A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809

by Charles Oman

TABLE LEGEND:

• A = Officers.
• B = Men.

Regiments.	Killed.		Wounded.		Missing.		Total.
	A	B	A	B	A	B
(1) In the Combat of Casa de Salinas.
Cavalry:
14th Light Dragoons	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
1st Light Dragoons K.G.L.	–	2	1	1	–	–	4
3rd Division
Mackenzie’s Brigade:
2/24th Foot	–	1	1	6	–	1	9
2/31st Foot	1	23	5	88	–	2	119
1/45th Foot	–	4	1	13	–	7	25
Donkin’s Brigade:
5/60th Foot	–	3	1	4	–	19	27
2/87th Foot	1	26	10	127	–	34	198
1/88th Foot	2	7	–	25	–	30	64
Total	4	66	19	265	–	93	447
(2) In the Combat in front of Talavera at 9 p.m.
Staff	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
1st Division
H. Campbell’s Brigade:
1st Coldstream Guards	1	–	–	2	–	–	3
Cameron’s Brigade:
1/61st Foot	–	3	1	3	–	–	7
Langwerth’s Brigade:
1st Line batt. K.G.L.	–	2	–	7	–	–	9
2nd Line batt. K.G.L.	–	–	–	3	–	–	3
Light Companies, K.G.L.	–	4	2	25	–	5	36
Low’s Brigade:
5th Line batt. K.G.L.	–	6	–	34	–	11	41
7th Line batt. K.G.L.	–	19	1	49	–	77	146
2nd Division
Tilson’s Brigade:
2/48th Foot	–	–	–	3	–	–	3
R. Stewart’s Brigade:
29th Foot	–	10	1	43	–	1	55
1/48th Foot	–	–	–	8	–	–	8
1st batt. Detachments	1	14	–	40	2[760]	13	70
Artillery	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
Engineers	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Total	3	58	6	219	2	107	385

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BRITISH LOSSES AT TALAVERA
SECOND DAY. JULY 28, 1809.

TABLE LEGEND:

• A = Officers.
• B = Men.

Regiments.	Killed.		Wounded.		Missing.		Total.
	A	B	A	B	A	B
Staff	4	–	9	–	–	–	13
CAVALRY.
Fane’s Brigade:
3rd Dragoon Guards	–	–	1	1	–	1	3
4th Dragoons	–	3	–	9	–	–	12
							15
Cotton’s Brigade:
14th Light Dragoons	–	3	6	6	–	–	15
16th Light Dragoons	–	6	1	5	–	2	14
							29
Anson’s Brigade:
1st Light Dragoons K.G.L.	–	1	2	32	–	2	37
23rd Light Dragoons	2	47	4	46	3	105	207
							244
INFANTRY.
1st Division (General Sherbrooke):
H. Campbell’s Brigade:
1st Coldstream Guards	1	33	8	251	–	–	293
1st 3rd Guards	5	49	6	261	–	1	322
							615
Cameron’s Brigade:
1/61st Foot	3	43	10	193	–	16	265
2/83rd Foot	4	38	11	202	–	28	283
							548
Langwerth’s Brigade:
1st Line batt. K.G.L.	2	37	10	241	–	1	291
2nd Line batt. K.G.L.	–	61	14	288	–	24	387
Light Companies, K.G.L.	–	6	–	37	–	–	43
							721
Low’s Brigade:
5th Line batt. K.G.L.	3	27	6	118	–	101	255
7th Line batt. K.G.L.	–	17	4	35	–	54	110
							365
2nd Division (General Hill):
Tilson’s Brigade:
1/3rd Foot	–	26	2	107	–	7	142
2/48th Foot	–	12	2	53	1	–	68
2/66th Foot	–	16	11	88	–	11	126
							336
R. Stewart’s Brigade:
29th Foot	–	26	6	98	–	2	132
1st batt. Detachments	–	26	9	166	–	2	203
1/48th Foot	–	22	10	135	–	1	168
							503
3rd Division (General Mackenzie):
Mackenzie’s Brigade:
2/24th Foot	–	44	10	268	–	21	343
2/31st Foot	–	21	3	102	–	5	131
1/45th Foot	–	9	2	134	1	12	158
							632
Donkin’s Brigade:
5/60th Foot	–	7	6	25	–	12	50[761]
2/87th Foot	–	9	3	43	–	5	60
1/88th Foot	1	12	3	69	–	–	85
							195
4th Division (General A. Campbell):
Campbell’s Brigade:
2/7th Foot	1	6	3	54	–	1	65
2/53rd Foot	–	6	2	30	–	1	39
							104
Kemmis’s Brigade:
1/40th Foot	–	7	1	49	–	1	58
97th Foot	–	6	–	25	1	21	53
2nd batt. Detachments	–	7	–	13	–	1	21
							132
ARTILLERY.
British	1	7	3	21	–	–	32
German	–	3	–	30	–	1	34
ENGINEERS	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
STAFF CORPS	–	–	2	–	–	–	2
Total	27	643	171	3,235	6	439	4,521

Total of the two days:—killed: 34 officers, 767 men; wounded: 196 officers, 3,719 men; missing: 8 officers, 639 men. Grand Total, 5,363.

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