N.B.—This total force of 18,111 men did not appear before Badajoz with Mendizabal on February 5th. Fernando 7º, with 800 men, was garrisoning Albuquerque. The 800 dismounted cavalry were at Valencia de Alcantara, their dépôt. 2nd of Seville, with 34 officers and 582 men, had been thrown into Badajoz in January. About 400 cavalry were detached with Ballasteros. Two battalions were garrisoning Campo Mayor. It seems that the actual army of succour consisted of about 2,500 men of Carlos de España’s division, 8,500 from those of Garcia and Virues, 2,500 of Butron’s cavalry and 450 artillery; also 950 Portuguese dragoons under Madden.

Osuna, Zafra, Valladolid, and La Serena, with 132 officers and 2,559 men, were drafted into the garrison of Badajoz before the battle of the Gebora, in which they did not take part. The total force present at that light was about 9,000 infantry and 2,000 Spanish horse, besides Madden’s 900 Portuguese dragoons.


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GRAHAM’S ARMY AT BARROSA, AND ITS LOSSES

Killed.Wounded.
Officers.Men.O.M.O.M.Total.
Dilkes’s Brigade:
1st Guards, 2nd batt.245871338177219
Coldstream Guards, 2nd Batt. (2 comps.)72041824758
3rd Guards, 2nd Batt. (3 comps.)8314114285102
2 comps. 2/95th Rifles1120662834
Total of Brigade501,31136112337413
Wheatley’s Brigade:
1/28th Foot (8 comps.)2043768086
2/67th Foot235041043145
2/87th Foot326641444124173
Total of Brigade751,6051608235304
Browne’s Flank Battalion (2 comps, each of 1/9th, 1/28th, 2/82nd)225142511200236
Barnard’s Flank Battalion (4 comps. 3/95th Rifles, 2 comps. 2/47th)29615233597137
Flank Companies, 20th Portuguese10316954256
Cavalry, 2 squadrons 2nd Hussars K.G.L.1319323234
Artillery20342684054
Royal Engineers950123
Staff Corps23511
Total of Army2364,9816195519861,238

Total of force was: Infantry, 4,533; Cavalry, 206; Artillery, 362; Engineers, &c., 96 = Grand Total, 5,217.

N.B.—Of these troops on the field, Dilkes’s brigade minus the 211 Coldstreamers, but plus 260 of the 2/67th and Browne’s flank battalion, formed the right column, while Wheatley’s brigade, minus one wing of the 2/67th, but plus the two Coldstream companies and Barnard’s flank battalion, was on the left. All the guns were with the latter column. Thus Dilkes’s command must have been about 1,950 strong, Wheatley’s about 2,883. The cavalry were absent with Whittingham on the coast-road till nearly the end of the engagement.


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