Casualties at Villers-en-Couches.
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| 3rd Drag. Gds. | - | - | 38 | 2 |
| 1st R. Dragoons | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 11th Hussars | - | - | 1 | - |
| 15th Hussars | - | 1 | 17 | 12 |
Beaumont, April 26, 1794.
This honour, which was not conferred until the year 1909, is borne by the
Royal Horse Guards.
1st Royal Dragoons.
1st King's Dragoon Guards.
7th Hussars.
3rd Dragoon Guards.
11th Hussars.
5th Dragoon Guards.
16th Lancers.
There had been rumours after the fight at Villers-en-Couches that General Mansel's brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Blues, Royals, and 3rd Dragoon Guards, had not supported the 15th with sufficient promptitude in the affair on April 22.[9] It was Minden and Warburg over again. So when, on April 25, at Beaumont, General Otto, the Austrian officer in command of the allied cavalry, led his division against 20,000 unbroken French infantry, British Dragoons and Austrian Hussars cheerfully essayed what seemed a mad undertaking. The total loss of the allied cavalry amounted to 15 officers and 284 men killed and wounded, amongst the former being General Mansel, who commanded the British heavies, two of his sons figuring amongst the wounded. Forty-one guns and 750 prisoners were taken, whilst the French casualties, it is said, numbered over 7,000, 1,200 being killed by the sabre alone.
Casualties at the Action of Beaumont, April 26, 1794.
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| R. Horse Gds. | 1 | - | 15 | 20 |
| 1st King's Dragoon Guards | - | - | 6 | 13 |
| 3rd Drag. Gds. | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 |
| 5th Drag. Gds. | - | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 1st Royal Dragoons | - | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7th Hussars | - | - | 1 | 19 |
| 11th Hussars | - | - | - | - |
| 16th Lancers | - | - | 1 | 14 |