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

Chapter 54: XXI

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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.

XXI

ALLIED LOSSES AT THE COMBAT OF EL BODON.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1811

BRITISH LOSSES

	Killed.		Wounded.		Missing.		Total Loss.
	Offs.	Men.	Offs.	Men.	Offs.	Men.	Total Loss.
11th Light Dragoons	—	8	2	14	—	—	24
1st Hussars, King’s German Legion	—	5	2	32	—	5	44
2/5th Foot	—	5	1	13	—	—	19
1/45th Foot	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
77th Foot	—	4	—	14	—	5	23
2/83rd Foot	—	5	—	14	—	5	24
1/88th Foot	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
94th Foot	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
	—	27	5	87	—	22	141
Portuguese (Artillery and 21st Line)	—	1	—	5	—	2	8
Total Allied loss, 149.
On the same day there took place the separate combat of Carpio, in which the British loss was—
14th Light Dragoons	—	—	1	2	—	—	3
16th Light Dragoons	—	—	—	8	—	1	9
Total, 12 killed, wounded, and missing.