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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810

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By Charles Oman
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The volume chronicles a critical sixteen-month phase of the Peninsular War, tracing the French advance into Portugal, the Anglo-Portuguese defensive measures—combining scorched-earth tactics, mass mobilization and construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras—and Masséna’s inability to breach those defenses leading to his retreat. It details the campaign actions around Bussaco and Torres Vedras, the logistical and partisan efforts that cut French communications, and concurrent French operations elsewhere in Spain including sieges and regional offensives. The narrative integrates official reports, private correspondence, and military papers to analyse strategy, troop dispositions and the conduct of commanders, supplemented by maps, appendices and newly published documentary material.

XII

LOSSES AT BUSSACO
ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE

  Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total.
  Officers. Men. Officers. Men. Officers. Men.
1st Division (Spencer):              
Stopford’s Brigade:              
1st Coldstream Guards – – – – – – –
1/3rd Guards – – – 2 – – 2
Blantyre’s Brigade:              
24th Foot, 2nd batt. – – 1 – – – 1
42nd Foot, 2nd batt. – – – 6 – – 6
61st Foot, 1st batt. – – – – – – –
Pakenham’s Brigade:              
7th Foot, 1st batt. – 1 1 22 – – 24
79th Foot, 1st batt. – 7 1 41 1 6 56
Divisional Loss – 14 5 111 1 10 141
2nd Division (Hill): No Losses whatever.
3rd Division (Picton):              
Mackinnon’s Brigade:              
45th Foot, 1st batt. 3 22 4 109 – 12 150
74th Foot, 1st batt. 1 6 1 21 – 2 31
88th Foot, 1st batt. 1 30 8 94 – 1 134
Lightburne’s Brigade:              
5th Foot, 2nd batt. – 1 – 7 – – 8
60th Foot, 5th batt. – 3 5 16 – 5 29[657]
83rd Foot, 2nd batt. – – 1 4 – – 5
Champlemond’s Portuguese Brigade:              
9th Line (two batts.) – 5 1 23 – – 29
21st Line (one batt.) 2 13 5 67 – – 87
Divisional Loss 7 80 25 341 – 20 473
4th Division (Cole): No Losses whatever.
5th Division (Leith):              
Barnes’s Brigade:              
1st Foot, 3rd batt. – – – – – – –
9th Foot, 1st batt. – 5 1 18 – – 24
38th Foot, 2nd batt. – 5 1 17 – – 23
Spry’s Portuguese Brigade:              
3rd and 15th Line. No Losses whatever.
Lusitanian Legion. No Losses whatever.
Portuguese 8th Line:              
two batts. 1 29 3 102 – 9 144
Divisional Loss 1 39 5 137 – 9 191
Light Division (Craufurd):              
43rd Foot, 1st batt. – – – 8 – – 8
52nd Foot, 1st batt. – 3 3 10 – – 16
95th Foot, 1st batt. – 9 – 32 – – 41
1st Caçadores – 2 – 20 – 1 23
3rd Caçadores – 10 3 76 – – 89
Divisional Loss – 24 6 146 – 1 177
Pack’s Portuguese Brigade:              
1st Line (two batts.) 1 4 2 32 – – 39
16th Line (two batts.) 1 2 2 26 – 2 33
2nd Caçadores 1 9 4 52 – – 66
Coleman’s Portuguese Brigade:              
7th Line (two batts.) – – – 3 – – 3
19th Line (two batts.) – 8 1 28 – – 37
2nd Caçadores – 6 – 30 – 7 43
A. Campbell’s Portuguese Brigade:              
6th Line (two batts.) – – – – – – –
18th Line (two batts.) – – – – – – –
6th Caçadores – 1 1 20 – 1 23
Total 3 30 10 191 – 10 244
Artillery:              
British – 1 – 7 – – 8
K.G.L. – – – 3 – – 3
Portuguese – 1 – 8 – – 9
Total – 2 – 18 – – 20
General Staff – – 6 – – – 6
Grand Total 11 189 57 944 1 50 1,252
of whom British 5 99 34 457 1 30 626[658]
of whom Portuguese 6 90 23 487 – 20 626[658]