Chapter XXXVII: Section XXIX: Chapter III (2)

‘It would have been useless,’ wrote Wellington, ‘for him to push on his operations beyond the Guadiana--for Drouet would simply have retired before him,--and equally so to remain at Merida.’ By this somewhat cryptic phrase the British commander-in-chief meant that if he had chosen to direct Hill, after his success at Arroyo dos Molinos, to march against Drouet’s main body, there can be no doubt that he might have driven it into the Sierra Morena. This would have caused Soult to come to its aid with all the available troops that could be collected in Andalusia. The reason why no such orders were issued was that the British general did not wish to provoke Soult to concentrate. Hill could do nothing against the Army of the South if it came against him in force. But if it continued disseminated through all the four kingdoms of Andalusia, as it was at present, with one mass of troops opposite Cadiz, another at Granada, and the small available field force busily engaged in hunting Ballasteros, it was not to be feared. As to the uselessness of stopping at Merida, Wellington meant that Hill, if posted there, would have been liable to be cut off from Elvas if Soult should come up in haste from Andalusia to reinforce Drouet--as was extremely likely. Wellington was contented with having broken up a French division, and cut the communication between the Armies of the South and of Portugal for a time. For when Girard was driven out of the space between the Tagus and the Guadiana, Soult could no longer communicate with Marmont.

Napoleon recalled Girard in disgrace, which he well deserved for his reckless want of caution: his maltreated division was given to General Barrois. But he was afterwards pardoned, and survived to die, still a general of division, doing good service at the battle of Ligny.

In the first moment of alarm, after hearing of Girard’s disaster, Soult had expected to be pressed, had sent 4,000 infantry to reinforce Drouet, and had begun to collect other troops at Seville. But finding that Hill had no further intention of striking at the 5th Corps, and that Badajoz was not even threatened, he reverted to his earlier plans, left Estremadura alone, and continued to hunt Ballasteros, and to make preparation for his next important move--the siege of Tarifa. Drouet, for his part, having recovered from the dismay into which Girard’s defeat had thrown him, once more began to move his troops northward with caution. On December 5th he reoccupied Almendralejo, on the 18th he pushed Dombrouski with a brigade to Merida, and once more opened up communication with the Army of Portugal by way of Truxillo. But the road was not to be long open. Just before the year 1811 was out (December 27th) Hill was sent forth a second time against the 5th Corps, with far more serious intentions than in October, for this expedition was part of Wellington’s preliminary movements for the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. It will be dealt with in its proper place.

For all intents and purposes the march to Arroyo dos Molinos forms the last episode of the campaign of 1811. Its main interest was that it showed Wellington in offensive mood, ready to take advantage of the scattered condition of his enemy. It also made it clear that in Hill he had an executive officer of the highest merit--but this was known before to all who had studied the career of that much-loved and well-served general, for whom the 2nd Division would do anything. There was no more popular promotion during the whole war than that which made him a Knight of the Bath in reward for his little campaign.

December had now arrived--the fatal detachment of 15,000 of Marmont’s men to Valencia had been ordered by the Emperor. Wellington was ready for his long-projected blow at Ciudad Rodrigo. How sharply it was delivered will be told in another volume.

APPENDICES

I

THE FRENCH ARMY IN PORTUGAL, JAN. 1, 1811

[FROM A RETURN IN THE _ARCHIVES NATIONALES_, PARIS]

2nd CORPS. REYNIER. At and about Santarem:

Present under
Arms. Detached. Sick. Total.
Officers. Men.

1st Infantry Division, Merle 154 4,214 150 1,549 6,067
2nd Infantry Division,
Heudelet 196 5,522 451 2,616 8,785
Cavalry Brigade, Pierre Soult 98 1,048 523 231 1,900
Artillery, Train, &c. 33 1,251 52 89 1,425
État-Major 65 -- -- -- 65
--- ------ ----- ----- ------
Corps Total 546 12,035 1,176 4,485 18,242

6th CORPS. NEY. Head quarters, Thomar:
1st Infantry Division,
Marchand 182 4,805 529 1,121 6,637
2nd Infantry Division, Mermet 212 6,040 743 1,077 8,072
3rd Infantry Division, Loison 174 4,415 1,037[778] 3,291 8,917
Cavalry Brigade, Lamotte 48 604 663 117 1,432
Artillery, Train, &c. 34 1,735 47 165 1,981
État-Major 77 -- -- -- 77
--- ------ ----- ----- ------
Corps Total 727 17,599 3,019 5,771 27,116

8th CORPS. JUNOT. Head quarters, Torres Novas:
1st Infantry Division, Clausel 185 3,822 484 3,989 8,480
2nd Infantry Division, Solignac 236 4,761 1,958[779] 3,537 10,492
Cavalry Brigade 86 895 698 238 1,917
Artillery, Train, &c. 23 1,083 24 392 1,522
État-Major 69 -- -- -- 69
--- ------ ----- ----- ------
Corps Total 599 10,561 3,164 8,156 22,480

Reserve Cavalry, Montbrun 140 2,729 1,486[780] 178 4,533
Artillery Reserve, Génie, &c. 42 1,546 219 283 2,090
Gendarmerie 7 190 -- -- 197
General État-Major of the Army 66 -- -- -- 66
----- ------ ----- ------ ------
Total 2,127 44,660 9,064 18,873 74,724

[778] Including 5/82nd, 528 strong, at Almeida.

[779] Including 4/15th and 3/86th, 1,451 strong, at Ciudad
Rodrigo.

[780] Including five squadrons, 875 strong, left between Ciudad
Rodrigo and Almeida.

Total present under arms of all ranks, 46,787 [Fririon gives only 45,131].

N.B.--The 9,064 detached include 2,854 men left at Rodrigo and Almeida, and 6,210 men left behind in Spain at Salamanca and elsewhere.

Note the terrible proportion of sick in the raw divisions of Junot and Loison, as compared with the lower percentage in the old divisions of Ney’s and Reynier’s Corps.

9th Corps. DROUET D’ERLON. Head quarters approaching Leiria:

1st Division of Infantry,
Claparéde (at Guarda) 246 7,617 369 482 8,714
2nd Division of Infantry,
Conroux (near Leiria) 225 7,367 447 1,299 9,338
Cavalry Brigade, Fournier (at
the rear) 71 1,627 60 114 1,872
Artillery, Train, &c. 13 657 -- 72 742
État-Major 66 -- -- -- 66
--- ------ --- ----- ------
Corps Total 621 17,268 876 1,967 20,732

Only Conroux’s division being with the main army, its 7,592 effective men alone have to be added to Masséna’s force, making a grand total of 54,116 for the available strength of the Marshal on Jan. 1, 1811.

On March 15th the total of 46,787 effectives in the old Army of Portugal had gone down to 44,407 (according to the return in the Paris Archives--Fririon says to only 40,751), though 1,862 drafts were brought up to the front by Foy on Feb. 5. This shows a shrinkage of 4,242 men effective since Jan. 1. But the loss in the sick is terrible--on Jan. 1 there were 18,873; on March 15 only about 6,000 (5,424 in the three army corps; no figures preserved for artillery, train, engineers, gendarmerie, &c.). Apparently multitudes must have perished in hospital during these eleven weeks.

Conroux’s division had about 6,400 effectives on March 15, which would make Masséna’s effective fighting force on that day 50,807. Claparéde’s division (at Guarda and Celorico) was on March 15 about 6,000 strong.

On April 1 the total of 44,407 effectives of the old army on March 15 had gone down to 39,905 present with the colours, not including Conroux and Claparéde.

On April 15 (the retreat having ended on April 5) the total of effectives was 39,546, not including Conroux and Claparéde.

The states of May 1 (Paris Archives) will be found under the Table (No. XII) entitled ‘The French Army at Fuentes de Oñoro.’

II

SOULT’S ARMY IN HIS FIRST EXPEDITION OF ESTREMADURA (JAN.-MARCH 1811)

Officers
and Men.
5th CORPS. Marshal MORTIER:
1st Infantry Division (Girard):
34th, 40th, 64th, 88th Line (three batts. each) 5,835
2nd Infantry Division (Gazan):
21st and 28th Léger, 100th and 103rd Line (three batts.
each) 5,775
Corps-Cavalry (Briche), 21st Chasseurs, 10th Hussars. 971
From 1st CORPS:
63rd Line (three batts.) 1,450
4th, 14th, 26th Dragoons 1,332
2nd Hussars 405
From 4th Corps: 27th Chasseurs à Cheval 990
Artillery and Train 1,261
Engineers and Sappers 698
4th Spanish Chasseurs à Cheval 246
Gendarmerie 25
État-Major-General 22
------
General Total 19,010

III

SPANISH TROOPS IN ESTREMADURA, MARCH, 1811

(A) ORIGINAL GARRISON OF THE PLACE

Officers. Men.

2nd of Majorca (two batts.) 43 466
1st of Badajoz (one batt.) 20 376
Provincial de Truxillo (one batt.) 27 694
Provincial de Plasencia (one batt.) 20 687
Dismounted Cavalry, organized in battalions 29 781
Artillery, and detachments lent to the artillery by
various corps 45 979
Sappers 6 167
--- -----
Total 190 4,150

(B) MENDIZABAL’S ARMY OF SUCCOUR [Present with the Colours, Feb. 1, 1811]

Officers. Men.
Vanguard Division, Brigadier-General Carlos de España:
Principe (three batts.), 1st and 2nd of Catalonia,
Gerona, Vittoria (one batt. each) 137 2,550

1st Division, Major-General Garcia:
Leon (three batts.), Regimiento del General (three
batts.), La Union (two batts.), 1st of Barcelona,
Voluntarios Catalanes, Osuna, Zafra, Valladolid,
La Serena (one batt. each), 2nd of Seville (two
batts.) 357 5,594

2nd Division, Major-General Virues:
Rey (two batts.), Princesa (two batts.), Lobera
(three batts.), Toledo (two batts.), Zamora (two
batts.), Hibernia (two batts.), Fernando 7º (two
batts.), Tiradores de Castilla, Voluntarios de
Navarra, 1st of Seville (one batt. each) 282 4,926

Cavalry, Major-General Butron:
Carabineros Reales, Reina, Infante, Borbon,
Algarve, Sagunto, Lusitania, Hussares de
Estremadura, Perseguidores de Andalusia,
Imperiales de Toledo, Granaderos de Llerena,
Cruzada de Albuquerque [many regiments
very weak] 387 3,361
[with 2,595 horses]

Artillery, divisional, four batteries [not including
men in Badajoz] 19 498
----- ------
Total 1,182 16,929

N.B.--This total force of 18,111 men did not appear before Badajoz with Mendizabal on February 5th. Fernando 7º, with 800 men, was garrisoning Albuquerque. The 800 dismounted cavalry were at Valencia de Alcantara, their dépôt. 2nd of Seville, with 34 officers and 582 men, had been thrown into Badajoz in January. About 400 cavalry were detached with Ballasteros. Two battalions were garrisoning Campo Mayor. It seems that the actual army of succour consisted of about 2,500 men of Carlos de España’s division, 8,500 from those of Garcia and Virues, 2,500 of Butron’s cavalry and 450 artillery; also 950 Portuguese dragoons under Madden.

Osuna, Zafra, Valladolid, and La Serena, with 132 officers and 2,559 men, were drafted into the garrison of Badajoz before the battle of the Gebora, in which they did not take part. The total force present at that light was about 9,000 infantry and 2,000 Spanish horse, besides Madden’s 900 Portuguese dragoons.

IV

GRAHAM’S ARMY AT BARROSA, AND ITS LOSSES

_Offi- _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Total._
cers._ _Men._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._

Dilkes’s Brigade:
1st Guards, 2nd batt. 24 587 1 33 8 177 219
Coldstream Guards, 2nd
Batt. (2 comps.) 7 204 1 8 2 47 58
3rd Guards, 2nd Batt. (3
comps.) 8 314 1 14 2 85 102
2 comps. 2/95th Rifles 11 206 -- 6 -- 28 34
--- ----- -- -- -- --- ---
Total of Brigade 50 1,311 3 61 12 337 413

Wheatley’s Brigade:
1/28th Foot (8 comps.) 20 437 -- 6 -- 80 86
2/67th Foot 23 504 -- 10 4 31 45
2/87th Foot 32 664 1 44 4 124 173
--- ---- -- -- -- --- ---
Total of Brigade 75 1,605 1 60 8 235 304

Browne’s Flank Battalion
(2 comps, each of 1/9th,
1/28th, 2/82nd) 22 514 -- 25 11 200 236

Barnard’s Flank Battalion
(4 comps. 3/95th Rifles, 2
comps. 2/47th) 29 615 2 33 5 97 137

Flank Companies,
20th Portuguese 10 316 -- 9 5 42 56

Cavalry, 2 squadrons 2nd
Hussars K.G.L. 13 193 -- -- 2 32 34

Artillery 20 342 -- 6 8 40 54

Royal Engineers 9 50 -- 1 -- 2 3

Staff Corps 2 35 -- -- -- 1 1
--- ----- -- --- -- --- -----
Total of Army 236 4,981 6 195 51 986 1,238

Total of force was: Infantry, 4,533; Cavalry, 206; Artillery, 362; Engineers, &c., 96 = Grand Total, 5,217.

N.B.--Of these troops on the field, Dilkes’s brigade _minus_ the 211 Coldstreamers, but _plus_ 260 of the 2/67th and Browne’s flank battalion, formed the right column, while Wheatley’s brigade, _minus_ one wing of the 2/67th, but _plus_ the two Coldstream companies and Barnard’s flank battalion, was on the left. All the guns were with the latter column. Thus Dilkes’s command must have been about 1,950 strong, Wheatley’s about 2,883. The cavalry were absent with Whittingham on the coast-road till nearly the end of the engagement.

V

VICTOR’S ARMY AT BARROSA, AND ITS LOSSES

(1) TROOPS ENGAGED AGAINST THE BRITISH

_Present._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
_Off._ _Men._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._
DIVISION RUFFIN:
2/9th Léger 15 581 1 14 4 70 1 18 108
1/24th and 2/24th Ligne 37 1,156 2 33 7 214 3 21 280
1/96th Ligne 26 738 2 39 6 199 2 1 249
2 provisional batts. of see
Grenadiers note[781] 1 20 5 136 1 59 222
-- ----- -- --- -- --- -- -- ---
Divisional Total 78 2,475 6 106 22 619 7 99 859

DIVISION LAVAL:
1/8th and 2/8th Ligne 43 1,425 11 63 11 622 -- 19 726
1/45th Ligne 27 683 1 7 -- 44 -- 3 55
1/54th and 2/54th Ligne 42 1,281 3 26 10 284 -- -- 323

Grenadier companies
of the 3rd batts. of
the 8th, 45th, 54th,
24th, 96th Ligne, see
and 9th Léger 19 530 -- -- -- -- note[782] --
--- ----- -- --- -- --- -- -- -----
Divisional Total 131 3,919 15 96 21 950 -- 22 1,104

CAVALRY, 1st Dragoons 21 377 -- 2 6 30 1 3 42
ARTILLERY, 2 batteries 8 161 1 16 3 31 1 -- 52
ÉTAT-MAJOR ? ? 2 -- 2 -- 1 -- 5
--- ----- -- --- -- ---- -- --- -----
General Total 238 6,932 24 220 54 1,630 10 124 2,062

[781] These two battalions were formed of the fourteen grenadier
companies of the 1st and 2nd battalions of all the seven regiments of
Laval’s and Ruffin’s divisions, including those of the 16th Léger,
absent from the corps. The men are therefore all counted already in
their battalions, save those of the 16th Léger, which would probably
give 7 officers and 170 men to be added to the above total of 7,170.
That these companies of the 16th were present is shown by the fact that
two casualties of officers of the regiment are recorded in Martinien’s
lists at Barrosa.

[782] Losses of these six companies are included among those of the
other grenadiers in the return. They were little engaged, and probably
lost only 20 or 30 men.

(2) TROOPS ENGAGED AGAINST THE SPANIARDS, IN THE COMBAT BY THE TORRE BERMEJA

_Present._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
_Off._ _Men._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._

DIVISION VILLATTE:
1/27th and 3/27th Léger 43 982 1 20 7 150 2 21 201
1/94th Ligne 15 535 1 9 3 49 -- -- 62
2/95th and 3/95th
Ligne 30 1,026 -- 1 -- 32 -- 1 34
CAVALRY, 2nd Dragoons 19 270 -- 3 -- 12 -- 4 19
ARTILLERY, 1 battery 3 75 -- -- -- --- -- -- --
ÉTAT-MAJOR ? ? -- -- 1 --- -- -- 1
--- ----- -- -- -- --- -- -- ---
110 2,881 2 33 11 243 2 26 317

N.B.--There were absent from their divisions:

(1) With Cassagne at Medina Sidonia--the 2/27th, 3/94th, 2/96th, 1/95th, and a battalion of _voltigeur_ companies from the 3rd battalion of the 8th, 24th, 45th, 54th, 96th, and 6th Léger; also the 5th Chasseurs à Cheval.

(2) Left in garrison in the Cadiz lines--the 1/9th Léger, 2/45th and 2/94th Ligne.

(3) Taken away by Soult--the 63rd Ligne and 16th Léger.

VI

BRITISH LOSSES DURING THE COMBATS 11TH-15TH MARCH, 1811

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
_Officers._ _Men._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._

POMBAL, March 11th:
1/95th Foot -- 1 1 4 -- -- 6
3rd Caçadores -- 10 1 20 -- -- 31
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total -- 11 2 24 -- -- 37

REDINHA, March 12th:
Light Division:
1/43rd Foot -- -- -- 6 -- -- 6
1/52nd Foot -- 2 3 21 -- -- 26
1/95th Foot -- -- 1 24 -- 1 26
3rd Division:
2/5th Foot -- 3 1 5 -- -- 9
1/45th Foot -- -- 1 6 -- -- 7
5/60th Foot -- -- -- 10 -- 4 14
1/88th Foot -- -- 1 3 -- -- 4
1/94th Foot -- 2 1 13 -- -- 16
2/83rd Foot -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
4th Division:
2/27th Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
1/40th Foot -- -- -- 8 -- -- 8
97th Foot -- 1 -- 6 -- -- 7
Cavalry:
1st Royal
Dragoons -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
4th Dragoons -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
Horse Artillery -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
Portuguese: From
1st, 3rd, 4th,
and 6th
Caçadores -- 9 3 51 -- 10 73
-- -- -- -- -- -- ---
Total -- 17 11 163 -- 15 206

CAZAL NOVO, and other skirmishes of March 14th:
Light Division:
1/43rd Foot -- -- 3 11 -- -- 14
1/52nd Foot 1 8 3 52 -- 1 65
1/95th Foot -- 3 2 10 -- -- 15
3rd Division:
2/5th Foot -- -- -- 8 -- -- 8
1/45th Foot -- 1 -- 9 -- 1 11
5/60th Foot -- -- 1 3 -- 1 5
74th Foot -- -- 1 4 -- -- 5
2/83rd Foot -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
1/88th Foot -- -- -- 2 -- 1 3
1/94th Foot -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
Portuguese -- 2 1 21 -- -- 24
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1 14 11 125 -- 4 155

FOZ DO AROUCE, March 15th:
Light Division:
1/52nd Foot -- 2 -- 3 -- -- 5
1/95th Foot -- -- 2 17 -- -- 19
3rd Division:
2/5th Foot -- 1 -- 7 -- -- 8
1/45th Foot -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
5/60th Foot 1 3 -- 8 -- -- 12
74th Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
2/83rd Foot -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
1/88th Foot 1 -- -- 1 -- -- 2
1/94th Foot -- -- -- 6 -- -- 6
1st Division:
1/79th Foot -- 1 -- 6 -- -- 7
2/24th Foot -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
2/42nd Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
Portuguese -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2 7 2 60 -- -- 71

VII

BRITISH LOSSES AT SABUGAL, APRIL 3RD, 1811

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
_Officers._ _Men._ _O._ _M._ _O._ _M._
Light Division:
1/43rd Foot 1 7 5 67 -- -- 80
1/52nd Foot -- 3 2 18 -- -- 23
1/95th Foot 1 1 2 12 -- 1 17
2/95th Foot -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 3
3rd Division:
2/5th Foot -- -- 2 6 -- -- 8
1/45th Foot -- -- -- 2 -- 1 3
5/60th Foot -- 2 -- 2 -- 1 5
2/83rd Foot -- -- -- 1 -- 1 2
1/88th Foot -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
2/88th Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
1/94th Foot -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
Royal Horse
Artillery -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
1st Hussars
K.G.L. -- -- -- 1 -- 1 2
Portuguese -- 1 -- 9 1[783] 11
-- -- -- --- -- -- ---
Total 2 15 11 128 1 5 162

[783] This officer, Colonel Waters, of the Portuguese Staff, was taken
prisoner on the Coa many miles from the battlefield, by the outposts of
the French 6th Corps.

N.B.--Note that of all the 594 casualties in action during the period of
Masséna’s retreat all but 65 were in the Light and 3rd Divisions. All
the officers killed or wounded belonged to those divisions, except two in
the 4th and 6th Portuguese Caçadores wounded at Redinha.

VIII

FRENCH LOSSES AT SABUGAL, APRIL 3RD, 1811 [FROM A RETURN IN THE MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE, PARIS]

_Killed. _Wounded. _Missing. _Total._
Officers. Men._ Officers. Men._ Officers. Men._
2nd CORPS. MERLE’S Division:
2nd Léger 2 7 4 60 3 15 91
36th Ligne 1 8 5 63 1 18 96
4th Léger 1 1 5 57 1 19 84
HEUDELET’S Division:
17th Léger 3 13 12 118 -- 31 177
70th Ligne 6 9 11 122 -- 96 244
31st Léger 2 2 -- 6 -- -- 10
47th Ligne -- 1 -- 6 -- 1 8
Cavalry (PIERRE SOULT):
1st Hussars -- 7 -- 4 1 -- 12
8th Dragoons -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
25th Dragoons -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
22nd Chasseurs 1 4 -- 11 -- -- 16
Chasseurs
Hanovriens -- 2 -- 6 -- -- 8
Artillery 1 1 1 7 -- -- 10
-- -- -- --- -- --- ---
17 55 38 464 6 180 760

N.B.--The disproportionate number of wounded to killed among rank and file, 464 to 55, or one to eight, while the normal proportion was about one to five, suggests that some of the numerous ‘missing’ were really killed. Note the excessive loss among officers, 61 to 699 rank and file, one to eleven instead of the usual one to twenty.

There is some reason to suppose that the figures are incomplete, as Martinien’s _Liste des officiers tués et blessés_ gives 19 killed and 46 wounded _by name_. We find in these tables the 1st Hussars with an officer killed and three wounded, and the 70th Ligne with seven killed and thirteen wounded, &c.

IX

FORCE OF WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT FUENTES DE OÑORO [FROM THE RETURN OF MAY 1]

CAVALRY

_Brigadier._ _Regiments._ _Officers._ _Sergeants, _Regimental _Brigade
drummers, Total._ Total of
and rank Effectives._
and file._

Slade {1st Dragoons 24 364 388} 766
{14th Light Dragoons 25 353 378}

Arentschildt {16th Dragoons 30 332 362} 776
{1st Hussars K.G.L. 30 384 414}

Portuguese {4th Line -- 104 104}
Brigade, {10th Line -- 208 208} 312[784]
Barbaçena { }
---- ------ ------ ------
Total Cavalry 109 1,745 1,854 1,854

INFANTRY

1st Division. Lieut.-General SIR BRENT SPENCER:

{3rd Guards, 1st batt. 24 935 959}
Stopford {Coldstream G., 1st batt. 31 909 940} 1,943
{1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 42 44}

{24th Foot, 2nd batt. 22 349 371}
{42nd ” ” ” 26 419 445}
Nightingale {79th ” 1st ” 39 883 922} 1,774
{1 comp. 5/60th Foot 1 35 36}

{50th Foot, 1st batt. 45 552 597}
Howard {71st ” ” ” 42 455 497} 1,934
{92nd ” ” ” 41 723 764}
{3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 3 73 76}

{1st Line Batt. K.G.L. 27 485 512}
{2nd ” ” 30 454 484}
Löwe {5th ” ” 29 393 422} 1,914
{7th ” ” 21 389 410}
{2 Light Comps. ” 5 81 86}
---- ------ ------ ------
Total 1st Division 388 7,177 7,565 7,565

3rd Division. Major-General T. PICTON:

{45th Foot, 1st batt. 24 484 508}
Mackinnon {74th Regiment 24 461 485}
{88th Foot, 2nd batt. 30 657 687} 1,863
{3 comps. 5/60th Foot 6 177 183}

{5th Foot, 2nd batt. 28 476 504}
Colville {83rd ” ” 33 427 460} 1,967
{88th ” ” 28 439 467}
{94th Regiment 31 505 536}

Power’s {9th Line, 2 batts. -- 910[785] 910}
Portuguese {21st ” ” -- 740[785] 740} 1,650
Brigade { }

Total 3rd Division 204 5,276 5,480 5,480

5th Division. Major-General SIR W. ERSKINE:

{1st Foot, 3rd batt. 39 633 672}
Hay {9th ” 1st ” 28 599 627} 1,770
{38th ” 2nd ” 21 381 402}
{1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 66 69}

{4th Foot, 1st batt. 34 578 612}
Dunlop {30th ” 2nd ” 23 484 507}
{44th ” 3rd ” 27 410 437} 1,624
{1 comp. Brunswick Oels 3 65 68}

Spry’s {3rd Line, 2 batts. -- 724[785] 724}
Portuguese {15th ” ” -- 556[785] 556} 1,764
Brigade {8th Caçadores, 1 batt. -- 484[785] 484}

Total 5th Division 178 4,980 5,158 5,158

6th Division. Major-General ALEX. CAMPBELL:

{11th Foot, 1st batt. 49 788 837}
Hulse {53rd ” 2nd ” 21 438 459} 2,041
{61st ” 1st ” 31 666 697}
{1 comp. 5/60th Foot 2 46 48}

Burne {2nd Foot 30 528 558}
{36th ” 1st batt. 32 482 514} 1,072

Madden’s {8th Line, 2 batts. -- 915[785] 915}
Portuguese {12th ” ” -- 1,222[785] 1,222} 2,137
Brigade { }

Total 6th Division 165 5,085 5,250 5,250

7th Division. Major-General HOUSTON:

{51st Foot, 2nd batt. 39 551 590}
{85th Foot 22 365 387}
Sontag. {Chasseurs Britanniques. 31 808 839} 2,409
{Brunswick Oels, 8 comps. 32 561 593}

Doyle’s (late{7th Line, 2 batts. -- 713[786] 713}
Collins’s) {19th ” ” -- 1,026[786] 1,026} 2,181
Portuguese {2nd Caçadores, 1 batt. -- 442[786] 442}
Brigade { }

Total 7th Division. 124 4,466 4,590 4,590

Light Division. Major-General R. CRAUFURD:

{43rd Foot, 1st batt. 27 727 754}
Beckwith {95th ” 1st ” }
{ (4 comps.) 13 341 354} 1,184
{95th ” 2nd ” }
{ (1 comp.) 4 72 76}

{52nd Foot, 1st batt. 32 803 835}
Drummond {52nd ” 2nd ” 32 510 542} 1,734
{95th ” 4th ” }
{ (4 comps.) 14 343 357}

Portuguese {1st Caçadores -- 450[786] 450}
{3rd ” -- 447[786] 447} 897

Total Light Division 122 3,693 3,815 3,815

Ashworth’s {6th Line, 2 batts. -- 986[786] 986}
Portuguese {18th ” ” -- 1,130[786] 1,130} 2,539
Brigade, {6th Caçadores -- 423[786] 423}
unattached { }

ARTILLERY

English H. A. (Bull’s and Ross’s
troops) 10 157 167}
” Field (Lawson’s and Thompson’s
Companies) 10 260 270} 987
Portuguese (4 batteries) -- 550[786] 550}

ENGINEERS 10 30 40 40

TRAIN 15 211 226 226

[784] These Portuguese figures include the officers.

[785] These Portuguese figures include the officers.

[786] These Portuguese figures include the officers.

TOTAL

Cavalry 1,854
1st Division 7,565
3rd ” 5,480
5th ” 5,158
6th ” 5,250
7th ” 4,590
Light ” 3,815
Ashworth’s Portuguese 2,539
Artillery 987
Engineers 40
Train 226
------
Grand Total 37,504

[Total of Infantry, 34,397.]

N.B.--Pack’s Portuguese Brigade and the 2nd regiment from the 6th Division were absent, in charge of the blockade of Almeida.

X

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE LOSSES AT FUENTES DE OÑORO FIRST DAY, MAY 3RD, 1811

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
1st DIVISION. Spencer:

Nightingale’s {24th Foot, 2nd batt. -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
Brigade {42nd ” ” ” -- 1 1 6 -- 1 9
{79th ” 1st ” 1 4 2 18 -- -- 25

{30th Foot, 1st batt. -- -- 2 3 -- -- 5
Howard’s {71st ” ” 1 7 5 33 -- 6 52
Brigade {92nd ” ” -- -- 1 9 -- -- 10
{3/95th Foot, 1 comp. -- -- 1 9 -- -- 10

{1st Line batt. K.G.L. -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
Löwe’s {2nd ” ” -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
Brigade {5th ” ” -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
{7th ” ” -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
{Light comps. ” -- 3 -- 8 -- -- 11
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----
Divisional Total 2 15 12 103 -- 7 139
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----

3rd DIVISION. Picton:

{45th Foot, 1st batt. -- -- -- -- -- 2 2
Mackinnon’s {74th ” ” -- 1 -- 9 -- -- 10
Brigade {88th ” ” -- -- -- 5 -- -- 5
{5/60th Foot, 3 comps. -- 3 2 9 -- 8 22

{ 5th Foot, 2nd batt. -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
Colville’s {83rd ” ” -- -- -- 9 -- 3 12
Brigade {88th ” ” -- -- -- 6 -- -- 6
{94th ” -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----
Divisional Total -- 4 2 45 -- 13 64
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----

CAVALRY:

Slade’s {1st Dragoons -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Brigade {14th Light Dragoons -- 1 -- 1 -- 1 3

Arentschildt’s {16th Light Dragoons -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Brigade {1st Hussars K.G.L. -- -- 1 4 -- -- 5
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----
British General Total 2 20 15 153 -- 21 211

Portuguese loss (nearly all in 6th
Caçadores of Ashworth’s Brigade) -- 14 6 27 -- 1 48
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----
General Total of Allied Loss 2 34 21 180 -- 22 259

XI

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE LOSSES AT FUENTES DE OÑORO SECOND DAY, MAY 5TH, 1811

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
1st DIVISION. Spencer:

Stopford’s {1st Coldstream Guards -- 4 2 49 1 7 63
Brigade {1st Scots Fusilier
{ Guards 1 5 1 52 1 12 72

{24th Foot, 2nd batt. 1 4 -- 19 1 4 29
Nightingale’s {42nd ” ” ” -- 2 -- 23 -- -- 25
Brigade {79th ” 1st ” -- 27 9 126 -- 94 256

{30th Foot, 1st batt. -- 3 -- 21 -- -- 24
Howard’s {71st ” ” 2 11 4 71 2 37 127
Brigade {92nd ” ” -- 7 1 34 -- -- 42
{3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 1 1 -- 2 -- 2 6

{1st Line batt. K.G.L. -- -- -- 2 -- 1 3
Löwe’s {2nd ” ” -- 2 2 11 -- 2 17
Brigade {5th ” ” -- -- -- 8 -- 3 11
{7th ” ” -- 1 1 5 -- 2 9
{Light comps. ” -- -- -- 3 -- 2 5
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Divisional Total 5 67 20 426 5 166 689
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

3rd DIVISION. Picton:

{45th Foot, 1st batt. -- 3 -- 1 1 4 9
Mackinnon’s {74th ” ” 1 2 2 54 -- -- 59
Brigade {88th ” ” 1 1 2 47 -- 1 52
{5/60th Foot, 3 comps. -- -- 1 13 -- -- 14

{ 5th Foot, 2nd batt. -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
Colville’s {83rd ” ” 1 5 1 28 -- -- 35
Brigade {88th ” ” -- -- -- -- -- -- --
{94th Foot -- -- 1 4 -- -- 5
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Divisional Total 3 11 7 150 1 5 177
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

5th DIVISION. Erskine:

Hay’s { 1st Foot, 3rd batt. -- -- -- 9 -- -- 9
Brigade { 9th ” 1st ” -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
{38th ” 2nd ” -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Dunlop’s { 4th Foot, 1st batt. -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Brigade {30th ” 2nd ” -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
{44th ” ” ” -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Divisional Total -- -- -- 21 -- -- 21

6th DIVISION. Campbell:
No losses whatever -- -- -- -- -- -- --
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

7th DIVISION. Houston:

{51st Foot, 2nd batt. -- -- -- 5 -- 1 6
Sontag’s {85th ” ” 1 12 3 36 -- 43 95
Brigade {Chasseurs Britanniques -- 30 4 17 -- 7 58
{Brunswick Oels -- 1 1 6 -- 10 18
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Divisional Total 1 43 8 64 -- 61 177
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

LIGHT DIVISION. Craufurd:

Beckwith’s {43rd Foot, 1st batt. -- -- -- 9 -- -- 9
Brigade {1/95th Foot, 4 comps. -- -- -- 7 -- -- 7

{52nd Foot, 1st batt. -- 1 -- 6 -- -- 7
Drummond’s {52nd ” 2nd ” -- -- -- 14 -- -- 14
Brigade {2/95th Foot, 4 comps. -- 2 -- 4 -- -- 6
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Divisional Total -- 3 -- 40 -- -- 43
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

CAVALRY. Stapleton Cotton:

Slade’s {1st Dragoons -- 4 1 36 -- -- 41
Brigade {14th Light Dragoons -- 3 5 27 -- 3 38

Arentschildt’s {16th Light Dragoons -- 7 2 16 1 1 27
Brigade {1st Hussars K.G.L. -- 2 2 39 -- -- 43
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Cavalry Total -- 16 10 118 1 4 149
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------

ARTILLERY. Howarth:

Horse -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 2
Field -- 5 3 18 -- -- 26

GENERAL STAFF -- -- 2 -- -- -- 2
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
British General Total of May 5th 9 146 50 838 7 236 1286

Portuguese losses (mainly in the 2nd
and 3rd Caçadores, and 6th and 21st
Line) -- 50 7 151 -- 51 259
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Allied General Total of May 5th 9 196 57 989 7 287 1545
---- ----- ---- ------ ---- ----- ------
Total of both days, May 3rd and 5th 11 230 78 1169 7 309 1804

XII

THE FRENCH ARMY AT FUENTES DE OÑORO, MAY 3-5, 1811

A. ARMY OF PORTUGAL, STATE OF MAY 1st

2nd CORPS. REYNIER.

_Officers._ _Men._ _Total._
Division Merle:

Brigade {2nd Léger (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 55 1,812
Sarrut {36th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 55 1,595
4th Léger (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 61 1,313
--- -----
171 4,720 4,891

Division Heudelet:

Brigade {17th Léger (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 58 1,166
Godard {70th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 52 1,026

Brigade {31st Léger (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 55 1,528
Arnaud {47th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 60 1,546
--- -----
225 5,266 5,491

Cavalry Brigade:
1st Hussars 9 94
22nd Chasseurs 27 336
8th Dragoons 13 203
--- -----
49 633 682

For Artillery, Sappers, Train, &c., see Total of Army.
Total of Corps 11,064

6th CORPS. LOISON.

Division Marchand:

Brigade {6th Léger (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 43 1,202
Maucune {69th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 54 1,537

Brigade {39th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 53 1,286
Chemineau {76th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 64 1,633
--- -----
214 5,658 5,872

Division Mermet:

Brigade {25th Léger (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 67 1,800
Ménard {27th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 57 1,763

Brigade {50th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 57 1,356
Taupin {59th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.) 53 1,549
--- -----
234 6,468 6,702

Division Ferey:

{26th Ligne (4th, 5th, 6th batts.) 57 958
{Légion du Midi (1 batt.) 16 369
{Légion Hanovrienne (1 batt.) 19 412

{66th Ligne (4th, 5th, 6th batts.) 63 1,307
{82nd Ligne (4th, 6th batts.[787]) 44 987
--- -----
199 4,033 4,232

Light Cavalry Brigade Lamotte:

3rd Hussars 12 152
15th Chasseurs 13 157
-- ---
25 309 334

For Artillery, Sappers, Train, &c., see Total of Army.

Total of Corps 17,140

8th CORPS. JUNOT. [Clausel’s Division absent, guarding Communications.]

Solignac’s Division:

{15th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.[788]) 55 1,206
{86th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 3rd batts.) 60 1,440

{65th Ligne (1st, 2nd, 4th batts.[788]) 51 1,512
{Régiment Irlandais (1 batt.) 18 372
--- -----
184 4,530 4,714

For Artillery, Train, Sappers, &c., see Total of Army.

9th CORPS. DROUET.

Claparéde’s Division:

{54th Ligne (1 batt.) 14 270
{21st Léger ” 16 613
{28th Léger ” 17 457

{40th Ligne ” 19 500
{63rd Ligne ” 19 499
{88th Ligne ” 18 635

{64th Ligne ” 20 563
{100th Ligne ” 15 499
{103rd Ligne ” 18 524
--- -----
156 4,560 4,716

Conroux’s Division:

{16th Léger (1 batt.) 16 593
{9th Léger ” 21 739
{27th Léger ” 19 648

{8th Ligne ” 17 599
{24th Ligne ” 17 625
{45th Ligne ” 18 427

{94th Ligne ” 18 678
{95th Ligne ” 20 594
{96th Ligne ” 18 521
--- -----
164 5,424 5,588

Fournier’s Cavalry Brigade:
7th Chasseurs 12 270
13th Chasseurs 20 250
20th Chasseurs 16 226
-- ---
48 746 794

For Artillery, Sappers, Train, &c., see Total of Army.

Total of Corps 11,098

Montbrun’s Reserve Cavalry:
Cavrois’s Brigade:
3rd Dragoons 12 81
10th Dragoons 12 126
15th Dragoons 11 219
Ornano’s Brigade:
6th Dragoons 21 305
11th Dragoons 11 167
25th Dragoons 22 200
-- -----
89 1,098

Total Reserve 1,187

[787] The 5th battalion of the 82nd was in garrison at Almeida.

[788] One battalion of the 15th Ligne, 585 strong, and one battalion
of the 65th, 265 strong, and the Régiment de Prusse, 526 strong, were
left in garrison at Ciudad Rodrigo. The cavalry brigade of the corps,
composed of three provisional regiments of dragoons, was guarding
communications.

ARTILLERY.

Twelve batteries with 31 officers and 931 men appear in the state of May 1 as totally destitute of horses, and were evidently left in cantonments. Five batteries were taken into the field, with 20 officers, 410 men, and 425 horses.

ENGINEERS, SAPPERS, TRAIN, ÉQUIPAGES MILITAIRES.

The total strength of the Engineers and Sappers was 34 officers, 1,418 men.
Of the Train 17 officers, 1,175 men.
Of the Équipages Militaires 6 officers, 361 men.

How many of these were taken into the field it is impossible to say, but if we take the same proportion as in the artillery, viz. about 30 per cent., the total would be about 17 officers and 880 men.

Total Army of Portugal: _Officers._ _Men._
2nd Corps, infantry and cavalry 445 10,619
6th Corps, infantry and cavalry 672 16,468
8th Corps, infantry 184 4,714
9th Corps, infantry and cavalry 368 10,730
Reserve Cavalry 89 1,098
Artillery 20 410
Sappers, Train, &c. 17 880
----- ------
Total 1,795 44,919

B. ARMY OF THE NORTH, MARSHAL BESSIÈRES

_Officers._ _Men._
Lepic’s Brigade of Guard-Cavalry:
Lancers 30 340
Chasseurs 13 222
Mamelukes 10 69
Grenadiers à cheval 12 185
-- ---
65 816
Wathier’s Light Cavalry Brigade:
11th Chasseurs 11 220
12th Chasseurs 9 172
24th Chasseurs 7 193
5th Hussars 7 165
-- ---
34 750

One battery of Artillery 3 70

_Officers._ _Men._ _Of all Ranks._
Total Army of the North 102 1,636
Total Army of Portugal 1,795 44,919
----- ------
General Total 1,897 46,555 48,452

N.B.--In Koch’s _Life of Masséna_ there is a table purporting to be the strength of the Army of Portugal at Fuentes, and making it out to be only about 40,000, excluding gunners, engineers, train, &c., or presumably under 42,000 with them. This is not the May 1st return of the Imperial muster-roll at the _Archives Nationales_, and I do not know what authority it has. The figures given above are those of the official return.

XIII

MASSÉNA’S ORDERS FOR FUENTES DE OÑORO DISPOSITIONS POUR LA JOURNÉE DU 5

Le 6me Corps se mettra en mouvement demain à 2 heures du matin, à l’exception de la 3me division, qui restera dans la position qu’elle occupe: les deux autres divisions, 1re et 2de, se remueront au soir, en deçà du grand mamelon de Nava de Aver, et en face de Pozzo Bello. Elles seront prêtes à marcher perpendiculairement sur la ligne de l’ennemi; les deux divisions auront leur artillerie avec elles, et se porteront à la petite pointe du jour, en colonne par divisions, sur le village de Pozzo Bello, pour attaquer l’ennemi dans la position qu’il occupe. La division Ferey, qui occupe une partie du village de Fuentes d’Onoro, fera ses dispositions comme si elle devrait attaquer l’ennemi sur ce point, sauf cependant rien hasarder.

Le 8me Corps se portera sur les hauteurs de Fuentes, et suivra la 2de division du 6me Corps, pour combattre dans le même ordre que ce corps; il aura avec lui toute son artillerie.

Le 2me Corps observera par sa droite l’important débouché d’Alameda qui conduit au Fort de la Conception: il fera cependant, pour seconder l’attaque de l’armée, une démonstration générale sur la ligne; il suivra l’ennemi dans tous ses mouvements, c’est-à-dire que si les forces qu’il a devant lui se porteraient au secours du gros de l’armée ennemie, qui est dans la direction de Fuentes d’Onoro, il le suivrait dans sa marche, pour le prendre par sa gauche: tandis que le gros de l’armée, qui l’aurait attaqué par Pozzo Bello, le prendrait par sa droite. Le Général Reynier fera éclairer, s’il le juge nécessaire, par la cavalerie la route du Fort de la Conception. S’il arrivait, ce qui n’est pas à présumer, que l’attaque de Pozzo Bello n’a pas tout le succès que l’on attend, et qu’elle fût repoussée, le Général Reynier ferait sa retraite sur Gallegos. Le Général en chef, qui se trouvera sur sa gauche, l’en ferait prévenir: mais ce serait toujours sur Gallegos, dans le cas où il n’en recevrait pas d’ordre, et après s’être bien assuré que le gros de l’armée serait en pleine retraite.

Le 9me Corps sera rendu avant le jour devant Fuentes d’Onoro, où il se mettra en bataille sur deux lignes, laissant une grande distance par régiment, pour donner à croire à l’ennemi que le 6me Corps occupe toujours la même position.

L’armée est prévenue que le Prince Général en chef se trouvera au 8me Corps.

M. le Général Montbrun, ayant sous ses ordres la réserve de dragons, la brigade Fournier, et la brigade Wathier, se placera à la gauche du 6me Corps, pour tourner les positions de l’ennemi et le prendre par la droite.

La Garde Impériale, qui est arrivée ce soir, coopérera demain à tous les mouvements de l’armée.

MASSÉNA.

XIV

FRENCH LOSSES AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

N.B.--I have been unable to find any detailed table by regiments in the _Archives de la Guerre_, or the _Archives Nationales_ at Paris, and can only give the subjoined table of losses by corps.

COMBAT OF MAY 3RD.

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total._
_Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._
6th Corps (Divisions Ferey and
Marchand) 7 69 17 392 3 164 652

BATTLE OF MAY 5TH.

2nd Corps (all in 31st Léger) -- 3 3 46 -- -- 52
6th Corps (Divisions Ferey,
Marchand, Mermet) 12 95 47 757 -- 33 944
8th Corps (Division Solignac) -- 2 -- --- -- -- 2
9th Corps (Divisions Conroux
and Claparéde) 15 103 48 669 -- -- 835
Montbrun’s Cavalry 1 36 25 283 1 13 359
---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total 35 308 140 2,147 4 210 2,844

So far as this return can be tested by Martinien’s _Liste des Officiers tués et blessés pendant les Guerres de l’Empire_, it appears to be very fairly accurate; Martinien accounts for 171 casualties, the return for 179. In detail the figures compare as follows:--

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._

2nd Corps, Martinien 0 4 In return 0 3 --
6th Corps, Martinien 22 63 In return 19 64 3
9th Corps, Martinien 14 41 In return 15 48 --
Cavalry, Martinien 1 26 In return 1 25 1
---- ----- ---- ----- ----
Totals 37 134 35 140 4

XV

THE ALLIED ARMY AT ALBUERA, AND ITS LOSSES, MAY 16, 1811.

I. BRITISH TROOPS
_Present._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total
_Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ Loss._

2nd DIVISION (William Stewart):

{1/3rd Foot 27 728 4 212 14 234 2 177 643
Colborne’s { 2/31st Foot 20 398 -- 29 7 119 -- -- 155
Brigade {2/48th Foot 29 423 4 44 10 86 9 190 343
{2/66th Foot 24 417 3 52 12 104 -- 101 272
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total of Brigade 100 1,966 11 337 43 543 11 468 1,413
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

{29th Foot 31 476 5 75 12 233 -- 11 336
Hoghton’s {1/48th Foot 33 464 3 64 13 194 -- 6 280
Brigade {1/57th Foot 31 616 2 87 21 318 -- -- 428
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total of Brigade 95 1,556 10 226 46 745 -- 17 1,044
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

{2/28th Foot 28 491 -- 27 6 131 -- -- 164
Abercrombie’s {2/34th Foot 28 568 3 30 4 91 -- -- 128
Brigade {2/39th Foot 33 449 1 14 4 77 -- 2 98
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total of Brigade 89 1,508 4 71 14 299 -- 2 390
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

Divisional Light Troops:
3 comps. 5/60th Foot 4 142 -- 2 1 18 -- -- 21
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total 2nd Division 288 5,172 25 636 104 1,605 11 487 2,868
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

4th DIVISION (Cole):

Myers’s {1/7th Fusiliers 27 687 -- 65 15 277 -- -- 357
Brigade {2/7th Fusiliers 28 540 2 47 13 287 -- -- 349
{1/23rd R. W. Fusiliers 41 692 2 74 11 246 -- 6 339
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total of Brigade 96 1,919 4 186 39 810 -- 6 1,045
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

Kemmis’s Brigade, detachment of
one company each of 2/27th,
1/40th, 97th Foot 8 157 1 5 -- 14 -- -- 20
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total 4th Division 104 2,076 5 191 39 824 -- 6 1,065
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

Alten’s Independent Brigade:

1st Light Batt. K.G.L. 23 565 -- 4 4 59 -- 2 69
2nd ditto 19 491 1 3 1 31 -- 1 37
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total of Brigade 42 1,056 1 7 5 90 -- 3 106

CAVALRY (Lumley):

De Grey’s {3rd Dragoon Guards 23 351 1 9 -- 9 -- 1 20
Brigade {4th Dragoons 30 357 -- 3 2 18 2 2 27

13th Light Dragoons 23 380 -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Total Cavalry 76 1,088 1 12 2 28 2 3 48
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------

ARTILLERY:

British (Batteries of Lefebure and
Hawker) 9 246 -- 3 1 10 -- 1 15

K.G.L. (Batteries of Cleeves and
Sympher) 10 282 -- -- 1 17 1 30 49

STAFF ? ? 1 -- 7 -- -- -- 8
----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---- ----- -------
Grand Total of British 529 9,920 33 849 159 2,574 14 530 4,159

II. PORTUGUESE TROOPS
_Officers _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total
and Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ Loss._

Harvey’s {11th Regt. (2 batts.) 1,154 -- 2 2 4 -- 5 13
Brigade {23rd Regt. (2 batts.) 1,201 1 3 1 14 -- -- 19
(4th {1st Batt. L.L.L. (1 batt.) 572 -- 66 6 89 -- 10 171
Division)

{2nd Line (2 batts.) 1,225 -- 3 -- 5 -- -- 8
Hamilton’s {14th Line (2 batts.) 1,204 -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
Division {4th Line (2 batts.) 1,271 -- 9 1 50 -- -- 60
{10th Line (2 batts.) 1,119 -- -- -- 11 -- -- 11

Collins’s {5th Line (2 batts.) 985 -- 10 4 36 -- 10 60
Brigade {5th Caçadores (1 batt.) 400 -- 5 -- 25 -- 1 31

{1st Regt. 327 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cavalry {7th Regt. 314 -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
(Otway) {5th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 -- -- -- -- -- --
{8th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 -- -- -- -- -- --

Artillery (batteries of Arriaga
and Braun) 221 -- 2 -- 8 -- -- 10

Staff ? 1 -- 1 -- -- -- 2
-------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ---- -----
Grand Total of Portuguese 10,201 2 100 15 246 -- 26 389

GRAND TOTAL OF BERESFORD’S ARMY

Infantry British, 8,738; Portuguese, 9,131 = 17,869
Cavalry British, 1,164; Portuguese, 849 = 2,013
Artillery British, 255; Portuguese, 221 = 476
--------
Grand Total 20,358 of all arms.

General Total of Losses: British, 4,159; Portuguese, 389 = 4,548.

III. SPANISH TROOPS[789]

_Present._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Total
(1) BLAKE’S ARMY _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ Loss._

VANGUARD DIVISION (Lardizabal):

Murcia (2 batts.), Canarias, 2nd of Leon, 107 2,291 4 59 13 215 291
Campo Mayor

3rd DIVISION (Ballasteros):

1st of Catalonia, Barbastro, Pravia, Lena,
Castropol, Cangas de Tineo, Infiesto 154 3,371 3 64 15 193 275

4th DIVISION (Zayas):

2nd and 4th Spanish Guards, Irlanda,
Patria, Toledo, Legion Estranjera,
4th Walloon Guards, Ciudad Real 197 4,685 -- 106 26 549 681[790]

CAVALRY (Loy):

Santiago, Husares de Castilla, Granaderos,
Escuadron de Instruccion 93 1,072 -- 7 2 31 40
ARTILLERY (1 battery) 7 96 -- 2 -- 7 9
STAFF ? ? 2 -- 9 -- 11
----- -------- ---- ----- ---- ------- -------
Total of Blake’s troops 558 11,515 9 238 65 995 1,307
----- -------- ---- ----- ---- ------- -------

(2) CASTAÑOS’S ARMY

Carlos de España’s INFANTRY:

3 batts., Rey, Zamora, Voluntarios
de Navarra, 1 company Sappers 57 1,721 -- -- 4 29 33

Penne Villemur’s CAVALRY:

Detachments of seven regiments,
none over 1 squadron strong 87 634 -- 11 3 14 28

ARTILLERY (1 battery) 4 58 -- -- -- -- --
----- -------- ---- ----- ---- ------- -------
Total of Castaños’s Troops 148 2,413 -- 11 7 43 61
----- -------- ---- ----- ---- ------- -------
Grand Total of Spaniards 706 13,928 9 249 72 1,038 1,368

GRAND TOTAL OF THE ALLIED ARMY

British Present of all arms, 10,449 Losses, 4,159
Portuguese ” ” 10,201 ” 389
Spaniards ” ” 14,634 ” 1,368
-------- -------
Total 35,284 5,916

[789] The return of losses is confused, there being mixtures of
units, and some errors between officers and rank and file. It
seems unlikely that Zayas’s division had 26 officers wounded and
none killed. I have endeavoured to reconstruct items as far as
possible. For the confused table see Arteche, vol. x. p. 524.

[790] Of this 681 no less than 98 killed and 517 wounded are in the
four battalions of the Spanish Guards and Irlanda, which fought so long
against Girard’s division. The other five battalions only lost 66 men
between them.

XVI

SOULT’S ARMY AT ALBUERA, AND ITS LOSSES

[The strength from a return of May 1st, filed under June 1st, in the _Archives Nationales_. The losses from a return in the _Archives de la Guerre_, dated July 19th.]

_Present._ _Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._ _Total
_Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ _Officers._ _Men._ Losses._
INFANTRY[791]
5th CORPS.

1st Division (Girard):

34th Line (2nd and 3rd batts.) 23 930 4 104[792] 13 298 -- -- 419
40th Line (1st and 2nd batts.) 35 778 4 35 9 226 1 73 348
64th Line (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 50 1,539 5 99 18 361 -- 168 651
88th Line (2nd and 3rd batts.) 21 878 -- -- 5 253 6 141[793] 405

[792] The 34th regiment returned, as is clear, all its missing as
killed.

[793] The 88th regiment returned, as is clear, all its killed as
missing.

2nd Division (Gazan):

21st Léger (2nd and 3rd batts.) 43 745 3 61 11 154 2 24 255
100th Line (1st and 2nd batts.) 33 705 4 50 8 152 2 51 267
28th Léger (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 62 1,305 7 53 10 313 1 112 496
103rd Line (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 38 1,252 4 48 10 148 3 74 287
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Total 5th Corps 305 8,132 31 450 84 1,905 15 643 3,128
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Werlé’s Brigade:

12th Léger (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 62 2,102 3 108 14 511 1 132 769
55th Line (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 58 1,757 4 68 6 235 -- 38 351
58th Line (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 55 1,587 6 23 15 258 2 24 328
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Brigade Total 175 5,446 13 199 35 1,004 3 194 1,448
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Godinot’s Brigade:

16th Léger (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 49 1,624 2 39 7 321 -- 12 381
51st Line (1st, 2nd, and 3rd batts.) 65 2,186 -- 2 -- 1 -- -- 3
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Brigade Total 114 3,810 2 41 7 322 -- 12 384
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372
_Grenadiers Réunis_ of 45th, 63rd,
95th Line, of 1st Corps, and 4th (10 officers
Poles of 4th Corps (11 comps.)[794] 33 1,000 Only gross total of losses given. and 362 men)
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Total Infantry 627 18,388 46 690 126 3,230 18 849 5,332

CAVALRY (Latour-Maubourg).

Briche’s Brigade:
2nd Hussars 23 282 1 4 3 57 -- 8 73
10th Hussars 24 238 1 3 4 21 -- 3 32
21st Chasseurs 21 235 -- 3 3 19 -- -- 25

Bron’s Brigade:
4th Dragoons 21 385 3 27 1 38 -- 1 70
20th Dragoons 22 244 1 6 3 10 1 4 25
26th Dragoons 27 394 1 5 2 12 -- 1 21

Bouvier des Éclats’s Brigade:
14th Dragoons 17 299 -- 6 1 17 -- -- 24
17th Dragoons 17 297 -- 12 3 29 -- 1 45
27th Dragoons 14 235 -- 2 3 11 -- 3 19