Officer Commanding:
Marshal André Masséna, Prince of Essling
2nd Corps – General Jean-Louis Reynier
1st Division, Merle
Brigade Sarrut
1, 2, 3 & 4/2nd Light Infantry (77 officers, 2,281 men)
1, 2, 3 & 4/36th Line Infantry (82 officers, 1,994 men)
Brigade Graindorge
1, 2, 3 & 4/4th Light Infantry (77 officers, 2,078 men)
Division Merle total: 236 officers, 6,353 men
2nd Division, Heudelet
Brigade Foy, General of Brigade Maximilien-Sébastien Foy
17th Light Infantry (57 officers, 1,341 men)
1, 2, 3 & 4/70th Line Infantry (71 officers, 2,387 men)
Brigade Arnould
1, 2, 3 & 4/31st Light Infantry (57 officers, 1,711 men)
1, 2, 3 & 4/47th Line Infantry (76 officers, 2,387 men)
Division Heudelet total: 261 officers, 7,826 men
Cavalry Brigade, BrigGen P. Soult
1st Hussars
22nd Chasseurs à cheval
8th Dragoons
Hanoverian Chasseurs à cheval
Total: 106 officers, 1,291
Artillery, Train, Engineers (25 officers, 1,554)
Corps General Staff (60 officers)
2nd Corps total: 694 officers, 17,024 men
6th Corps – Marshal Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen
1st Division, General of Division Marchand
Brigade Maucune
1 & 2/6th Light Infantry (42 officers, 1,436 men)
1, 2 & 3/69th Line Infantry (56 officers, 1,661 men)
Brigade Marcognet
1, 2 & 3/39th Line Infantry (39 officers, 1,628 men)
1, 2 & 3/76th Line Infantry (58 officers, 1,732 men)
Division Marchand total: 214 officers, 6,457 men
2nd Division, Mermet
Brigade Bardet
1 & 2/25th Light Infantry (37 officers, 1,678 men)
1, 2 & 3/27th Line Infantry (59 officers, 1,827 men)
Brigade Labassée
1, 2 & 3/50th Line Infantry (65 officers, 2,056 men)
1, 2 & 3/59th Line Infantry (60 officers, 1,834 men)
Division Mermet total: 221 officers, 7,395 men
3rd Division, Loison
Brigade Simon
4, 5 & 6/26th Line Infantry (64 officers, 1,561 men)
Légion du Midi – 1 bn, (18 officers, 546 men)
Légion Hanovrienne – 2 bns, (29 officers, 1,129 men)
Brigade Ferrey
2/32nd Light Infantry (20 officers, 393 men)
4, 5 & 6/66th Line Infantry (68 officers, 1,762 men)
4 & 6/82nd Line Infantry (40 officers, 1,196 men)
Division Loison total: 239 officers, 6,587 men
Cavalry Brigade Lamotte
3rd Hussars
15th Chasseurs à cheval
Total: 74 officers, 1,606 men
Artillery, Train, Engineers (28 officers, 1,403 men)
Corps General Staff (82 officers)
6th Corps total: 858 officers, 23,448 men
8th Corps – General Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes
1st Division, Clausel
Brigade Ménard
4/19th Line Infantry (19 officers, 634 men)
4/25th Line Infantry (16 officers, 571 men)
4/28th Line Infantry (17 officers, 442 men)
4/34th Line Infantry (15 officers, 624 men)
Brigade Taupin
4/15th Light Infantry (21 officers, 813 men)
4/46th Line Infantry (18 officers, 546 men)
4/75th Line Infantry (19 officers, 532 men)
Brigade Godart
1, 2, 3 & 4/22nd Line Infantry (80 officers, 2,427 men)
Division Clausel total: 205 officers, 6,589 men
2nd Division, Solignac
Brigade Gratien
1, 2 & 3/15th Line Infantry (63 officers, 1,262 men)
1, 2 & 3/86th Line Infantry (55 officers, 1,090 men)
Brigade Thomières
1, 2, 3 & 4/65th Line Infantry (82 officers, 2,680 men)
Régiment Irlandais – 1 bn, (37 officers, 971 men)
Régiment de Prusse – 1 bn (29 officers, 957 men)
Division Solignac total: 266 officers, 6,960 men
Cavalry Division, Sainte-Croix
1st Dragoons (2 squadrons)
2nd Dragoons (2 squadrons)
4th Dragoons (2 squadrons)
9th Dragoons (2 squadrons)
14th Dragoons (2 squadrons)
26th Dragoons (2 squadrons)
Total: 92 officers, 1,771 troopers
Artillery, Train, Engineers (17 officers, 964 men)
Corps General Staff (75 officers)
8th Corps total: 655 officers, 16,284 men
Cavalry Reserve, General Montbrun
Brigade Lorcet
3rd Dargoons
6th Dragoons
Total: 52 officers, 1,040 men
Brigade Cavrois
11th Dragoons (27 officers, 634 men)
Brigade Ornano
15th Dragoons
25th Dragoons
Total: 57 officers, 1,369 men
Horse Artillery (6 officers, 294 men)
Reserve of Cavalry total: 142 officers, 3,337 men
Army of Portugal total: 2,475 officers, 62,575 men
The above total was the army that marched into Portugal beyond Almeida. The following troops were detached:
5/82nd Line Regiment, 575 left at Almeida
4/15th Line Regiment, 578 left at Ciudad Rodrigo
4/86th Line Regiment, 873 left at Ciudad Rodrigo
3rd Dragoon Regiment, 157 left at Almeida
10th Dragoon Regiment, 718 left at Ciudad Rodrigo
Artillery, about 300 left at Almeida and Ciudad Rodrigo
Grand total, French Army of Portugal: 68,251 (Oman, Vol. III)
Commander-in-chief of the Allied army:
LtGen Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington
1st Division, General Spencer
Stopford’s Brigade
1/2nd (Coldstream) Guards (24 officers, 790 men)
1/3rd (Scots) Guards (26 officers, 791 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (2 officers, 51 men)
Lord Blantyre’s Brigade
2/24th Foot (30 officers, 338 men)
2/42nd Foot (23 officers, 391 men)
1/61st Foot (36 officers, 648 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (3 officers, 47 men)
Löwe’s Brigade
1st Line Bn, King’s German Legion (28 officers, 510 men)
2nd Line Bn, KGL (31 officers, 453 men)
5th Line Bn, KGL (30 officers, 460 men)
7th Line Bn, KGL (24 officers, 429 men)
Light Bns detachments, KGL (6 officers, 90 men)
Pakenham’s Brigade
1/7th Foot (26 officers, 843 men)
1/79th Foot (38 officers, 885 men)
1st Division total: 327 officers, 6,726 men
2nd Division, Major-General Rowland Hill
W. Stewart’s Brigade
1/3rd Foot (32 officers, 826 men)
2/31st Foot (27 officers, 384 men)
2/48th (27 officers, 454 men)
2/66th (30 officers, 433 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (1 officer, 33 men)
Inglis’s Brigade
29th Foot (31 officers, 430 men)
1/48th (32 officers, 519 men)
1/57th (28 officers, 727 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (1 officer, 50 men)
Catlin Craufurd’s (Wilson’s) Brigade
2/68th Foot (32 officers, 522 men)
2/34th Foot (36 officers, 617 men)
2/39th Foot (27 officers, 394 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (2 officers, 42 men)
Hamilton’s Portuguese Division (attached to Hill’s 2nd British Divison)
Archibald Campbell’s Brigade
4th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,164 officers and men)
10th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,086 officers and men)
Fonseca’s Brigade
2nd Portuguese Line Infantry (1,317 officers and men)
14th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,373 officers and men)
F2nd Division total: 306 officers, 10,371 men
3rd Division, Major-General Thomas Picton
Mackinnon’s Brigade
1/45th Foot (35 officers, 560 men)
1/74th Foot (38 officers, 456 men)
1/88th Foot (40 officers, 679 men)
Lightburne’s Brigade
2/5th Foot (31 officers, 464 men)
2/83rd Foot (43 officers, 461 men)
5/60th Foot – 3 coys, (16 officers, 145 men)
Drum of a Cazadore battalion, said to have been carried at the battle of Bussaco. (Museu Militar do Bussaco)
Champalimaud’s Portuguese Brigade
9th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,234 officers and men)
21st Portuguese Line Infantry (541 officers and men)
3rd Division total: 203 officers, 4,540 men
4th Division Major-General Galbraith Lowry Cole
Alexander Campbell’s Brigade
2/7th Foot (29 officers, 585 men)
1/11th Foot (42 officers, 920 men)
2/53rd Foot (25 officers, 448 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (2 officers, 58 men)
Kemmis’s Brigade
2/27th Foot (34 officers, 785 men)
1/40th Foot (48 officers, 1,007 men)
1/97th Foot (27 officers, 493 men)
5/60th Foot [Rifles] – 1 coy, (4 officers, 50 men)
Collin’s Portuguese Brigade
11th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,438 officers and men)
23rd Portuguese Line Infantry (1,405 officers and men)
4th Division total: 211 officers, 7,189 men
5th Division, General Leith
Barnes’ Brigade
3/1st Foot (35 officers, 733 men)
1/9th Foot (30 officers, 585 men)
2/38th Foot (29 officers, 467 men)
Spry’s Portuguese Brigade
3rd Portuguese Line Infantry (1,134 officers and men)
15th Portuguese Line Infantry (905 officers and men)
Tomar Militia Regiment (580 officers and men)
Eben’s Portuguese Brigade
Loyal Lusitanian Legion (1,646 officers and men)
8th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,161 officers and men)
5th Division total: 94 officers, 7,211 men
Light Division, Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd
Beckwith’s Brigade
1/43rd Foot (40 officers, 804 men)
95th Rifles – 4 coys, (12 officers, 384 men)
3rd Portuguese Cazadores (656 officers and men)
Barclay’s Brigade
1/52nd Foot (29 officers, 946 men)
95th Rifles – 4 coys, (12 officers, 358 men)
1st Portuguese Cazadores (546 officers and men)
Light Division total: 93 officers, 3,694 men
Independent Brigades of Portuguese Infantry
1st Brigade: Brigadier-General Sir Denis Pack
1st Portuguese Line Infantry (1,089 officers and men)
16th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,130 officers and men)
4th Portuguese Cazadores (550 officers and men)
5th Brigade: A. Campbell
6th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,317 officers and men)
18th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,386 officers and men)
6th Portuguese Cazadores (546 officers and men)
6th Brigade: Coleman
7th Portuguese Line Infantry (815 officers and men)
19th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,124 officers and men)
2nd Portuguese Cazadores (406 officers and men)
Independent Portuguese Infantry Brigades total: 8,363 officers and men
Cavalry
4th (British) Dragoons – 2 sqns, (15 officers, 195 men)
Artillery
A Troop, Royal Horse Artillery – Capt H.D. Ross
I Troop, Royal Horse Artillery – Capt R. Bull
Total:18 officers, 314 men
Capt G. Thompson’s company, Royal Artillery
Capt R. Lawson’s company, Royal Artillery
Total: 37 officers, 663 men
2nd Company, KGL Artillery – Capt.C. von Rettberg
4th Company, KGL Artillery – Capt A Cleeves
Total: 19 officers, 299 men
1st Portuguese Artillery – Maj Alexander Dickson
Capt Pedro de Rozierre battery
Capt. Joao da Cunha Preto’s battery
Total: 330 officers and men
2nd Portuguese Artillery – Maj V. von Arentschildt
Capt Jacinto P.M. de Freire battery
Capt Joao Porfirio da Silva’s battery
Total: 440 officers and men
4th Portuguese Artillery
Capt Antonio de Sousa Passos’s battery (110 officers and men)
The monument to the battle of Bussaco. (Photo: RC)
Engineers (24 officers, 19 men)
Wagon Train (25 officers, 397 men)
Royal Staff Corps (1 officer, 40 men)
British total: 26,843
Portuguese total: 25,429
Grand total, Anglo-Portuguese Army: 52,272
Units of Wellington’s army not deployed at Bussaco:
British Cavalry near Mealhada
De Grey’s Brigade
3rd Dragoon Guards (18 officers, 392 men)
4th Dragoons (14 officers, 196 men)
Slade’s Brigade
1st Dragoons (20 officers, 513 men)
14th Light Dragoons (17 officers, 417 men)
Anson’s Brigade
16th Light Dragoons (23 officers, 440 men)
1st Hussars, KGL (19 officers, 420 men)
British and Portuguese Cavalry beyond the Alva River
Fane’s Brigade
13th British Light Dragoons (29 officers, 401 men)
1st Portuguese Cavalry (422 officers and men)
4th Portuguese Cavalry (451 officers and men)
7th Portuguese Cavalry (223 officers and men)
10th Portuguese Cavalry (354 officers and men)
Lecor’s Portuguese Division in the Ponte de Murcella area
Bradford’s Brigade
12th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,277 officers and men)
13th Portuguese Line Infantry (1,078 officers and men)
5th Portuguese Cazadores (456 officers and men)
Militia Brigade
Idanha, Castelo Branco, and Covilhao Militia
Regiments (about 2,000 officers and men)
Portuguese total: 6,261
British total: 3,382
Grand Total: 9,643
(Oman, Vol. III; Luz Soriano, Vol. VI)
The palace of Bussaco. (Photo: RC)