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WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT SALAMANCA.
STRENGTH AND LOSSES

N.B.—Strength by the morning state of July 15, 1812. Losses of the British by the return annexed to Wellington’s dispatch: those of the Portuguese from the official returns at Lisbon. The fighting strength on July 22, owing to losses at Castrejon and Castrillo, and to weary men falling out during the retreat, may have been perhaps 1,000 less.

I. BRITISH TROOPS

            Losses.
      Strength. Killed. Wounded. Missing
Men.
Total
Loss.
      Offs. Men. Total. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.
Cavalry (Stapleton Cotton):
Le Marchant’s
Brigade
  3rd Dragoons 17 322 339 1 6 11 2 20
4th Dragoons 22 336 358 7 1 21 29
5th Dragoon Guards 22 313 325 9 2 42 3 56
G. Anson’s
Brigade
  11th Light Dragoons 30 361 391
12th Light Dragoons 19 321 340 1 2 2 5
16th Light Dragoons 14 259 273
V. Alten’s
Brigade
  14th Light Dragoons 23 324 347 1 2 3
1st Hussars K.G.L. 23 324 347 2 5 16 21
Bock’s
Brigade
  1st Dragoons K.G.L. 25 339 364
2nd Dragoons K.G.L. 23 384 407
Total British Cavalry 218 3,335 3,543 2 27 8 94 5 136
Infantry.
1st Division (H. Campbell):
Fermor’s
Brigade
  1st Coldstream Guards 26 928 954 7 1 22 8 38
1st Third Guards 23 938 961 1 1 20 2 24
1 comp. 5/60th Foot 1 56 57
Wheatley’s
Brigade
  2/24th Foot 23 398 421 5 5
1/42nd Foot 40 1,039 1,079 3 3
2/58th Foot[770] 31 369 400 3 1 4
1/79th Foot 40 634 674 1 3 4
1 comp. 5/60th 1 53 54
Löwe’s
Brigade
  1st Line Battalion K.G.L. 26 615 641 1 8 9
2nd Line Battalion K.G.L. 26 601 627 1 2 40 4 47
5th Line Battalion K.G.L. 30 525 555 1 1 17 19
Total 1st Division 267 6,156 6,423 11 5 119 18 158
3rd Division (Pakenham):
Wallace’s
Brigade
  1/45th Foot 26 416 442 5 5 45 55
74th Foot 23 420 443 3 2 40 4 49
1/88th Foot 21 642 663 2 11 4 110 8 135
3 comps. 5/60th Foot 11 243 254 6 3 24 3 36
J. Campbell’s
Brigade
  1/5th Foot 32 870 902 10 6 110 126
2/5th Foot 19 289 308 1 2 21 24
2/83rd Foot 24 295 319 2 2 30 34
94th Foot 24 323 347 1 3 3 21 28
Total 3rd Division 180 3,498 3,678 3 41 27 401 15 487
4th Division (Lowry Cole):
W. Anson’s
Brigade
  3/27th Foot 19 614 633 1 7 8
1/40th Foot 24 558 582 12 5 115 132
1 comp. 5/60th 2 44 46
Ellis’s
Brigade
  1/7th Foot 24 471 495 1 19 10 165 195
1/23rd Foot 19 427 446 1 9 6 90 106
1/48th Foot 22 404 426 9 10 60 79
1 comp. Brunswick Oels[771] 1 53 54
Total 4th Division 111 2,571 2,682 2 49 32 437 520
5th Division (Leith):
Greville’s
Brigade
  3/1st Foot 32 729 761 23 8 129 160
1/9th Foot 31 635 666 3 1 42 46
1/38th Foot[772] 36 764 800 2 14 12 115 143
2/38th Foot 20 281 301 9 2 40 1 52
1 comp. Brunswick Oels[773] 2 76 78
Pringle’s
Brigade
  1/4th Foot 36 421 457 1 17 18
2/4th Foot 27 627 654 2 23 6 31
2/30th Foot 20 329 349 3 1 22 1 27
2/44th Foot 20 231 251 2 4 23 29
1 comp. Brunswick Oels[773] 3 66 69
Total 5th Division 227 4,159 4,386 4 58 25 411 8 506
6th Division (Clinton):
Hulse’s
Brigade
  1/11th Foot 31 485 516 1 44 14 281 340
2/53rd Foot 25 316 341 26 11 105 142
1/61st Foot 29 517 546 5 39 19 303 366
1 comp. 5/60th 2 59 61
Hinde’s
Brigade
  2nd Foot 27 381 408 1 13 6 77 12 109
1/32nd Foot 33 576 609 2 15 9 111 137
1/36 Foot 29 400 429 4 16 5 74 99
Total 6th Division 176 2,734 2,910 13 153 64 951 12 1,193
7th Division (Hope):
Halkett’s
Brigade
  1st Light Batt. K.G.L. 25 544 569 2 7 9
2nd Light Batt. K.G.L. 21 473 494 1 5 1 9 16
Brunswick Oels[773] (9 companies) 23 573 596 4 2 42 1 49
De Bernewitz’s
Brigade
  51st Foot 27 280 307 2 2
68th Foot 21 317 338 1 3 2 14 20
Chasseurs
Britanniques
27 686 713 5 10 14 29
Total 7th Division 144 2,873 3,017 2 17 7 84 15 125
Light Division (Chas. Alten):
Barnard’s
Brigade
  1/43rd Foot 30 718 748 1 15 16
Detachments 2/95th and 3/95th Rifles 19 373 392 5 5
Vandeleur’s
Brigade
  1/52nd Foot 28 771 799 2 2
8 comps. 1/95th 27 515 542 2 2 4
Total Light Division 104 2,377 2,481 1 24 2 27
Royal Horse Artillery (troops of Ross, Macdonald, and Bull, and drivers) 18 403 421 1 2 3
Field Artillery (companies of Lawson, Gardiner, Greene, Douglas, May, and drivers) 35 650 685 1 4 5
King’s German Legion Artillery (battery of Sympher) 5 75 80 2 4 6
Artillery Total 58 1,128 1,186 4 10 14
Engineers 12 9 21
Staff Corps 5 81 86
Wagon Train 24 115 139
BRITISH TOTAL
Infantry 1,209 24,368 25,577 24 329 159 2,387 69 2,968
Cavalry 218 3,335 3,553 2 27 8 94 5 136
Artillery 58 1,128 1,186 4 10 14
Engineers 12 9 21
Staff Corps 5 81 86
Train 24 115 139
General Staff ? ? ? 2 9 11
Total 1,526 29,036 30,562 28 360 176 2,491 74 3,129
II. PORTUGUESE TROOPS
Cavalry:
D’Urban’s Brigade: 1st and 11th Dragoons (12th Dragoons absent)[774] 32 450 482 2 5 2 18 10 37
Infantry:
Power’s Brigade, 3rd Division: 9th and 21st Line, 12th Caçadores 90 2,107 2,197 1 29 9 23 14 76
Stubbs’s Brigade, 4th Division: 11th and 23rd Line, 7th Caçadores 137 2,417 2,554 3 177 18 267 11 476
Spry’s Brigade, 5th Division: 3rd and 15th Line, 8th Caçadores 156 2,149 2,305 3 45 4 64 7 123
Rezende’s Brigade, 6th Division: 8th and 12th Line, 9th Caçadores 134 2,497 2,631 8 113 10 336 20 487
Collins’s Brigade, 7th Division: 7th and 19th Line, 2nd Caçadores 132 2,036 2,168 5 1 10 1 17
Pack’s Independent Brigade: 1st and 16th Line, 4th Caçadores 85 2,520 2,605 5 97 15 242 17 376
Bradford’s Independent Brigade: 13th and 14th Line, 5th Caçadores 112 1,782 1,894 8 3 6 17
Attached to Light Division: 1st and 3rd Caçadores 30 1,037 1,067 5 12 17
Artillery:
Arriaga’s battery 4 110 114 1 1
Total 912 17,105 18,017 22 484 59 976 86 1,627
III. SPANISH TROOPS
Carlos de España’s Division: 2nd of Princesa, Tiradores de Castilla, 2nd of Jaen, 3rd of 1st Seville, Caçadores de Castilla, Lanceros de Castilla 160 3,200 3,360 2 4 6
GENERAL TOTAL
British 1,526 29,036 30,562 28 360 176 2,491 74 3,129
Portuguese 912 17,105 18,017 22 484 59 976 86 1,627
Spanish 160 3,200 3,360 2 4 6