Wellington, meanwhile, having discovered by the explorations of his horse, that the enemy was standing firm on the Coa, resolved to dislodge them from their last hold on Portugal. To do this he required his whole force, and the 1st and 5th Divisions moved onward from Celorico to Freixadas on the 31st, to come up into line with the 3rd, 6th, and Light Divisions. With them there was now present the long-expected 7th Division, which reached the front at the end of the month, though incomplete. For the light brigade of the German Legion had arrived at Lisbon more than a fortnight late, and only four battalions in the British service[243] and five of Portuguese[244] were at present allotted to the newly formed unit. But in addition several newly landed battalions[245] came up and joined the old divisions, so that nearly 6,000 infantry in all were added to the army. After deducting many men left behind from sickness or exhaustion[246], during his advance over the wasted regions of Beira, Wellington had now about 38,000 men with him, a force very nearly equal to that of the enemy, which on the 1st of April had sunk to 39,905 including officers, if the 9th Corps, now in the vicinity of Almeida, be omitted. [243] We cannot say ‘four British battalions,’ for two of them were foreign corps, the _Chasseurs Britanniques_ and the Brunswick Oels Light Infantry. The two line regiments were the 51st and 85th. [244] 7th and 19th Line and 2nd Caçadores, forming Collins’s brigade. [245] viz. 2/88th for 3rd Division, 2/52nd for Light Division, 1/36th for the 6th Division. [246] Including Pack’s whole brigade.