354
95th Foot, 2nd batt. (1 comp.) 4 72 76
Drummond   52nd Foot, 1st batt. 32 803 835   1,734
52nd Foot, 2nd batt. 32 510 542
95th Foot, 4th batt. (4 comps.) 14 343 357
Portuguese   1st Caçadores 450[786] 450   897
3rd Caçadores 447[786] 447
    Total Light Division 122 3,693 3,815   3,815
 
Ashworth’s
Portuguese Brigade,
unattached
  18th Line, 2 batts. 986[786] 986   2,539
6th Line, 2 batts. 1,130[786] 1,130
6th Caçadores 423[786] 423
ARTILLERY
English H. A. (Bull’s and Ross’s troops) 10 157 167   987
English Field (Lawson’s and Thompson’s Companies) 10 260 270
Portuguese (4 batteries) 550[786] 550
 
ENGINEERS 10 30 40   40
 
TRAIN 15 211 226   226
TOTAL
Cavalry 1,854
1st Division 7,565
3rd Division 5,480
5th Division 5,158
6th Division 5,250
7th Division 4,590
Light Division 3,815
Ashworth’s Portuguese 2,539
Artillery 987
Engineers 40
Train 226
Grand Total 37,504
[Total of Infantry, 34,397.]

N.B.—Pack’s Portuguese Brigade and the 2nd regiment from the 6th Division were absent, in charge of the blockade of Almeida.