Tuor,
It's very easy to get swept up in other people's INTERPRETATIONS of what tolkien was writing. You mention the Atlas of Middle-earth. A lot of this is, let's be frank, Guesswork. Just as the films can sometimes cloud our minds if we see too much of them and forget what actually happened.
I will of course take this point back if I can find anything that mentions the number of Theoden's Company as he charged the orcs in other Tolkien works, ie Unfinished Tales. This may be where the author of the Atlas got the info from.....
To quote the book:
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And with that shout the king came. His horse was white as snow, golden was his shield, and his spear was long. At his right hand was Aragorn, Elendil's heir, behind him rode the lords of the House of Eorl the Young.
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Yes, no dobut more than 3 or 4, but I don't believe it would be anywhere near 900 or so.........