| King’s German Legion. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Officers. | Men. | |
| 1st Light Dragoons | 36 | 610 |
| 2nd ” | 41 | 620 |
| 3rd ” | 40 | 621 |
| Royal Artillery | 34 | 675 |
| 1st Battalion of the Line | 39 | 824 |
| 2nd ” | 38 | 837 |
| 3rd ” | 41 | 815 |
| 4th ” | 41 | 813 |
| 5th ” | 41 | 802 |
| 6th ” | 42 | 835 |
| 7th ” | 39 | 830 |
| 8th ” | 41 | 726 |
| 1st Battalion Light Infantry | 40 | 825 |
| 2nd ” | 24 | 532 |
| Depôt Company | 3 | 130 |
| Garrison Company | 2 | 60 |
| ---- | ------- | |
| Total King’s German Legion | 542 | 10,555 |
| ---- | ------- | |
| General Total | 1,242 | 27,000 |
| ==== | ===== | |
“His Majesty’s Ship, ‘Audacious,’
“18th January, 1809.
“General Orders.
“The irreparable loss that has been sustained by the fall of the Commander of the Forces (Lieut.-General Sir John Moore), and the severe wound which has removed Lieut.-General Sir David Baird from his station, render it the duty of Lieut.-General Hope to congratulate the army upon the successful result of the action of the 16th instant.
“On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be encountered.
“These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages of position, or of numbers he may employ, there is inherent in the British officers and soldiers, a bravery that knows not how to yield, that no circumstances can appal, and that will ensure victory when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means.
“The Lieut.-General has the greatest satisfaction in distinguishing such meritorious services, as came within his observation, or have been brought to his knowledge.
“His acknowledgments are, in a peculiar manner, due to Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck, and the brigade under his command, consisting of the fourth, forty-second, and fiftieth regiments, and which sustained the weight of the attack.
“Major-General Manningham, with his brigade, consisting of the Royals, the twenty-sixth and eighty-first regiments, and Major-General Warde, with the brigade of Guards, will also be pleased to accept his best thanks for their steady and gallant conduct during the action.