Returning to Portugal in 1809, Hill was present at the Battle of Talavera, and the operations on the Côa River. In July 1810 he was promoted to a company in the Royal West India Rangers, but remained attached to the 95th until appointed to the Portuguese army. He commanded a wing of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion at Battle of Bussaco in September 1810, and a half battalion with some British light companies at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811. He commanded the 8th Caçadores at the Siege of Badajoz in April 1812, at the Battle of Salamanca in July, and in the Burgos retreat, where his battalion lost half its numbers at the passage of the Carrión, and where he was himself wounded and taken prisoner. He again commanded his battalion at the Battle of Vitoria, and at the Siege of San Sebastián in September 1813, he headed the attack of the 5th division, and received two wounds. He was also present with it at the repulse of the Battle of Bayonne in 1814. In these campaigns he was seven times wounded.