The Portugal Campaign 1762

Order of Battle
Anglo-Portuguese Army

By Mike Kirby


Corps in Tras-os-Montes

CinC Lt Gen. Cary.
1st btn Valenca
1st and 2nd btns Braganca
1st btn Porto
1st btn Chaves
3 trps Eguas light cavalry

Corps in Beira

CinC Lt Gen. Townshend
1st and 2nd btns Peniche
2nd btn Valenca
2nd btn Porto
2nd btn Chaves
1st and 2nd btns Penamacor
1st and 2nd btns Viana
1st and 2nd btns Campo Major
1st and 2nd btns Olivenca
Volunteros Hamilton
3 trps Almeida cavalry
3 trps Chaves cavalry
3 trps Volunteros Regis cavalry

Main Army

CinC Count Schaumberg-Lippe.
Gen of Infantry Dom Juan de Lancastre
Gen of Cavalry Marquis de Tancas
Lt Gen. Prince of Mecklenberg
Lt Gen. Dom Louis de Portugal

Right Wing Cavalry
3 trps Corte cavalry
3 trps Ceta cavalry
3 trps Alcantara cavalry
3 trps Olivenca cavalry
3 trps Evora cavalry

First Line Infantry
1st btn Cascais
1st btn Corte
1st btn Setubal
1st btn Olivenca
Granados btn Lee
1st btn Suizo
Granados btn Michaelis
1st btn Moura
1st btn Castel de Vide
1st btn Lagos
1st btn Faro
Marine btn Armada

Left Wing Cavalry
3 trps Moura cavalry
3 trps Penamacor cavalry
3 trps Braganca cavalry

Second Line Infantry
2nd btn Cascais
2nd btn Lisboa
2nd btn Corte
2nd btn Setubal
2nd btn Olivenca
2nd btn Moura
2nd btn Castel de Vide
2nd btn Lagos
2nd btn Faro

Portuguese Artillery

CinC Gen. Conde da Counha
De Soure's Battalion
De Valliere's Battalion

The British Contingent

C in C Lt Gen. Milord Loudon
16th Bourgoyne's Light Dragoons (6 troops)
Pulteney's Grenadier Cos.
Dalrymple's Light Cos.
3nd (Buff) Howard's 67th Lambert's
75th Frederic's
83rd Armstrong's
85th Crawford's 91st Blaneys
Colonel Pattison OiC RA (8 cos.)
2iC Major Forbes MacBean RA

The Portugal Campaign 1762


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