The Anglo-Portuguese Army was the combined British and Portuguesearmy that participated in the Peninsular War, under the command of Arthur Wellesley. The Army is also referred to as the British-Portuguese Army and, in Portuguese, as the Exército Anglo-Luso or the Exército Anglo-Português.
The Anglo-Portuguese Army was established with the British Army deployed to the Iberian Peninsula under the command of General Arthur Wellesley, and the Portuguese Army rebuilt under the leadership of British General William Beresford and the Portuguese War SecretaryMiguel Pereira Forjaz. The new Portuguese battalions were supplied with British equipment, trained to British standards and thoroughly re-organised. Incompetent or corrupt officers were cashiered and appropriate replacements were appointed or promoted from amongst promising Non-commissioned officers.
On 22 April 1809, Wellesley became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in the Peninsula, replacing General Cradock, whose assessment of the military situation the British government found too pessimistic.[2] At the same time he was appointed by the Portuguese Government as Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese Army. He then came to have the two armies under his command, transforming them into a single integrated army.
The Army was organised into divisions, most of them including mixed British-Portuguese units. Usually, each one had two British and one Portuguese brigades. In the elite Light Division, the brigades themselves were mixed, each including two British light infantry and one Portuguese Caçadoresbattalions.
Order of battle
The following tables show the order of battle and commanders of the Anglo-Portuguese Army at various stages in the Peninsular War.
Anglo Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Indian people Anglo-Chinese School Anglo-Normans Anglo-Burmese people Anglo-Catholicism Anglo-Norman language Anglo-Saxon paganism Anglo American plc Anglo-Mysore Wars Burial in Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Arabian Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain Anglo-French Wars Anglo-Saxon warfare Anglo-Irish people Anglo-Frisian languages Anglo-French History of Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-America Anglo-Russian Convention Anglo-Celtic Anglo-Americans Anglo-Amalgamated Anglo-Saxon model Anglo-Maratha Wars Anglo-Saxon art Anglo-Saxon charters Anglo-Burmese Wars Anglo-Norman Christianity…
in Anglo-Saxon England Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon lyre Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Spanish War Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Dutch Wars Anglo-Japanese Alliance Anglo American Anglo-Saxon runes Anglo-Leasing scandal The Anglo-African Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon riddles Anglo American Platinum Anglo-Sikh War Anglo-Irish Agreement Anglo-Saxon law Anglo-Saxon mission Anglo-Français and Français (hound) Women in Anglo-Saxon society Anglo-Indian cuisine Anglo-Saxon brooches The Anglo-Celt Anglo-Norman horse White Anglo-Saxon Protestants Anglo-Saxon dress Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxonism in the 19th century Anglo Irish Bank Anglo-Canadian Anglo-Persian Agreement Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore Anglo-Kabarda Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Indian Canadians Anglo Swiss Anglo-Saxon glass Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Anglo-Saxon England (journal) Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie Anglo-Bavarian Brewery List of Anglo-Indian wars Sardinian Anglo-Arab Mick Anglo Anglo-Chinese College Anglo-American Freemasonry Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Scottish Wars List of Anglo-Saxon deities Anglo-Catholic societies Anglo-Ame