No. XIX. RETURNS OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING, OF THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR A. WELLESLEY. 1808. August. Killed. | Wound. Missing. Killed. | Wound. Missing. Total. BRITISH ORDER OF BATTLE. RORICA, 17th AUG. 1808. Grand total, British and Portuguese, including sick men, &c. &c. 15,642 No. XXI. BRITISH ORDER OF BATTLE. VIMIERO, 21st AUG. 1808. Extracted from the adjutant-general's states. RETURN OF SIR HEW DALRYMPLE'S ARMY, OCT. 1, 1808. Grand total, including artificers, waggon train, &c. &c. 33,129 No. XXIII. EMBARKATION RETURN OF THE FRENCH ARMY UNDER Grand total 25,747 men, 1655 horses, and 35 pieces of artillery. THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT FROM A MINUTE MADE BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK IN 1808 Proves that sixty thousand men could have been provided for the campaign of 1808-9 in Spain, without detriment to other VOL. I. f "Of this force the 20th dragoons and 8 battalions should remain in Portugal. The disposeable force would then be "When to this you add 4 battalions of infantry, which may be spared, and the artillery, it will form a corps of above sixty thousand rank and file." Note. The detail of names and strength of the regiments are omitted to save space. Return of sir John Moore's army, Dec. 19, 1808, extracted from the adjutant-general's morning state of that day. Note.-Of 66 guns 42 were attached to the divisions, the remainder in reserve, with the exception of one brigade of 3 lbs. No. XXVI. The following General Return, extracted from especial regimental reports, contains the whole number of non-commissioned officers and men, cavalry and infantry, lost during sir John Moore's campaign : Lost at or previous to the arrival of the S Cavalry, army at the position of Lugo, . Total. Infantry, 13021397 Of this number 200 were left in the wine-vaults of Bem bibre, and nearly 500 were stragglers from the troops that Of the whole number above 800 contrived to escape to Portugal, and being united with the sick left by the regiments in that country, they formed a corps of 1876 men, which being re-embodied under the name of the battalions of detachments, did good service at Oporto and Talavera. |