when a considerable force of Portuguese, at one time exceeding 60,000
men, was organized under Marshal Beresford. Trained and partly
officered by English officers, it proved itself not unworthy of its
allies, and bore its full share in the series of campaigns and battles
by which the French were ultimately expelled from Spain. At the peace
the army numbered about 50,000 infantry and 5000 cavalry, formed on
the English model, and all in the highest state of efficiency. This
force was reduced in 1821, under the new constitutional government, to
about one-half.