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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 6, September 1, 1812-August 5, 1813

Chapter 51: XI
By Charles Oman
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A detailed narrative of the 1812–1813 Peninsular campaigns covering the siege of Burgos, the retreat that followed, the campaign culminating at Vittoria and the subsequent Pyrenean battles. The author combines operational narrative with topographical description, orders of battle and brigade strengths, and contemporary dispatches, diaries and archival documents, supported by maps and illustrations. Strategic, logistical and leadership decisions are assessed alongside source commentary and occasional acknowledgment of limits where personal reconnaissance was unavailable.

XI

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE LOSSES AT VITTORIA

I.  BRITISH LOSSES

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Total.
1st Division, General Howard:
Stopford’s Brigade
1st Coldstream Guards, 1/3rd Guards No casualties.
Halkett’s Brigade
1st, 2nd, 5th Line K.G.L. — 1 — 1 — — 2
1st Light K.G.L. — 1 1 7 — — 9
2nd Light K.G.L. — 4 — 39 — — 43
Divisional Total — 6 1 47 — — 54
2nd Division, General Sir W. Stewart:
Cadogan’s Brigade
1/50th Foot — 27 7 70 — — 104
1/71st Foot 3 41 12 260 See below[1071] 316
1/92nd Foot — 4 — 16 — — 20
Byng’s Brigade
1/3rd Foot — 8 7 96 — — 110
1/57th Foot — 5 2 21 — — 28
1st Prov.[1072] Batt. — 3 2 35 — — 40
O’Callaghan’s Brigade
1/28th Foot — 12 17 171 — — 199
2/34th Foot — 10 3 63 — — 76
1/39th Foot — 26 8 181 — — 215
Divisional Total 3 136 58 913 — — 1,110
3rd Division, General Sir Thomas Picton:
Brisbane’s Brigade
1/45th Foot — 4 4 66 — — 74
74th Foot — 13 4 66 — — 83
1/88th Foot — 23 5 187 — — 215
5/60th Foot (3 comp.) — 2 2 47 — — 51
Colville’s Brigade
1/5th Foot 2 22 6 133 — — 163
2/83rd Foot 2 18 4 50 — — 74
2/87th Foot 1 54 12 177 — — 244
94th Foot — 5 6 56 — — 67
Divisional Total 5 141 43 782 — — 972
4th Division, General Sir Lowry Cole:
W. Anson’s Brigade
3/27th Foot — 7 3 32 — — 42
1/40th Foot — 5 3 34 — — 42
1/48th Foot — 1 — 18 — — 19
2nd Provisional[1073] — 4 — 6 — — 10
Skerrett’s Brigade
1/7th Foot — 2 — 2 — — 4
20th Foot — 3 — 1 — — 4
1/23rd Foot — 1 — 3 — — 4
Divisional Total — 23 6 96 — — 125
5th Division, General Oswald:
Hay’s Brigade
3/1st Foot — 8 7 96 — — 111
1/9th Foot 1 9 — 15 — — 25
1/38th Foot — — 1 7 — — 8
Robinson’s Brigade
1/4th Foot 1 12 6 72 — — 91
2/47th Foot 2 18 4 88 — — 112
2/59th Foot — 11 8 130 — — 149
Divisional Total 4 58 26 408 — — 496
7th Division, General Lord Dalhousie:
Barnes’s Brigade No casualties.
Grant’s Brigade
51st Foot 1 10 — 21 — — 32
68th Foot 2 23 9 91 — — 125
1/82nd Foot 1 5 3 22 — — 31
Chasseurs Britanniques — 29 2 109 — — 140
Light Company Brunswick-Oels[1074] 1 — — 5 — — 6
Divisional Total 5 67 14 248 — — 384
Light Division, General Charles Alten:
Kempt’s Brigade
1/43rd Foot — 2 2 27 — — 31
1/95th Rifles — 4 4 37 — — 45
3/95th Rifles 1 7 — 16 — — 24
Vandeleur’s Brigade
1/52nd Foot 1 3 1 18 — — 23
2/95th Rifles — — 1 8 — — 9
Divisional Total 2 16 8 106 — — 132
Cavalry.  
R. Hill’s Brigade (Household Cavalry) No casualties.
Ponsonby’s Brigade — — — 2 — — 2
G. Anson’s Brigade
12th Light Dragoons 1 3 — 8 — — 12
16th Light Dragoons — 7 1 13 — — 21
Long’s Brigade — — — 1 — — 1
V. Alten’s Brigade No casualties.
Bock’s Brigade — 1 — — — — 1
Fane’s Brigade
3rd Dragoon Guards — 3 1 4 — — 8
1st Royal Dragoons — — — 1 — — 1
Grant’s Brigade
10th Hussars — 6 — 10 — — 16
15th Hussars — 10 2 47 — — 59
18th Hussars 1 10 2 21 — — 34
Total Cavalry 2 40 6 107 — — 155
Royal Horse Artillery — 4 1 35 — — 40
Field Artillery — 5 — 18 — — 23
K.G.L. Artillery — 2 — 5 — — 7
Royal Engineers — — 1 — — — 1
General Staff — — 8 — — — 8
General Total 21 498 192 2,764 — — 3,475

N.B.—In addition we have, undistributed under corps, 223 rank and file missing, of whom all except about 40 of the 1/71st were stragglers, not prisoners.

II.  PORTUGUESE LOSSES

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Total.
Ashworth’s Brigade (2nd Division)
6th Line — 1 — 10 — 1 12
18th Line — — — 1 — — 1
6th Caçadores 1 1 — 7 — — 9
Power’s Brigade (3rd Division)
9th Line 3 43 9 157 — — 212
21st Line 3 55 8 115 — 6 187
11th Caçadores — 3 2 7 — — 12
Stubbs’s Brigade (4th Division)
11th Line 1 36 6 109 — 1 153
23rd Line — 20 3 35 — — 58
7th Caçadores — 9 4 21 — — 35
Spry’s Brigade (5th Division)
3rd Line — 2 3 8 — — 13
15th Line — 6 3 19 — — 28
8th Caçadores — 13 2 25 — — 40
Lecor’s Brigade (7th Division)
7th Line — — — — — 6 6
Light Division
1st Caçadores — 2 — 2 — — 4
3rd Caçadores — — — 1 — — 1
17th Line — 7 1 20 — — 28
Silveira’s Division
Da Costa’s Brigade No casualties.
A. Campbell’s Brigade — 2 — 1 — 7 10
Pack’s Brigade
1st Line — 3 — — — — 3
16th Line 1 10 2 24 — — 37
4th Caçadores — 16 1 18 — — 35
Bradford’s Brigade
13th Line — — — 1 — 16 17
24th Line — — — 3 — 3 3
5th Caçadores — 4 — 5 — 2 11
Cavalry: in 6th Regiment — — — 2 — — 2
Artillery No casualties.
Total Portuguese Losses 9 233 44 592 — 43 921

III.  SPANISH LOSSES

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Total.
All in Morillo’s and Longa’s Divisions 4 85 10 453 — — 562

TOTAL ALLIED LOSSES

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.  
  Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Total.
British 20 489 192 2,749 — 233 3,675
Portuguese 9 223 44 592 — 43 921
Spanish 4 85 10 453 — — 562
Total 33 807 246 3,794 — 266 5,158