From: jcg@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM (Jonathan Gingerich)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 16:21:01 CDT

Tom,

Tirailleurs du Po - can't find any ready info on them.  The Tirailleurs du
Corses are well covered because they apparently were wearing brown uniforms
in 1809.  Elting/Knotel has a couple of illustrations of them in 1805, (in
volume 1 which I do not have with me.)

Illyrian Regt. Elting/Knotel gives a pretty standard light infantry uniform,
blue habit-veste, waistcoat, and pants.  Collar and pointed cuffs red.
White piped collar, cuffs, pointed lapels, waistcoat edges and pockets, 
shoulderstraps, and pants seam.  Snazzy white mock hussar boot gaiters.
Silver buttons, chinstraps, shako lozenge.  Standard French equipement.

The only distinction appears to be a white tape around the arm at the armpit.
Originally the regiment was to have red swallow's nests, but ended up only
with the lace at the base of the missing swallow-s nest.

Portuguese Legion regiments
Elting/Knotel says the 1st Regt. had one battalion of grenadiers, one of
voltigeurs.  Haythornthwaite has more conventional organization (in Uniforms
of 1812 - which is about to be republished in larger format.  I don't have
my copy with me, so no notes from H.)  Main features were lapels which ended
above the waist edge, like the Duchy of Warsaw uniforms, and a false fronted
shako like the British 'Belgic' caps - I guess the British got the idea 
from the Portuguese.

E/K shows the grenadier with brown coat red collar, cuffs, scalloped cuff
patches, lapels, cords, plume, turnbacks, sword strap and knot, and epaullets.
White piping on collar, cuffs, cuff patches, lapels, turnbacks, and coat edges.
White grenades on turnbacks.
Silver buttons, standard French equipement, white gaiters, and white
overalls with double red lace and red piping between on the seam, red
piped fly and a red loop around the vertical pockets.

Shakos had brass chinstraps, a low brass band on the front base rising to
a point, with the Regt. No..  H. says there was a brass crown at the top
of the front.  E/K illustrate a horn for the voltiguer and something
indistinguishable for the grenadier.  Farber du Faur apparrently illustated
a cockage behind the chinstrap rosette and E/K have one in both illustrations.

The voltiguer is similar with green epauletts, brown overalls with a double
red stripe, white scalloped cuff patches, white horn badges on turnbacks,
and green cords with a yellow, green tipped plume.

Jon.