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

Chapter 61: XXI
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.

XXI

PORTUGUESE LOSSES IN THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES

  Killed. Wounded. Missing.      
  Off. Men. Off. Men. Off. Men. Total.    
Da Costa’s Brigade:
2nd Line 3 85 9 81 — 21 200   All at Beunza,
July 30.
14th Line 1 23 5 36 — 19 84
A. Campbell’s Brigade:
4th Line 2 24 7 78 — 3 114   Almost all
at two battles
of Sorauren.
10th Line 2 75 7 116 — 13 213
10th Caçadores — 3 3 12 — 10 28
Ashworth’s Brigade (2nd Division):
6th Line — 29 5 63 — 8 105   All at Beunza,
July 30.
18th Line 1 51 4 82 — 12 150
6th Caçadores 1 13 1 37 — 10 62
Lecor’s Brigade (7th Division):
7th Line — — — — — 4 4   Almost all at
2nd Sorauren,
July 30.
19th Line — — 2 — — — 2
2nd Caçadores 1 12 1 44 — — 58
Madden’s Brigade (6th Division):
8th Line — — — 3 — — 3   At the two
battles of
Sorauren.
12th Line 2 53 2 208 — 4 269
9th Caçadores — 15 3 86 — — 104
Power’s Brigade (3rd Division):
9th Line — — — — — 2 2   All at 2nd
Sorauren.
21st Line — 5 — 9 — — 14
11th Caçadores — 1 — 5 — — 6
Stubbs’s Brigade (4th Division):
11th Line 1 34 1 105 — 1 142   At the two
battles of
Sorauren.
23rd Line 1 17 6 26 — — 50
7th Caçadores 2 47 5 67 — — 121
Total 16 489 60 1,060 — 107 1,732    

No Artillery losses save those at the combat of Maya, which were about 15. No Cavalry losses at all, though D’Urban’s brigade was in the field at Sorauren.

N.B.—It will be noted that these losses are appreciably lower than those stated in Wellington’s general return. The figures given above are from Beresford’s corrected returns at Lisbon.