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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