Hi Dale,

The British virtually took over the Portuguese Army in 1809, creating a clone of
the British organizations. The head of the Portuguese Army was a British
Officer called Alexander Dickson who kept a fantastic diary of the whole
Peninsular War. It has been republished by Ken Trotman of Cambridge and you
might be able to get individual volumes through your public library. The set is
called 'The Dickson Manuscripts' with a volume for each year from 1809 to 1813
if I remember right.

Although the Portugues had their own army uniforms to start with, they gradually
adopted UK designs, but in their original colours (Blue for Line Inf and
Artillery and Brown for Light Inf).

Although there is little evidence either way, I would expect the artillery to
use the same grey paint as provided to the Royal Artillery, and the same
organization of 6 guns. However, in 1812 Dickson brigaded six howitzers to form
a special 5 inch howitzer battery that didn't quite make it to the Battle of
Salamanca. You can therefore choose to have six guns in a battery or five plus
a howitzer - or, if it is all represented by one model, all guns with one
battery of howitzers (shorter range, greater punch). Both Guns and Howitzers
fired sperical case, or 'shrapnel'.

All the best,

Charles