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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 4, Dec. 1810-Dec. 1811

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By Charles Oman
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The volume chronicles the military campaigns of 1811 across the Iberian Peninsula, centering on the stalemate between Wellington and French commanders Masséna, Soult, and Marmont. It traces Masséna's retreat from Portugal, key battles and sieges such as Fuentes de Oñoro, Albuera, Almeida, Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo, and surveys Eastern operations under Suchet and Catalan actions. The narrative combines operational analysis, topographical study of battlefields, and extensive use of contemporary diaries, correspondence, and intercepted dispatches to assess shifting strategic initiative and the decline of French offensive capability in the west.

VI

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

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Total.
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
3rd Division:
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
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