FRENCH LOSSES AT SABUGAL, APRIL 3rd, 1811

[FROM A RETURN IN THE MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE, PARIS]

Killed.Wounded.Missing.
Offs.Men.Offs.Men.Offs.Men.Total.
2nd Corps. Merle’s Division:
2nd Léger2746031591
36th Ligne1856311896
4th Léger1155711984
Heudelet’s Division:
17th Léger3131211831177
70th Ligne691112296244
31st Léger22610
47th Ligne1618
Cavalry (Pierre Soult):
1st Hussars74112
8th Dragoons11
25th Dragoons33
22nd Chasseurs141116
Chasseurs Hanovriens268
Artillery111710
1755384646180760

N.B.—The disproportionate number of wounded to killed among rank and file, 464 to 55, or one to eight, while the normal proportion was about one to five, suggests that some of the numerous ‘missing’ were really killed. Note the excessive loss among officers, 61 to 699 rank and file, one to eleven instead of the usual one to twenty.

There is some reason to suppose that the figures are incomplete, as Martinien’s Liste des officiers tués et blessés gives 19 killed and 46 wounded by name. We find in these tables the 1st Hussars with an officer killed and three wounded, and the 70th Ligne with seven killed and thirteen wounded, &c.


IX

FORCE OF WELLINGTON’S ARMY AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

[FROM THE RETURN OF MAY 1]

Brigadier. Regiments.Officers.Sergeants,
drummers,
and rank
and file.
Regimental
Total.
Brigade
Total of
Effectives.
CAVALRY
Slade 1st Dragoons24364388 766
14th Light Dragoons25353378
Arentschildt 16th Dragoons30332362 776
1st Hussars K.G.L.30384414
Portuguese Brigade,
Barbaçena
4th Line104104 312[784]
10th Line208208
Total Cavalry1091,7451,854 1,854
INFANTRY
1st Division. Lieut.-General Sir Brent Spencer:
Stopford 3rd Guards, 1st batt.24935959 1,943
Coldstream G., 1st batt.31909940
1 comp. 5/60th Foot24244
Nightingale 24th Foot, 2nd batt.22349371 1,774
42nd Foot, 2nd batt.26419445
79th Foot, 1st batt.39883922
1 comp. 5/60th Foot13536
Howard 50th Foot, 1st batt.45552597 1,934
71st Foot, 1st batt.42455497
92nd Foot, 1st batt.41723764
3/95th Foot, 1 comp.37376
Löwe 1st Line Batt. K.G.L.27485512 1,914
2nd Line Batt. K.G.L.30454484
5th Line Batt. K.G.L.29393422
7th Line Batt. K.G.L.21389410
2 Light Comps. K.G.L.58186
Total 1st Division3887,1777,565 7,565
3rd Division. Major-General T. Picton:
Mackinnon 45th Foot, 1st batt.24484508 1,863
74th Regiment24461485
88th Foot, 2nd batt.30657687
3 comps. 5/60th Foot6177183
Colville 5th Foot, 2nd batt.28476504 1,967
83rd Foot, 2nd batt.33427460
88th Foot, 2nd batt.28439467
94th Regiment31505536
Power’s
Portuguese Brigade
9th Line, 2 batts.910[785]910 1,650
21st Line, 2 batts.740[785]740
Total 3rd Division2045,2765,480 5,480
5th Division. Major-General Sir W. Erskine:
Hay 1st Foot, 3rd batt.39633672 1,770
9th Foot, 1st batt.28599627
38th Foot, 2nd batt.21381402
1 comp. Brunswick Oels36669
Dunlop 4th Foot, 1st batt.34578612 1,624
30th Foot, 2nd batt.23484507
44th Foot, 3rd batt.27410437
1 comp. Brunswick Oels36569
Spry’s
Portuguese Brigade
3rd Line, 2 batts.724[785]724 1,764
15th Line, 2 batts.556[785]556
8th Caçadores, 1 batt.484[785]484
Total 5th Division1784,9805,158 5,158
6th Division. Major-General Alex. Campbell:
Hulse 11th Foot, 1st batt.49788837 2,041
53rd Foot, 2nd batt.21438459
61st Foot, 1st batt.31666697
1 comp. 5/60th Foot24648
Burne 2nd Foot30528558 1,072
36th Foot, 1st batt.32482514
Madden’s
Portuguese Brigade
8th Line, 2 batts.915[785]915 2,137
12th Line, 2 batts.1,222[785]1,222
Total 6th Division1655,0855,250 5,250
7th Division. Major-General Houston:
Sontag 51st Foot, 2nd batt.39551590 2,409
85th Foot22365387
Chasseurs Britanniques31808839
Brunswick Oels, 8 comps.32561593
Doyle’s (late Collins’s)
Portuguese Brigade
7th Line, 2 batts.713[786]713 2,181
19th Line, 2 batts.1,026[786]1,026
2nd Caçadores, 1 batt.442[786]442
Total 7th Division1244,4664,590 4,590
Light Division. Major-General R. Craufurd:
Beckwith 43rd Foot, 1st batt.27727754 1,184
95th Foot, 1st batt. (4 comps.)13341354
95th Foot, 2nd batt. (1 comp.)47276
Drummond 52nd Foot, 1st batt.32803835 1,734
52nd Foot, 2nd batt.32510542
95th Foot, 4th batt. (4 comps.)14343357
Portuguese 1st Caçadores450[786]450 897
3rd Caçadores447[786]447
Total Light Division1223,6933,815 3,815
Ashworth’s
Portuguese Brigade,
unattached
18th Line, 2 batts.986[786]986 2,539
6th Line, 2 batts.1,130[786]1,130
6th Caçadores423[786]423
ARTILLERY
English H. A. (Bull’s and Ross’s troops)10157167 987
English Field (Lawson’s and Thompson’s Companies)10260270
Portuguese (4 batteries)550[786]550
ENGINEERS103040 40
TRAIN15211226 226