IV
FRENCH LOSSES AT TAMAMES, OCT. 18, 1809
The detailed return of the losses of the 6th Corps at Tamames has not been preserved. Marchand merely states that he lost 1,300 men. But the subjoined list of losses of officers, taken from Martinien’s invaluable tables, shows sufficiently well which were the units that were hard hit:—
| Killed. | Wounded. | |
| 1st Division: | ||
| Brigade Maucune: | ||
| 6th Léger | 1 | 6 |
| 69th Ligne | 2 | 4 |
| Brigade Marcognet: | ||
| 39th Ligne | 4 | 12 |
| 76th Ligne | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | 37 | |
| 2nd Division: | ||
| Brigade Labassée: | ||
| 25th Léger | 3 | 8 |
| 27th Ligne | – | 2 |
| 59th Ligne | – | 3 |
| Cavalry: | ||
| 15th Dragoons | – | 2 |
| 15th Chasseurs | 1 | 2 |
| État-Major: | – | 2 |
| 4 | 18 |
Total 18 killed, 55 wounded.
At the average rate of 21 men hit per officer, which prevailed during the Peninsular War, this total of 73 officers ought to imply a total loss of about 1,533 men. But Marchand’s 1,300 is probably correct.