[1] At the start of the war, the Junta de Galicia promoted him to field marshal.
[1] With Blake's Army of Galicia he fought at Rioseco (July 1808), his 4th Division[2] numbered some 5,800 troops, almost half of whom were raw recruits.
[3] He again occupied the city, 11–24 October after having driven out General Merlin's division,[3] before withdrawing again to fight at Zornoza.
[1] In March 1809, now commanding the 3rd Division of Cuesta's Army of Extremadura, Portazgo fought at Mesas de Ibor[1] and at Medellín,[4] at the latter, with only three battalions, the remaining three having been left behind to garrison Badajoz.
[5] At Talavera (July 1809), again forming part of Cuesta's Army of Extremadura, four battalions,[note 2] of the six that made up his 3rd Division, stampeded at the start of the battle.