# 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
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| 1st Division  GD Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle  (6,589 total) | 1st Brigade  GB Jacques Thomas Sarrut | 2e Légère (4 bns) 36e Ligne (4 bns) |
| 1st Division  GD Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle  (6,589 total) | 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 Division  GD Étienne Heudelet de Bierre  (8,087 total) | 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 Chasseurs |
| | Artillery  (1,645 total) | 3 batteries (24 guns) |
| Corps total: 17,718 (14,676 infantry, 1,397 cavalry, 24 guns) |||

### VI Corps

Marshal Michel Ney
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| 1st 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) |
| 1st Division  GD Jean Gabriel Marchand  (6,671 total) | 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 Ligne |
| 2nd Division  GD Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet  (7,616 total) | 2nd Brigade  GB Labassée | 50e Ligne 59e Ligne |
| 3rd Division  GD Louis Henri Loison  (6,750 total) | 1st Brigade  GB Simon  (3,250 total) | 26e Ligne Légion du Midi Légion Hannoverienne |
| 3rd Division  GD Louis Henri Loison  (6,750 total) | 2nd Brigade  GB Claude François Ferey  (3,500 total) | 2/32e Légère 66e Ligne 82e Ligne |
| | Cavalry Brigade  GB Lamotte  (1,680 total) | 3e Hussards 15e Chasseurs à Cheval |
| | Artillery  (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
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| 1st 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 Ligne |
| 1st Division  GD Bertrand Clausel  (6,794 total) | 2nd Brigade  GB Eloi Charlemagne Taupin  (1,949 total) | 4th Battalion, 15e Légère 4th Battalion, 46e Ligne 4th Battalion, 75e Ligne |
| 1st Division  GD Bertrand Clausel  (6,794 total) | 3rd 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 Division  GD Jean Baptiste Solignac  (7,226 total) | 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

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Reserve Cavalry Division  GD Louis-Pierre Montbrun  (3,479 total) | 1st Brigade  GB Cavrois | 14e Hussards 19e Hussards 27e Chasseurs à Cheval |
| Reserve Cavalry Division  GD Louis-Pierre Montbrun  (3,479 total) | 2nd Brigade  GB Philippe Antoine d'Ornano | 19e Dragons 21e Dragons |
| | Reserve 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)
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| 1st 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 Rifles |
| 1st Division  Maj Gen Brent Spencer  (7,053 total) | 2nd Brigade  Lt Col Lord Blantyre  (1,516 total) | 2/24th Foot 1/42nd Foot 1/61st Foot coy, 5/60th Rifles |
| 1st Division  Maj Gen Brent Spencer  (7,053 total) | 3rd 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 Bns |
| 1st Division  Maj Gen Brent Spencer  (7,053 total) | 4th Brigade  Col the Hon Edward Pakenham  (1,792 total) | 1/7th Foot 1/79th Foot |
| 1st Division  Maj Gen Brent Spencer  (7,053 total) | Artillery | von Rettberg's Battery, KGA |
| 2nd 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 Rifles |
| 2nd Division  Maj Gen Rowland Hill  (5,737 total) | 2nd Brigade  Col William Inglis  (1,818 total) | 29th Foot 1/48th Foot 1/57th Foot |
| 2nd Division  Maj Gen Rowland Hill  (5,737 total) | 3rd Brigade  Brig Gen Catlin Craufurd  (1,672 total) | 2/28th Foot 2/34th Foot 2/39th Foot |
| 2nd Division  Maj Gen Rowland Hill  (5,737 total) | Artillery | de Rozierres' Portuguese Battery da Cunha Preto's Portuguese Battery |
| 3rd Division  Maj Gen Thomas Picton  (4,743 total) | 1st Brigade  Col Henry MacKinnon  (1,808 total) | 1/45th Foot 1/74th Foot 1/88th Foot |
| 3rd Division  Maj Gen Thomas Picton  (4,743 total) | 2nd Brigade  Maj Gen Stafford Lightburne  (1,160 total) | 2/5th Foot 2/83rd Foot 5/60th Rifles (3 coys) |
| 3rd Division  Maj Gen Thomas Picton  (4,743 total) | Portuguese Brigade  Col José Joaquim Champalimaud  (1,775 total) | 9th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 21st Portuguese Line (1 bn) |
| 3rd Division  Maj Gen Thomas Picton  (4,743 total) | Artillery | da Silva's Portuguese Battery Freira's Portuguese Battery Thompson's Battery, RA |
| 4th 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 Rifles |
| 4th Division  Maj Gen the Hon Lowry Cole  (7,400 total) | 2nd Brigade  Col James Kemmis  (2,448 total) | 3/27th Foot 1/40th Foot 97th Foot |
| 4th Division  Maj Gen the Hon Lowry Cole  (7,400 total) | Portuguese Brigade  Col Richard Collins  (2,843 total) | 11th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 23rd Portuguese Line (2 bns) |
| 4th Division  Maj Gen the Hon Lowry Cole  (7,400 total) | Artillery | Bull's Troop, RHA |
| 5th 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 Foot |
| 5th Division  Maj Gen James Leith  (7,305 total) | Spry's Portuguese Brigade  Col William Spry  (2,619 total) | 3rd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 15th Portuguese Line (2 bns) Thomar Militia |
| 5th Division  Maj Gen James Leith  (7,305 total) | Eben'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 Caçadores |
| Light Division  Brig Gen Robert Craufurd  (3,787 total) | 2nd Brigade  Lt Col Robert Barclay  (1,891 total) | 1/52nd Foot 1/95th Rifles (4 coys) 1st Caçadores |
| Light Division  Brig Gen Robert Craufurd  (3,787 total) | Artillery | Ross' Troop, RHA |
| Portuguese 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) |
| Portuguese Division  Maj Gen John Hamilton  (4,940 total) | 2nd Brigade  Brig Gen Luiz Fonseca  (2,690 total) | 2nd Portuguese Line (2 bns) 14th Portuguese Line (2 bns) |
| Independent Portuguese Brigades | 1st 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 Caçadores |
| Independent Portuguese Brigades | 5th Independent Portuguese Brigade  Brig Gen Alexander Campbell  (3,249 total) | 6th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 18th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 6th Caçadores |
| Independent Portuguese Brigades | 6th Independent Portuguese Brigade  Brig Gen Francis Coleman  (2,345 total) | 7th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 19th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 2nd Caçadores |
| | Cavalry  (210 total) | 4th Dragoons (2 sqns) |
| | Reserve Artillery  Brig Gen Edward Howarth  (2,230 total) | Lawson's Company Cleeves' Battery, KGA Passos' Portuguese Battery |
| Corps total: 51,768 (49,328 infantry, 210 cavalry, 60 guns) |||