Napoleonic British Order of Battle

Order of Battle is presented in "Foot Battalions" and "Horse Regiments."  A battalion being a group of eight stands (color stand, five fusilier, light elite stand, heavy elite stand).  A horse regiment is a group of six stands (color stand, five cavalry stands).  Units in italics are planned.

British

Line Infantry

16x
1x Scottish

Light Infantry
1x

Rifles (6 stand battalion)
1/95th
5/60th

Cavalry
4x Heavy Cav
12th Light Dragoons
13th Light Dragoons
20th Light Dragoons
15th Hussars
2x Hussars

Artillery
5x Medium

King's German Legion
1st Infantry
2nd Infantry
5th Infantry
1st Dragoons
1st Hussars
1st Light Infantry
2nd Light Infantry

Portuguese

Line Infantry
3x Line
2nd Line
4th Line


Light Infantry
1x Cazadore

Cavalry
1st Cavalry
7th Cavalry

Artillery
1x Heavy
1x Medium
2x Howitzer


British Army at Salamanca

15 July 1812

Commanding General: Lieutenant-General Earl of Wellington

Quartermaster-Gen.: Lieutenant Colonel De Lancey (acting)

Artillery Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Framingham

Engineer Commander: Colonel Fletcher

Adjutant-General: Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Aylmer (acting)

Cavalry: Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton

Brigade: Le Marchant

    3rd Dragoon Regiment (17/322)

    4th Dragoon Regiment (22/336)

    5th Dragoon Guard Regiment (22/313)

Brigade: G. Anson

    11th Light Dragoon Regiment (30/361)

    12th Light Dragoon Regiment (19/321)

    16th Light Dragoon Regiment (14/259)

Brigade: V. Alten

    14th Light Dragoon Regiment (23/324)

    1st KGL Hussar Regiment (23/376)

Brigade:

    1st KGL Dragoon Regiment (25/339)

    2nd KGL Dragoon Regiment (23/384)

Brigade: D'Urban (32/450)

    1st Portuguese Dragoon Regiment

    11th Portuguese Dragoon Regiment

Infantry
1st Division: Major-General Campbell

Brigade: Fermor

    1/Coldstream Guard Regiment (26/928)

    1/3rd Guard Regiment (23/938)

    5/60th Foot Regiment (1 coy)(1/56)

Brigade: Wheatley

    2/24th Foot Regiment (23/398)

    1/42nd Foot Regiment (40/1,039)

    2/58th Foot Regiment (31/369)

    1/79th Foot Regiment (40/634)

    5/60th Foot Regiment (1 coy)(1/53)

Brigade: Lowe's

    1st KGL Battalion (26/615)

    2nd KGL Battalion (26/601)

    5th KGL Battalion (30/525)

3rd Division: Major-General Pakenham

Brigade: Wallace

    1/45th Foot Regiment (26/416)

    74th Foot Regiment (23/420)

    1/88th Foot Regiment (21/642)

    5/60th Foot Regiment (3 coys)(11/243)

Brigade: J. Campbell

     1/5th Foot Regiment (32/870)

    2/5th Foot Regiment (19/289)

    2/83rd Foot Regiment (24/295)

    94th Foot Regiment (24/323)

Portuguese Brigade: Power (90/2,107)

    9th Portuguese Regiment

    21st Portuguese Regiment

    12th Cacadore Battalion

4th Division: Major-General L.Cole

Brigade: W. Anson

    3/27th Foot Regiment (19/614)

    1/40th Foot Regiment (24/558)

    5/60th Foot Regiment (1 coy)(2/44)

Brigade: Ellis

    1/7th Foot Regiment (24/471)

    1/23rd Foot Regiment (19/427)

    1/48th Foot Regiment (22/404)

    Brunswick Oels (1 coy)(1/53)

Portuguese Brigade: Stubb (137/2,417)

    11th Portuguese Regiment

    23rd Portuguese Regiment

    7th Cacadore Battalion

5th Division: Major-General Leith

Brigade: Greville

    3/1st Foot Regiment (32/729)

    1/9th Foot Regiment (31/635)

    1/38th Foot Regiment (36/764)

    2/38th Foot Regiment (20/281)

    Brunswick Oels (1 coy)(2/76)

Brigade: Pringle

    1/4th Foot Regiment (36/421)

    2/4th Foot Regiment (27/627)

    2/30th Foot Regiment (20/329)

    2/44th Foot Regiment (20/231)

    Brunswick Oels (1 coy)(3/66)

Portuguese Brigade: Spry (156/2,149)

    3rd Portuguese Regiment

    15th Portuguese Regiment

    9th Cacadore Battalion

6th Division: Major-General Clinton

Brigade: Hulse

    1/11th Foot Regiment (31/485)

    2/53rd Foot Regiment (25/316)

    1/61st Foot Regiment (29/517)

    5/60th Foot Regiment (1 coy)(2/59)

Brigade: Hinde

    2nd Foot Regiment (27/381)

    1/32nd Foot Regiment (33/576)

    1/36th Foot Regiment (29/400)

Portuguese Brigade: Rezende

    8th Portuguese Regiment

    12th Portuguese Regiment

    9th Cacadore Battalion

7th Division: Major-General Hope

Brigade: Hackett

    1st KGL Light Battalion (25/544)

    2nd KGL Light Battalion (21/473)

    Brunswick Oels (9 coys)(23/573)

Brigade: De Bernewitz

    51st Foot Regiment (27/280)

    68th Foot Regiment (21/317)

    Chasseurs Britanniques (27/686)

Portuguese Brigade: Collins

    7th Portuguese Regiment

    19th Portuguese Regiment

    2nd Cacadore Battalion

Light Division: Major-General Alten

Brigade: Barnard

    1/43rd Foot Regiment (30/718)

    Dets. 2/95th and 3/95th Foot Regiment (27/686)

Brigade: Vandeleur

    1/52nd Foot Regiment (28/771)

    1/95th Foot Regiment (8 coys)(27/515)

Brigade:

    1st Cacadore Battalion

    3rd Cacadore Battalion

Independent Portuguese 

Brigade: Pack

     1st Portuguese Regiment

    16th Portuguese Regiment

    4th Cacadore Battalion

Brigade: Bradford

     13th Portuguese Regiment

    14th Portuguese Regiment

    5th Cacadore Battalion

Spanish Corps: Carlos de Espagna (160/3,200)

    2/Princessa Regiment

    Tiradores de Castilla

    2/Jean Regiment

    3/1st Seville Regiment

    Cacadores de Castilla

    Lanceros de Castilla

Artillery

Corps Commander Unit Guns

    1st Cavalry Major Bull "I" Troop 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    Light Div. Major Ross "A" Troop 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    1st Div. Major Gardiner Bty 8th Bn 5-9pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    3rd Div. Cpt. Douglas Bty 9th Bn 5-9pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    4th Div. Cpt. Sympher KGL 5-9pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    5th Div. Cpt. Lawson Bty 8th Bn 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    6th Div. Cpt. Greene Bty 8th Bn 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    7th Div. Cpt. MacDonald "E" Troop 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

    Reserve Mixed Portuguese & British Bty 5-6pdrs - 1 24pdr How

Horse Artillery (18/403)

    Ross, MacDonald, and Bull

Foot Artillery (35/650)

Lawson, Gardiner, Green, Douglas, May

    KGL Artillery (5/75)

        Sympher

    Arriaga's Portuguese Battery (4/110)

Engineers (12/9)

Staff Corps (5/81)

Wagon Train (24/115)



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