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Chapter 35

XI

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE LOSSES AT FUENTES DE OÑORO

SECOND DAY, MAY 5th, 1811

Killed. Wounded. Missing.

Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Total.

1st Division. Spencer:

Stopford’s Brigade

1st Coldstream Guards — 4 2 49 1 7 63

1st Scots Fusilier Guards 1 5 1 52 1 12 72

Nightingale’s Brigade

24th Foot, 2nd batt. 1 4 — 19 1 4 29

42nd Foot, 2nd batt. — 2 — 23 — — 25

79th Foot, 1st batt. — 27 9 126 — 94 256

Howard’s Brigade

30th Foot, 1st batt. — 3 — 21 — — 24

71st Foot, 1st batt. 2 11 4 71 2 37 127

92nd Foot, 1st batt. — 7 1 34 — — 42

3/95th Foot, 1 comp. 1 1 — 2 — 2 6

Löwe’s Brigade

1st Line batt. K.G.L. — — — 2 — 1 3

2nd Line batt. K.G.L. — 2 2 11 — 2 17

5th Line batt. K.G.L. — — — 8 — 3 11

7th Line batt. K.G.L. — 1 1 5 — 2 9

Light comps. K.G.L. — — — 3 — 2 5

Divisional Total 5 67 20 426 5 166 689

3rd Division. Picton:

Mackinnon’s Brigade

45th Foot, 1st batt. — 3 — 1 1 4 9

74th Foot, 1st batt. 1 2 2 54 — — 59

88th Foot, 1st batt. 1 1 2 47 — 1 52

5/60th Foot, 3 comps. — — 1 13 — — 14

Colville’s Brigade

5th Foot, 2nd batt. — — — 3 — — 3

83rd Foot, 2nd batt. 1 5 1 28 — — 35

83rd Foot, 2nd batt. — — — — — — —

94th Foot — — 1 4 — — 5

Divisional Total 3 11 7 150 1 5 177

5th Division. Erskine:

Hay’s Brigade

1st Foot, 3rd batt. — — — 9 — — 9

9th Foot, 1st batt. — — — 4 — — 4

38th Foot, 2nd batt. — — — — — — —

Dunlop’s Brigade

4th Foot, 1st batt. — — — — — — —

30th Foot, 2nd batt. — — — 4 — — 4

44th Foot, 2nd batt. — — — 4 — — 4

Divisional Total — — — 21 — — 21

6th Division. Campbell:

No losses whatever — — — — — — —

7th Division. Houston:

Sontag’s Brigade

51st Foot, 2nd batt. — — — 5 — 1 6

85th Foot, 2nd batt. 1 12 3 36 — 43 95

Chasseurs Britanniques — 30 4 17 — 7 58

Brunswick Oels — 1 1 6 — 10 18

Divisional Total 1 43 8 64 — 61 177

Light Division. Craufurd:

Beckwith’s Brigade

43rd Foot, 1st batt. — — — 9 — — 9

1/95th Foot, 4 comps. — — — 7 — — 7

Drummond’s Brigade

52nd Foot, 1st batt. — 1 — 6 — — 7

52nd Foot, 2nd batt. — — — 14 — — 14

2/95th Foot, 4 comps. — 2 — 4 — — 6

Divisional Total — 3 — 40 — — 43

Cavalry. Stapleton Cotton:

Slade’s Brigade

1st Dragoons — 4 1 36 — — 41

14th Light Dragoons — 3 5 27 — 3 38

Arentschildt’s Brigade

16th Light Dragoons — 7 2 16 1 1 27

1st Hussars K.G.L. — 2 2 39 — — 43

Cavalry Total — 16 10 118 1 4 149

Artillery. Howarth:

Horse — 1 — 1 — — 2

Field — 5 3 18 — — 26

General Staff — — 2 — — — 2

British General Total of May 5th 9 146 50 838 7 236 1286

Portuguese losses (mainly
in the 2nd and 3rd Caçadores,
and 6th and 21st Line) — 50 7 151 — 51 259

Allied General Total of May 5th 9 196 57 989 7 287 1545

Total of both days, May 3rd and 5th 11 230 78 1169 7 309 1804