La Lippe selected only 7,000 to 8,000 men out of the 40,000 Portuguese soldiers who were submitted to him .
La Lippe dismissed all the others as useless or unfit for military service .
La Lippe selected only 7,000 to 8,000 men out of the 40,000 Portuguese soldiers who were submitted to him , and dismissed all the others as useless or unfit for military service .