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===The British–Portuguese army=== Wellington commanded six infantry [[Division (military)|division]]s, [[Charles Ashworth]]'s [[independent Portuguese brigade]], and three cavalry brigades. [[Brent Spencer]] commanded the [[History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909|1st Division]], [[Thomas Picton]] the [[3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|3rd]], [[Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet|William Houston]] the [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th]], and [[Robert Craufurd]], the [[Light Division (United Kingdom)|Light Division]]. [[Stapleton Cotton]] commanded [[Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet|John Slade]]'s and Frederick von Arentschildt's brigades of cavalry. Edward Howorth supervised four British ([[Ross' Troop|Ross RHA]], [[Bull's Troop|Bull RHA]], [[97 Battery (Lawson's Company) Royal Artillery|Lawson's RA]], [[46 (Talavera) Battery|Thompson's RA]]) and four Portuguese (Arentschildt (2), [[Da Cunha]], [[Rozierres]]) 6-gun batteries. [[Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet|William Erskine]] ([[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Division]]), [[Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet|Alexander Campbell]] ([[6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|6th Division]]), and 300 Portuguese cavalry under [[Count Barbacena]] were detached, facing the [[French II Corps]].
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