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

Chapter 40: VII
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.

VII

BRITISH LOSSES AT SABUGAL, APRIL 3rd, 1811

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Total.
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
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

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.