Historical Record of the Fourth, or the King's Own, Regiment of Foot / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1680, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839

by Richard Cannon

Corps.	Strength at the commencement of the siege.					Loss.
						During the siege.			At the general assault.
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	F	G
Fourth, or King's Own	25	28	27	18	616	14	68	8	7	7
Twenty-third, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers	24	24	26	17	615	19	83	7	9	7
Twenty-fourth Regiment	25	23	27	16	623	6	61	6	..	7
Thirty-fourth Regiment	26	29	29	19	650	12	77	9	1	3
Total	100	104	109	70	2504	51	289	30	17	24

Officers Killed.

Fourth, or King's Own, --Lieut. Whitehead.
Thirty-fourth regiment,--Captain Hobby.
" " Lieut. Armstrong.

Officers Wounded.

Twenty-third regiment, --Lieut. Young.
Twenty-fourth regiment,--Major Godfrey.
" " Lieut. Francis.
Thirty-fourth regiment,--Capt. Sir Hugh Williams.
Engineer,--Major Cunningham.

[27] "Major-General Grant crossed the ford with the Fourth and fifth regiments, and the Fourth Regiment, passing the ford first, drove the enemy from an entrenchment and battery, and took from them three brass field-pieces and a 5½ inch howitzer."—London Gazette.

[28] London Gazette.

[29] The effectives of the British army in 1803 were as follows:—

	In Great Britain.	In Ireland.	On Foreign Stations.	Total.
Cavalry	10,436	3,466	2,263	16,165
Artillery and engineers	9,000	2,000	3,000	14,000
Foot guards	6,916	..	..	6,916
Infantry of the line	44,981	21,790	42,951	109,722
Militia	66,189	18,508	..	84,697
	137,522	45,764	48,214	231,500
Yeomanry and volunteers:—
Cavalry	29,000	10,000	..	39,000
Artillery	7,000	..	..	7,000
Infantry	290,000	65,000	..	355,000
General Total	463,522	120,764	48,214	632,500

The above numbers of "Fighting men" are exclusive of the Royal Navy and Marines.