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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.
ALLIED LOSSES AT THE COMBAT OF ALDEA DA PONTE
SEPTEMBER 28, 1811
BRITISH LOSSES
| Killed. | Wounded. | Missing. | Total Loss. |
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| Offs. | Men. | Offs. | Men. | Offs. | Men. | ||
| Royal Horse Artillery | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1st Royal Dragoons | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 |
| 12th Light Dragoons | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 6 |
| 1/7th Fusiliers | — | 9 | 4 | 29 | — | — | 42 |
| 1/23rd Fusiliers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | — | 1 | 19 |
| 1/48th Foot | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 10 |
| 5/60th | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Brunswick Oels | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 |
| 1 | 12 | 9 | 57 | — | 8 | 87 | |
| Portuguese Losses | — | 1 | — | 11 | — | 1 | 13 |
| Total loss of the Allied Army = 100. | |||||||