Battle of Bussaco order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Bussaco, 27 September 1810.

French Army of Portugal Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Masséna

Army total: 65,050 (49,809 infantry, 8,419 cavalry, 144 guns)

II Corps

GD Jean Reynier

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division     GD Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle     (6,589 total)1st Brigade     GB Jacques Thomas Sarrut 2e Légère (4 bns) 36e Ligne (4 bns)2nd Brigade     GB Jean François Graindorge 4e Légère (3 or 4 bns)2nd Division     GD Étienne Heudelet de Bierre     (8,087 total)1st Brigade     GB Maximilien Sébastien Foy 17e Légère (3 bns) 70e Ligne (4 bns)2nd Brigade     GB Arnaud 31e Légère (4 bns) 47e Ligne (3 or 4 bns)Cavalry Brigade     GB Pierre Benoît Soult     (1,397 total) 1e Hussards 22e Chasseurs à Cheval 8e Dragons Hanoverian ChasseursArtillery     (1,645 total) 3 batteries (24 guns)Corps total: 17,718 (14,676 infantry, 1,397 cavalry, 24 guns)

VI Corps

Marshal Michel Ney

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division     GD Jean Gabriel Marchand     (6,671 total)1st Brigade     GB Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune 6e Légère (3 bns) 69e Ligne (3 or 4 bns)2nd Brigade     GB Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet 39e Ligne (3 or 4 bns) 76e Ligne (3 or 4 bns)2nd Division     GD Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet     (7,616 total)1st Brigade     GB Bardet 25e Légère 27e Ligne2nd Brigade     GB Labassée 50e Ligne 59e Ligne3rd Division     GD Louis Henri Loison     (6,750 total)1st Brigade     GB Simon     (3,250 total) 26e Ligne Légion du Midi Légion Hannoverienne2nd Brigade     GB Claude François Ferey     (3,500 total) 2/32e Légère 66e Ligne 82e LigneCavalry Brigade     GB Lamotte     (1,680 total) 3e Hussards 15e Chasseurs à ChevalArtillery     (1,513 total) 4 batteries (32 guns)Corps total: 24,306 (21,113 infantry, 1,680 cavalry, 32 guns)

VIII Corps

GD Jean-Andoche Junot

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division     GD Bertrand Clausel     (6,794 total)1st Brigade     GB Jean François Ménard     (2,339 total) 4th Battalion, 19e Ligne 4th Battalion, 25e Ligne 4th Battalion, 28e Ligne 4th Battalion, 34e Ligne2nd Brigade     GB Eloi Charlemagne Taupin     (1,949 total) 4th Battalion, 15e Légère 4th Battalion, 46e Ligne 4th Battalion, 75e Ligne3rd Brigade     GB Roch Godard     (2,507 total) 22e Ligne (4 bns)2nd Division     GD Jean Baptiste Solignac     (7,226 total)1st Brigade     GB Pierre Guillaume Gratien     (2,470 total) 15e Ligne (3 bns) 86e Ligne (3 bns)2nd Brigade     GB Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières     (4,756 total) 65e Ligne (4 bns) Régiment Irlandais (2 bns) Prussian Regiment (1 bn)Cavalry Brigade     GB Charles Marie Robert Escorches de Saint-Croix (k)     (1,863 total) 1e Dragons (2 sqns) 2e Dragons (2 sqns) 4e Dragons (2 sqns) 9e Dragons (2 sqns) 14e Dragons (2 sqns) 26e Dragons (2 sqns)Artillery     GD Louis François Foucher de Careil     (981 total) 3 batteries (24 guns)Corps total: 16,939 (14,020 infantry, 1,863 cavalry, 24 guns)

Reserves

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and OthersReserve Cavalry Division     GD Louis-Pierre Montbrun     (3,479 total)1st Brigade     GB Cavrois 14e Hussards 19e Hussards 27e Chasseurs à Cheval2nd Brigade     GB Philippe Antoine d'Ornano 19e Dragons 21e DragonsReserve Artillery     (2,608 total) 8 batteries Engineers, gendarmerie etc.Corps total: 6,087 (3,479 cavalry, 64 guns)

Anglo-Portuguese Army Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen Viscount Wellington

Army total: 51,768 (49,328 infantry, 210 cavalry, 60 guns)

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others1st Division     Maj Gen Brent Spencer     (7,053 total)1st Brigade     Col the Hon Edward Stopford     (1,684 total) 1/Coldstream Guards 1/3rd Guards coy, 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade     Lt Col Lord Blantyre     (1,516 total) 2/24th Foot 1/42nd Foot 1/61st Foot coy, 5/60th Rifles3rd Brigade     Maj Gen Baron Löw     (2,061 total) 1st KGL Line 2nd KGL Line 5th KGL Line 7th KGL Line detachments, 1st & 2nd KGL Light Bns4th Brigade     Col the Hon Edward Pakenham     (1,792 total) 1/7th Foot 1/79th FootArtillery von Rettberg's Battery, KGA2nd Division     Maj Gen Rowland Hill     (5,737 total)1st Brigade     Maj Gen the Hon William Stewart     (2,247 total) 1/3rd Foot 2/31st Foot 2/48th Foot 2/66th Foot coy, 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade     Col William Inglis     (1,818 total) 29th Foot 1/48th Foot 1/57th Foot3rd Brigade     Brig Gen Catlin Craufurd     (1,672 total) 2/28th Foot 2/34th Foot 2/39th FootArtillery de Rozierres' Portuguese Battery da Cunha Preto's Portuguese Battery3rd Division     Maj Gen Thomas Picton     (4,743 total)1st Brigade     Col Henry MacKinnon     (1,808 total) 1/45th Foot 1/74th Foot 1/88th Foot2nd Brigade     Maj Gen Stafford Lightburne     (1,160 total) 2/5th Foot 2/83rd Foot 5/60th Rifles (3 coys)Portuguese Brigade     Col José Joaquim Champalimaud     (1,775 total) 9th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 21st Portuguese Line (1 bn)Artillery da Silva's Portuguese Battery Freira's Portuguese Battery Thompson's Battery, RA4th Division     Maj Gen the Hon Lowry Cole     (7,400 total)1st Brigade     Brig Gen Alexander Campbell     (2,109 total) 2/7th Foot 1/11th Foot 2/53rd Foot coy, 5/60th Rifles2nd Brigade     Col James Kemmis     (2,448 total) 3/27th Foot 1/40th Foot 97th FootPortuguese Brigade     Col Richard Collins     (2,843 total) 11th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 23rd Portuguese Line (2 bns)Artillery Bull's Troop, RHA5th Division     Maj Gen James Leith     (7,305 total)British Brigade     Lt Col James Stevenson Barnes     (1,879 total) 1/3rd Foot 1/9th Foot 2/38th FootSpry's Portuguese Brigade     Col William Spry     (2,619 total) 3rd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 15th Portuguese Line (2 bns) Thomar MilitiaEben's Portuguese Brigade     Col Frederick Baron Eben     (2,807 total) Loyal Lusitanian Legion (2 bns) 8th Portuguese Line (2 bns)Light Division     Brig Gen Robert Craufurd     (3,787 total)1st Brigade     Lt Col Sidney Beckwith     (1,896 total) 1/43rd Foot 1/95th Rifles (4 coys) 3rd Caçadores2nd Brigade     Lt Col Robert Barclay     (1,891 total) 1/52nd Foot 1/95th Rifles (4 coys) 1st CaçadoresArtillery Ross' Troop, RHAPortuguese Division     Maj Gen John Hamilton     (4,940 total)1st Brigade     Brig Gen Archibald Campbell     (2,250 total) 4th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 10th Portuguese Line (2 bns)2nd Brigade     Brig Gen Luiz Fonseca     (2,690 total) 2nd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 14th Portuguese Line (2 bns)Independent Portuguese Brigades1st Independent Portuguese Brigade     Brig Gen Denis Pack     (2,769 total) 1st Portuguese Line (2 bns) - Major Thomas Noel Hill 16th Portuguese (Vieira Telles) Line (2 bns) 4th Caçadores5th Independent Portuguese Brigade     Brig Gen Alexander Campbell     (3,249 total) 6th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 18th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 6th Caçadores6th Independent Portuguese Brigade     Brig Gen Francis Coleman     (2,345 total) 7th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 19th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 2nd CaçadoresCavalry     (210 total) 4th Dragoons (2 sqns)Reserve Artillery     Brig Gen Edward Howarth     (2,230 total)Includes all artillery attached to divisions Lawson's Company Cleeves' Battery, KGA Passos' Portuguese BatteryCorps total: 51,768 (49,328 infantry, 210 cavalry, 60 guns)

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