Hi Tuor,
congratulations on taking the plunge and starting the First Age Battles!
Off the top of my head (note to self - re-read the Sil ASAP!) I seem to remember that Tolkien stated that one of the reasons for the defeat of Denethor's silvan elves was their lack of warlike gear ie armour and combat weapons rather than hunting weapons. This shows that the orcs, even at this very early date, were reasonably well equipped with armour and weaponry forged at Angband.
As for numbers I'm afraid we're even more in the dark than in the Third Age battles, orcs - lots, elves - fewer, must be the closest we can come.
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