BRITISH LOSSES DURING THE SIEGE
The British losses between the investment and the storm were, according to the official returns at the Record Office, 1 officer and 69 men killed, 19 officers and 462 men wounded, 2 men (both Portuguese) missing, or a total of 553. These figures added to the 568 lost in the storm (for details see below), make altogether 1,121, which does not agree with the statement in Wellington Dispatches, viii. p. 557; this gives as the total for the siege 9 officers and 169 men killed, 70 officers and 748 men wounded, 7 men missing, or only 1,003, over a hundred less than the total from the return quoted above. Napier gives 1,290 as the casualties for the whole siege, which much exceeds the return in the Record Office; he also makes the total for the storm 60 officers and 650 killed and wounded, while the official return here printed makes it only 59 officers and 509 men. Lord Londonderry and Sir John Jones also give figures agreeing with no others. I prefer to take the total of the official report, which is here appended.
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BRITISH LOSSES AT THE STORM OF CIUDAD RODRIGO.
JANUARY 19, 1812
| Killed. | Wounded. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officers. | Men. | Officers. | Men. | Total. | |||
| Staff | 1[767] | — | 2[768] | — | 3 | ||
| Engineers | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3rd Division: | |||||||
| Mackinnon’s Brigade | 1/45th | 3 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 48 | |
| 5/60th | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 74th | — | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | ||
| 1/88th | — | 7 | 4 | 23 | 34 | ||
| Campbell’s Brigade | 2/5th | 1 | 33 | 8 | 52 | 94 | |
| 77th | — | 14 | 5 | 31 | 50 | ||
| 2/83rd | — | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | ||
| 94th | 2 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 69 | ||
| Divisional Total | 326 | ||||||
| Light Division: | |||||||
| Vandeleur’s Brigade | 1/52nd | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 28 | |
| 2/52nd | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 3/95th | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | ||
| Barnard’s Brigade | 1/43rd | — | 7 | 3 | 31 | 41 | |
| 1/95th | — | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 2/95th | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Divisional Total | 113 | ||||||
| Portuguese | — | 19 | 4 | 91 | 114 | ||
| Grand Total | 8 | 117 | 51 | 384 | 560 | ||
Adding 5 British and 3 Portuguese missing, the total loss is 568 in the storm.
VII
NOTE ON SOME POINTS OF CONTROVERSY
REGARDING THE STORM OF CIUDAD RODRIGO