The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th

by William Henry Cope

[343] The powder horn and the brass box in the stock are shown in [Plate I]. The Regulations for the exercise of Riflemen, issued in 1803, do not mention the mallet, which had probably been already discontinued; but they do mention ‘the powder measure and the loose ball:’ i.e. using the powder-horn in loading.

[344] Cumloden Papers, 131.

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[APPENDIX III.]

ACTIONS AND CASUALTIES OF THE REGIMENT.

Colonel Leach, in concluding his ‘Brief Sketch of the Field Services of the Rifle Brigade,’ observes:—‘I regret exceedingly that I am not in possession of returns of losses sustained by my old Corps in its numerous actions with the enemy, and by sickness. Such a document would have, perhaps, but few (if any) parallels in the Service; and it would be seen, moreover, that the Peninsular army had other formidable enemies to contend with besides the sword, in the form of pestilential fevers, ague, &c.’

No means, I believe, exist of giving any account of the losses of the Regiment by climate or disease; but I will endeavour to give an approximate return of the losses in the field, and at the same time I shall be able to enumerate the various actions in which the Regiment has been engaged.

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
August 25, 1800	Ferrol		1
August 26, 1800	Ferrol		3		8
April 2, 1801	Copenhagen	1		2	6
January 16, 1807	Maldonado		1	1
January 20, 1807	Suburbs of Monte Video			5	25
February 3, 1807	Monte Video	1	2	10	19
July 2, 1807	Passo Chico		1	3	22
June 7, 1807	San Pedro		2		27
July 4, 1807	Suburbs of Buenos Ayres		2	2	4
July 5, 1807	Buenos Ayres	1	9	90	129
August 17, 1807	Near Copenhagen			1	2
August 29, 1807	Kioge		A	few.
August 15, 1808	Obidos	1	2	1	6
August 17, 1808	Roleia		3	17	30
August 21, 1808	Vimiera		4	37	43
Carried forward		4	30	169	321

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		4	30	169	321
January 3, 1809	Cacabelos	1	1	19
January 4, 1809	Between Villa Franca		A	few.
January 5, 1809	Constantino			1
January 10, 1809	Near Betanzos			1
January 12, 1809	El Burgo
January 16, 1809	Corunna	1		11
Returned to England					33
July 31, 1809	Near Flushing		1		10
August 9-15, 1809	Flushing		2	11	21
March 19, 1810	Barba del Puerco	1		3	10
July 4, 1810	Bridge of Marialva
July 24, 1810	The Coa	3	9	11	55
August 23-24, 1810	Celorico to Busaco
August 25, 1810	Mala Morta
August 26, 1810	Sula
August 27, 1810	Busaco
September 10, 1810	Alemquer to Arruda
September 18, 1810	Alcalá de Gazules
October 14, 1810	Sobral		2	Several
November 19, 1810	Valle		Slight	loss.
December 20, 1810	Tarifa			2	16
December 31, 1810	Tarifa			1	1
March 5, 1811	Barrosa	1	5	19	76
March 8, 1811	Paialvo
March 9, 1811
March 11, 1811	Pombal		1
March 12, 1811	Redinha		2	4	9[345]
March 14, 1811	Casal Nova	2			[345]
March 15, 1811	Foz d’Aronce		2		[345]
March 18, 1811	Ponte da Murcella
March 28, 1811	Freixadas	1			[345]
April 3, 1811	Sabugal	1	2	2	14
April 12, 1811	San Pedro			1
April 23, 1811	Bridge of Marialva
May 2, 1811	Fuentes d’Onor		1		9
May 5, 1811	Fuentes d’Onor	1		3	13
May 12, 1811	Near Espeja
September 27, 1811	Near Aldea de Ponte
January 8, 1812	San Francisco	1		1	7
January 19, 1812	Ciudad Rodrigo	1	5	9	47
March 19, 1812	Before Badajos		1
March 26, 1812	La Picurina
April 6, 1812	Badajos	9	14	57	225
June 17, 1812	Rueda
July 17, 1812	Castrejon
July 19, 1812	On the march			1
July 22, 1812	Salamanca			3	24
Carried forward		27	78	329	891