XV

THE ALLIED ARMY AT ALBUERA, AND ITS LOSSES,
MAY 16, 1811.

I. BRITISH TROOPS

  Present. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
Loss.
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.
2nd Division (William Stewart):
Colborne’s Brigade
1/3rd Foot 27 728 4 212 14 234 2 177 643
2/31st Foot 20 398 — 29 7 119 — — 155
2/48th Foot 29 423 4 44 10 86 9 190 343
2/66th Foot 24 417 3 52 12 104 — 101 272
Total of Brigade 100 1,966 11 337 43 543 11 468 1,413
Hoghton’s Brigade
29th Foot 31 476 5 75 12 233 — 11 336
1/48th Foot 33 464 3 64 13 194 — 6 280
1/57th Foot 31 616 2 87 21 318 — — 428
Total of Brigade 95 1,556 10 226 46 745 — 17 1,044
Abercrombie’s Brigade
2/28th Foot 28 491 — 27 6 131 — — 164
2/34th Foot 28 568 3 30 4 91 — — 128
2/39th Foot 33 449 1 14 4 77 — 2 98
Total of Brigade 89 1,508 4 71 14 299 — 2 390
Divisional Light Troops:
3 comps. 5/60th Foot 4 142 — 2 1 18 — — 21
Total 2nd Division 288 5,172 25 636 104 1,605 11 487 2,868
4th Division (Cole):
Myers’s Brigade
1/7th Fusiliers 27 687 — 65 15 277 — — 357
2/7th Fusiliers 28 540 2 47 13 287 — — 349
1/23rd R. W. Fusiliers 41 692 2 74 11 246 — 6 339
Total of Brigade 96 1,919 4 186 39 810 — 6 1,045
Kemmis’s Brigade, detachment
of one company each
of 2/27th, 1/40th, 97th Foot		 8 157 1 5 — 14 — — 20
Total 4th Division 104 2,076 5 191 39 824 — 6 1,065
Alten’s Independent Brigade:
1st Light Batt. K.G.L. 23 565 — 4 4 59 — 2 69
2nd ditto 19 491 1 3 1 31 — 1 37
Total of Brigade 42 1,056 1 7 5 90 — 3 106
Cavalry (Lumley):
De Grey’s Brigade
3rd Dragoon Guards 23 351 1 9 — 9 — 1 20
4th Dragoons 30 357 — 3 2 18 2 2 27
13th Light Dragoons 23 380 — — — 1 — — 1
Total Cavalry 76 1,088 1 12 2 28 2 3 48
Artillery:
British (Batteries of Lefebure and Hawker) 9 246 — 3 1 10 — 1 15
K.G.L. (Batteries of Cleeves and Sympher) 10 282 — — 1 17 1 30 49
Staff ? ? 1 — 7 — — — 8
Grand Total of British 529 9,920 33 849 159 2,574 14 530 4,159

II. PORTUGUESE TROOPS

  Officers
and Men.		 Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
Loss.
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.
Harvey’s Brigade (4th Division)
11th Regt. (2 batts.) 1,154 — 2 2 4 — 5 13
23rd Regt. (2 batts.) 1,201 1 3 1 14 — — 19
1st Batt. L.L.L. (1 batt.) 572 — 66 6 89 — 10 171
Hamilton’s Division
2nd Line (2 batts.) 1,225 — 3 — 5 — — 8
14th Line (2 batts.) 1,204 — — — 2 — — 2
4th Line (2 batts.) 1,271 — 9 1 50 — — 60
4th Line (2 batts.) 1,119 — — — 11 — — 11
Collins’s Brigade
5th Line (2 batts.) 985 — 10 4 36 — 10 60
5th Caçadores (1 batt.) 400 — 5 — 25 — 1 31
Cavalry (Otway)
1st Regt. 327 — — — — — — —
7th Regt. 314 — — — 2 — — 2
5th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 — — — — — — —
8th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 — — — — — — —
Artillery (batteries of Arriaga and Braun) 221 — 2 — 8 — — 10
Staff ? 1 — 1 — — — 2
Grand Total of Portuguese 10,201 2 100 15 246 — 26 389

GRAND TOTAL OF BERESFORD’S ARMY

Infantry   British, 8,738;   Portuguese, 9,131  =  17,869  
Cavalry   British, 1,164;   Portuguese, 849  =  2,013  
Artillery   British, 255;   Portuguese, 221  =  476  
Grand Total   20,358 of all arms.

General Total of Losses: British, 4,159; Portuguese, 389 = 4,548.

III. SPANISH TROOPS[789]

  Present. Killed. Wounded. Total
Loss.
  Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.
(1) BLAKE’S ARMY              
Vanguard Division (Lardizabal):
Murcia (2 batts.), Canarias, 2nd of Leon, Campo Mayor 107 2,291 4 59 13 215 291
3rd Division (Ballasteros):
1st of Catalonia, Barbastro, Pravia, Lena, Castropol, Cangas de Tineo, Infiesto 154 3,371 3 64 15 193 275
4th Division (Zayas):
2nd and 4th Spanish Guards, Irlanda, Patria, Toledo, Legion Estranjera, 4th Walloon Guards, Ciudad Real 197 4,685 — 106 26 549 681[790]
Cavalry (Loy):
Santiago, Husares de Castilla, Granaderos, Escuadron de Instruccion 93 1,072 — 7 2 31 40
Artillery (1 battery) 7 96 — 2 — 7 9
Staff ? ? 2 — 9 — 11
Total of Blake’s troops 558 11,515 9 238 65 995 1,307
(2) CASTAÑOS’S ARMY              
Carlos de España’s Infantry:
3 batts., Rey, Zamora, Voluntarios de Navarra, 1 company Sappers 57 1,721 — — 4 29 33
Penne Villemur’s Cavalry:
Detachments of seven regiments, none over 1 squadron strong 87 634 — 11 3 14 28
Artillery (1 battery) 4 58 — — — — —
Total of Castaños’s Troops 148 2,413 — 11 7 43 61
Grand Total of Spaniards 706 13,928 9 249 72 1,038 1,368

GRAND TOTAL OF THE ALLIED ARMY

British   Present of all arms, 10,449   Losses, 4,159
Portuguese   Present of all arms, 10,201   Losses, 389
Spaniards   Present of all arms, 14,634   Losses, 1,368
Total 35,284     5,916