The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th

by William Henry Cope

FOOTNOTES:

[343] The powder horn and the brass box in the stock are shown in [Plate I]. The Regulations for the exercise of Riflemen, issued in 1803, do not mention the mallet, which had probably been already discontinued; but they do mention ‘the powder measure and the loose ball:’ i.e. using the powder-horn in loading.

[344] Cumloden Papers, 131.

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[APPENDIX III.]

ACTIONS AND CASUALTIES OF THE REGIMENT.

Colonel Leach, in concluding his ‘Brief Sketch of the Field Services of the Rifle Brigade,’ observes:—‘I regret exceedingly that I am not in possession of returns of losses sustained by my old Corps in its numerous actions with the enemy, and by sickness. Such a document would have, perhaps, but few (if any) parallels in the Service; and it would be seen, moreover, that the Peninsular army had other formidable enemies to contend with besides the sword, in the form of pestilential fevers, ague, &c.’

No means, I believe, exist of giving any account of the losses of the Regiment by climate or disease; but I will endeavour to give an approximate return of the losses in the field, and at the same time I shall be able to enumerate the various actions in which the Regiment has been engaged.

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
August 25, 1800	Ferrol		1
August 26, 1800	Ferrol		3		8
April 2, 1801	Copenhagen	1		2	6
January 16, 1807	Maldonado		1	1
January 20, 1807	Suburbs of Monte Video			5	25
February 3, 1807	Monte Video	1	2	10	19
July 2, 1807	Passo Chico		1	3	22
June 7, 1807	San Pedro		2		27
July 4, 1807	Suburbs of Buenos Ayres		2	2	4
July 5, 1807	Buenos Ayres	1	9	90	129
August 17, 1807	Near Copenhagen			1	2
August 29, 1807	Kioge		A	few.
August 15, 1808	Obidos	1	2	1	6
August 17, 1808	Roleia		3	17	30
August 21, 1808	Vimiera		4	37	43
Carried forward		4	30	169	321

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		4	30	169	321
January 3, 1809	Cacabelos	1	1	19
January 4, 1809	Between Villa Franca		A	few.
January 5, 1809	Constantino			1
January 10, 1809	Near Betanzos			1
January 12, 1809	El Burgo
January 16, 1809	Corunna	1		11
Returned to England					33
July 31, 1809	Near Flushing		1		10
August 9-15, 1809	Flushing		2	11	21
March 19, 1810	Barba del Puerco	1		3	10
July 4, 1810	Bridge of Marialva
July 24, 1810	The Coa	3	9	11	55
August 23-24, 1810	Celorico to Busaco
August 25, 1810	Mala Morta
August 26, 1810	Sula
August 27, 1810	Busaco
September 10, 1810	Alemquer to Arruda
September 18, 1810	Alcalá de Gazules
October 14, 1810	Sobral		2	Several
November 19, 1810	Valle		Slight	loss.
December 20, 1810	Tarifa			2	16
December 31, 1810	Tarifa			1	1
March 5, 1811	Barrosa	1	5	19	76
March 8, 1811	Paialvo
March 9, 1811
March 11, 1811	Pombal		1
March 12, 1811	Redinha		2	4	9[345]
March 14, 1811	Casal Nova	2			[345]
March 15, 1811	Foz d’Aronce		2		[345]
March 18, 1811	Ponte da Murcella
March 28, 1811	Freixadas	1			[345]
April 3, 1811	Sabugal	1	2	2	14
April 12, 1811	San Pedro			1
April 23, 1811	Bridge of Marialva
May 2, 1811	Fuentes d’Onor		1		9
May 5, 1811	Fuentes d’Onor	1		3	13
May 12, 1811	Near Espeja
September 27, 1811	Near Aldea de Ponte
January 8, 1812	San Francisco	1		1	7
January 19, 1812	Ciudad Rodrigo	1	5	9	47
March 19, 1812	Before Badajos		1
March 26, 1812	La Picurina
April 6, 1812	Badajos	9	14	57	225
June 17, 1812	Rueda
July 17, 1812	Castrejon
July 19, 1812	On the march			1
July 22, 1812	Salamanca			3	24
Carried forward		27	78	329	891

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		27	78	329	891
July 23, 1812	Near the Tormes
August 24, 1812	San Lucar
August 26, 1812	Seville
October 29, 1812	Aranjuez		1	3	8
Nov. 15-19, 1812	Retreat to Portugal			3	11
June 12, 1813	Near the Hormuza
June 18, 1813	San Millan		1	4	13
June 21, 1813	Vittoria	1	6	11	61
June 23, 1813	Echarri-Aranaz
June 24, 1813	On the Araquil
July 15, 1813	Sta. Barbara
August 1, 1813	Bridge of Yanci		1	A	few.
August 2, 1813	Echalar
August 31, 1813	St. Sebastian		2	8	16[345]
” ”	Bridge of Vera	1	4	18	53
October 7, 1813	Pass of Vera	3	6	31	161
November 9, 1813	Nivelle	1	10	11	76
November 23, 1813	Arcangues		1		6
December 10, 1813	Nive	1		9	75
December 13, 1813	Bussassari
January 13, 1814	Before Antwerp			1	1
February 1, 1814	Donk
February 2, 1814	Merxem		4	3	6[345]
February 4, 1814	Sortie from Antwerp
February 24, 1814	Villeneuve
February 27, 1814	Orthez
March 20, 1814	Tarbes	1	11	6	75
March 27, 1814	Tournefeuille			A	few.
April 18, 1814	Toulouse		1	14	26[345]
December 22, 1814	Before New Orleans		3	23	59
December 28, 1814	Before New Orleans			1	4
January 1, 1815	Before New Orleans			1
January 8, 1815	Lines of New Orleans	1	6	11	94
June 16, 1815	Quatre Bras	2	3	8	51
June 18, 1815	Waterloo	3	31	57	339
December 31, 1846	Near the Kei river			1
January 11, 1847	Near the Kei river	2
February, 1847	Patrol on the Fish river
August 29, 1847	Boem Plaatz	1	2	6	8
April 29, 1852	Mundell’s Krantz		1		5
May 17, 1852	Mundell’s Krantz				3
May 29, 1852	Ingilby’s farm				4
July 8, 1852	Waterkloof			1
July 24, 1852	Waterkloof				2
September 14, 1852	Waterkloof
Carried forward		44	172	559	2048

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		44	172	559	2048
December 20, 1852	Berea			3
September 20, 1854	The Alma		1	11	38
October 14, 1854	Picquet				2
October 25, 1854	Balaklava				1
October 26, 1854	Careenage ravine				5
October, 1854	In the trenches		1	11	27
November 5, 1854	Inkerman	3	3	30	58
November 20, 1854	The Ovens	1		9	17
April 9, 1855	Rifle pits			5
June 18, 1855	The Redan	2	3	33	89
July 3, 1855	In the trenches			8	5
September 1, 1855	In the trenches	1		1	15
September 8, 1855	Sebastopol	2	8	23	137
November 15, 1855	Explosion		1	3	Several.
1854–5	In the trenches, or not otherwise accounted for			175	143[346]
November 26, 1857	Cawnpore			1
November 27, 1857	Cawnpore		1		6
November 28, 1857	Cawnpore	1	2	5	19
November 29, 1857	Cawnpore		1	3	5
December 1, 1857	Cawnpore
December 6, 1857	Cawnpore		1	1	19
December 25, 1857	Putarah
December 29, 1857	Etawah				3
January 1858	Near Allahabad
January 1858	On the Ramgunga
March 6-11, 1858	Lucknow	2		2	17
March 23, 1858	Koorsie
April 13, 1858	Baree
May 11, 1858	Nuggur			1
May 22, 1858	Goolowlie			3
May 23, 1858	Calpee			3
June 13, 1858	Nawabgunge		1		15
August 20, 1858	Nassreegunge
August 20-29, 1858	Sultanpore
September 6, 1858	Surajpore
September 8, 1858	Jamo		1		3
September 13, 1858	Mandaula
September 21, 1858	Fort of Birwah	1	1	3	27
October 20, 1858	Sukreta	1		4	5
October 21, 1858	Khooath Khas
October 23, 1858	Khurgurh
November 26, 1858	Hydergurh
December 3, 1858	Fort of Oomria
December 6, 1858	Futtehpore
Carried forward		58	197	897	2704

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		58	197	897	2704
December 6, 1858	Byram Ghât
December 26, 1858	Near Churdah
December 27, 1858	Fort of Mejidia			1	6
December 31, 1858	Bankee				1
February 9, 1859	Sidka Ghât				1
March 16, 1859	Near Supree
April 12, 1859	Akouna				1
April 25-26, 1859	Jugdespore jungles. Not otherwise accounted for to this date[347]			2	2
October 27, 1859	Mitharden
December 11, 1859	Shahgurh
January 2, 1864	Shubkudder
January 31, 1874	Amoaful		3		6
February 2, 1874	Between Amoaful and Aggemamu
February 3, 1874	Near the Ordah				8
February 4, 1874	Ordahsu				19
Died of wounds				2
Total		58	200	902	2748

Note.—In instances where no casualties are entered, it does not necessarily follow that there were no killed or wounded; but that I have been unable to ascertain their number. In skirmishes (and occasionally in greater actions) aggregate returns have frequently been made, in which it was impossible to separate the losses of the Regiment. I have noted occasions only where the Riflemen have been engaged or under fire.