The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-11 00:00:00

POB7'4IGUESE ARMY.

CAVALRY OF. THE UNE.
When Mar.hal Bereiford took the. command of
the army, the regimeUts of Portuguese cavalry,
twelve in number, were in a wretched state; acid;
although the Marshal 'nal bestowed great at tendon
upon this branch at the Military Force of pd. tugal,
their progress has not been equal to that of the
Wary, except in some regiments, which have bc..4.:11
under the iiiiniediate direction 'it British Officcrs.....;
The ditfictilty of procuring liorsLir has rrodered the
extension of this force impossible ; and be vc nil re•
gimennt remain still dismounted. Bat the regiments'
which hav-. been regularly organized are in excellent
,
orueri acid, whereter they have hatl an opportunity
of engaging with the epqmy, have. distinguished

themselves.
Wtrett Beresford set about organizing
this forte, he appointed Count 'de Sampayo, a very
dr,tinguished Officer, Inspector-General of the Cr.r
vary and tha,e British Officers. who had joined
the Prince Regent's service were distributed among.
the different reg;ments. A few rules and re gala.
lions, similar to the British Cavalry Regula'ions,
were drawn up, anti printed, for the guidance of
the Officers of 614 service; arid the organized re•
gluten's are now, in every resped, .fiimdar to the
13ritish cavalry, and tnanizavre uptin the same prin.

&pled.
The establishment of the different regiments,
winch at first was very low, .has been increased 19
b2O, and the whole are very complete in men. But
tht. Portuguese are not Calculated to excel in this
species of service, the men being
.toO indolent to
attend to their horses, and the country,not producing.
forage in sdhlicient abundance for the suppart of any
considerable body of cavalry. • •
The first regiment; known by the name of the
Alcautara Dragoons, is in a very etfeotive state, and
was originally brigaded with the7th. The brigade is
now tinder the conituand' of Colonel Otway, late of
the 18th. Light Dragoons, and has very much dts-
, tinguished itself in ninny affairs with the French ca-
'airy. This brigade is attached to the light cavalry
division of the British army..
2. The 24, or Mourn regiment, being deficient
in horses, has never yet been able to take the field
with the allied army. •
.3. or Olivenza regiment, is also in-

complete.
4. The 4th, or regiment of Meckleitburgh, was
amongst the first regiments to take the field. By the
exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, Iwo of
the 7th Light Dragoons, to whom the command
was given, it was recrnited in Lisbon, and joined
the army very early. in 18 tO. The 4th and 10th are
brigaded together, and also under, the orders of Col;
OtWay, and are on duty with the cavalry divisiOn,
under the command of Gen. Slade.
5. The sth, or Evora regiment, as completed
and rendered capable of taking the field, by Lieu-
tenakit-Co!onel John Brown,, late of tt.e 7th "Light
Dragoons, whp has sinte, been removed to the stli,
together v►itkthe sth, is brigaded under
Brigadier-General Madden, who, without any
present Briton rank, was ,:sent -as a Brigulier to
Portugal.
' 6, The G or Braganza reginwot, has been,
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lately, employed. in active :service:; but, being in-
coniplete in-horses, has been ordered to
,Lisbon to.
recruit., •
5:;...Tne-7111, or Lisbon rcginvnt, is in-art excel=
:leni%state ut discipline, and one of the,tuost corn-
plete,regiments in the service. It'is commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel Watson. •
8. The Bth, 'formerly known as alp regiment of
Elvas, is also a ,very complete corps. .In an aifiir
near Badajaz, ‘vlien the army of the late Marquis
itotnana .0 as cut off' by the Wench,. this
.regirnent,
led on by Colonel Brown, cut its way .through • the
columns of the'enemy. •
9. 'I he gth or rei,irnent of Chaves, was kept on
the notthem frontiers till the spring of 1810, when
it wat Gent with the 6rh and I inn tO Lisbon to be or-
ganized. Being co,nplete ill men, but deficient w
Horses, this.tvgiment was dismounted, and sent to