XV

THE ALLIED ARMY AT ALBUERA, AND ITS LOSSES,
MAY 16, 1811.

I. BRITISH TROOPS

Present. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
Loss.

Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.

2nd Division (William Stewart):

Colborne’s Brigade

1/3rd Foot 27 728 4 212 14 234 2 177 643

2/31st Foot 20 398 — 29 7 119 — — 155

2/48th Foot 29 423 4 44 10 86 9 190 343

2/66th Foot 24 417 3 52 12 104 — 101 272

Total of Brigade 100 1,966 11 337 43 543 11 468 1,413

Hoghton’s Brigade

29th Foot 31 476 5 75 12 233 — 11 336

1/48th Foot 33 464 3 64 13 194 — 6 280

1/57th Foot 31 616 2 87 21 318 — — 428

Total of Brigade 95 1,556 10 226 46 745 — 17 1,044

Abercrombie’s Brigade

2/28th Foot 28 491 — 27 6 131 — — 164

2/34th Foot 28 568 3 30 4 91 — — 128

2/39th Foot 33 449 1 14 4 77 — 2 98

Total of Brigade 89 1,508 4 71 14 299 — 2 390

Divisional Light Troops:

3 comps. 5/60th Foot 4 142 — 2 1 18 — — 21

Total 2nd Division 288 5,172 25 636 104 1,605 11 487 2,868

4th Division (Cole):

Myers’s Brigade

1/7th Fusiliers 27 687 — 65 15 277 — — 357

2/7th Fusiliers 28 540 2 47 13 287 — — 349

1/23rd R. W. Fusiliers 41 692 2 74 11 246 — 6 339

Total of Brigade 96 1,919 4 186 39 810 — 6 1,045

Kemmis’s Brigade, detachment
of one company each
of 2/27th, 1/40th, 97th Foot 8 157 1 5 — 14 — — 20

Total 4th Division 104 2,076 5 191 39 824 — 6 1,065

Alten’s Independent Brigade:

1st Light Batt. K.G.L. 23 565 — 4 4 59 — 2 69

2nd ditto 19 491 1 3 1 31 — 1 37

Total of Brigade 42 1,056 1 7 5 90 — 3 106

Cavalry (Lumley):

De Grey’s Brigade

3rd Dragoon Guards 23 351 1 9 — 9 — 1 20

4th Dragoons 30 357 — 3 2 18 2 2 27

13th Light Dragoons 23 380 — — — 1 — — 1

Total Cavalry 76 1,088 1 12 2 28 2 3 48

Artillery:

British (Batteries of Lefebure and Hawker) 9 246 — 3 1 10 — 1 15

K.G.L. (Batteries of Cleeves and Sympher) 10 282 — — 1 17 1 30 49

Staff ? ? 1 — 7 — — — 8

Grand Total of British 529 9,920 33 849 159 2,574 14 530 4,159

II. PORTUGUESE TROOPS

Officers
and Men. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
Loss.

Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.

Harvey’s Brigade (4th Division)

11th Regt. (2 batts.) 1,154 — 2 2 4 — 5 13

23rd Regt. (2 batts.) 1,201 1 3 1 14 — — 19

1st Batt. L.L.L. (1 batt.) 572 — 66 6 89 — 10 171

Hamilton’s Division

2nd Line (2 batts.) 1,225 — 3 — 5 — — 8

14th Line (2 batts.) 1,204 — — — 2 — — 2

4th Line (2 batts.) 1,271 — 9 1 50 — — 60

4th Line (2 batts.) 1,119 — — — 11 — — 11

Collins’s Brigade

5th Line (2 batts.) 985 — 10 4 36 — 10 60

5th Caçadores (1 batt.) 400 — 5 — 25 — 1 31

Cavalry (Otway)

1st Regt. 327 — — — — — — —

7th Regt. 314 — — — 2 — — 2

5th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 — — — — — — —

8th Regt. (1 squad.) 104 — — — — — — —

Artillery (batteries of Arriaga and Braun) 221 — 2 — 8 — — 10

Staff ? 1 — 1 — — — 2

Grand Total of Portuguese 10,201 2 100 15 246 — 26 389

GRAND TOTAL OF BERESFORD’S ARMY

Infantry British, 8,738; Portuguese, 9,131 = 17,869

Cavalry British, 1,164; Portuguese, 849 = 2,013

Artillery British, 255; Portuguese, 221 = 476

Grand Total 20,358 of all arms.

General Total of Losses: British, 4,159; Portuguese, 389 = 4,548.

III. SPANISH TROOPS

Present. Killed. Wounded. Total
Loss.

Offs. Men. Offs. Men. Offs. Men.

(1) BLAKE’S ARMY

Vanguard Division (Lardizabal):

Murcia (2 batts.), Canarias, 2nd of Leon, Campo Mayor 107 2,291 4 59 13 215 291

3rd Division (Ballasteros):

1st of Catalonia, Barbastro, Pravia, Lena, Castropol, Cangas de Tineo, Infiesto 154 3,371 3 64 15 193 275

4th Division (Zayas):

2nd and 4th Spanish Guards, Irlanda, Patria, Toledo, Legion Estranjera, 4th Walloon Guards, Ciudad Real 197 4,685 — 106 26 549 681

Cavalry (Loy):

Santiago, Husares de Castilla, Granaderos, Escuadron de Instruccion 93 1,072 — 7 2 31 40

Artillery (1 battery) 7 96 — 2 — 7 9

Staff ? ? 2 — 9 — 11

Total of Blake’s troops 558 11,515 9 238 65 995 1,307

(2) CASTAÑOS’S ARMY

Carlos de España’s Infantry:

3 batts., Rey, Zamora, Voluntarios de Navarra, 1 company Sappers 57 1,721 — — 4 29 33

Penne Villemur’s Cavalry:

Detachments of seven regiments, none over 1 squadron strong 87 634 — 11 3 14 28

Artillery (1 battery) 4 58 — — — — —

Total of Castaños’s Troops 148 2,413 — 11 7 43 61

Grand Total of Spaniards 706 13,928 9 249 72 1,038 1,368

GRAND TOTAL OF THE ALLIED ARMY

British Present of all arms, 10,449 Losses, 4,159

Portuguese Present of all arms, 10,201 Losses, 389

Spaniards Present of all arms, 14,634 Losses, 1,368

Total 35,284 5,916