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

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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.

XI

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE LOSSES AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

SECOND DAY, MAY 5th, 1811

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Total.
1st Division. Spencer:
Stopford’s Brigade
1st Coldstream Guards 4 2 49 1 7 63
1st Scots Fusilier Guards 1 5 1 52 1 12 72
Nightingale’s Brigade
24th Foot, 2nd batt. 1 4 19 1 4 29
42nd Foot, 2nd batt. 2 23 25
79th Foot, 1st batt. 27 9 126 94 256
Howard’s Brigade
30th Foot, 1st batt. 3 21 24
71st Foot, 1st batt. 2 11 4 71 2 37 127
92nd Foot, 1st batt. 7 1 34 42
3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 1 1 2 2 6
Löwe’s Brigade
1st Line batt. K.G.L. 2 1 3
2nd Line batt. K.G.L. 2 2 11 2 17
5th Line batt. K.G.L. 8 3 11
7th Line batt. K.G.L. 1 1 5 2 9
Light comps. K.G.L. 3 2 5
Divisional Total 5 67 20 426 5 166 689
3rd Division. Picton:
Mackinnon’s Brigade
45th Foot, 1st batt. 3 1 1 4 9
74th Foot, 1st batt. 1 2 2 54 59
88th Foot, 1st batt. 1 1 2 47 1 52
5/60th Foot, 3 comps. 1 13 14
Colville’s Brigade
5th Foot, 2nd batt. 3 3
83rd Foot, 2nd batt. 1 5 1 28 35
83rd Foot, 2nd batt.
94th Foot 1 4 5
Divisional Total 3 11 7 150 1 5 177
5th Division. Erskine:
Hay’s Brigade
1st Foot, 3rd batt. 9 9
9th Foot, 1st batt. 4 4
38th Foot, 2nd batt.
Dunlop’s Brigade
4th Foot, 1st batt.
30th Foot, 2nd batt. 4 4
44th Foot, 2nd batt. 4 4
Divisional Total 21 21
6th Division. Campbell:
No losses whatever
7th Division. Houston:
Sontag’s Brigade
51st Foot, 2nd batt. 5 1 6
85th Foot, 2nd batt. 1 12 3 36 43 95
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 Brigade
43rd Foot, 1st batt. 9 9
1/95th Foot, 4 comps. 7 7
Drummond’s Brigade
52nd Foot, 1st batt. 1 6 7
52nd Foot, 2nd batt. 14 14
2/95th Foot, 4 comps. 2 4 6
Divisional Total 3 40 43
Cavalry. Stapleton Cotton:
Slade’s Brigade
1st Dragoons 4 1 36 41
14th Light Dragoons 3 5 27 3 38
Arentschildt’s Brigade
16th Light Dragoons 7 2 16 1 1 27
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