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R. Hill’s Brigade (Household Cavalry) No casualties.
Ponsonby’s Brigade. -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
G. Anson’s { 12th Light Dragoons 1 3 -- 8 -- -- 12
Brigade { 16th Light Dragoons -- 7 1 13 -- -- 21
Long’s Brigade -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
V. Alten’s Brigade No casualties.
Bock’s Brigade -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1
Fane’s { 3rd Dragoon Guards -- 3 1 4 -- -- 8
Brigade { 1st Royal Dragoons -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
Grant’s { 10th Hussars -- 6 -- 10 -- -- 16
Brigade { 15th Hussars -- 10 2 47 -- -- 59
{ 18th Hussars 1 10 2 21 -- -- 34
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Total Cavalry 2 40 6 107 -- -- 155
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Royal Horse Artillery -- 4 1 35 -- -- 40
Field Artillery -- 5 -- 18 -- -- 23
K.G.L. Artillery -- 2 -- 5 -- -- 7
Royal Engineers -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1
General Staff -- -- 8 -- -- -- 8
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GENERAL TOTAL 21 498 192 2,764 -- -- 3,475

N.B.--In addition we have, undistributed under corps, 223 rank and file missing, of whom all except about 40 of the 1/71st were stragglers, not prisoners.

II. PORTUGUESE LOSSES
_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Ashworth’s { 6th Line -- 1 -- 10 -- 1 12
Brigade { 18th Line -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
(2nd Division) { 6th Caçadores 1 1 -- 7 -- -- 9
Power’s { 9th Line 3 43 9 157 -- -- 212
Brigade { 21st Line 3 55 8 115 -- 6 187
(3rd Division) { 11th Caçadores -- 3 2 7 -- -- 12
Stubbs’s { 11th Line 1 36 6 109 -- 1 153
Brigade { 23rd Line -- 20 3 35 -- -- 58
(4th Division) { 7th Caçadores -- 9 4 21 -- -- 35
Spry’s { 3rd Line -- 2 3 8 -- -- 13
Brigade { 15th Line -- 6 3 19 -- -- 28
(5th Division) { 8th Caçadores -- 13 2 25 -- -- 40
Lecor’s Brigade {
(7th Division) { 7th Line -- -- -- -- -- 6 6
Light { 1st Caçadores -- 2 -- 2 -- -- 4
Division { 3rd Caçadores -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
{ 17th Line -- 7 1 20 -- -- 28
Silveira’s { Da Costa’s Brigade No casualties.
Division { A. Campbell’s Brigade -- 2 -- 1 -- 7 10
Pack’s { 1st Line -- 3 -- -- -- -- 3
Brigade { 16th Line 1 10 2 24 -- -- 37
{ 4th Caçadores -- 16 1 18 -- -- 35
Bradford’s { 13th Line -- -- -- 1 -- 16 17
Brigade { 24th Line -- -- -- 3 -- 3 3
{ 5th Caçadores -- 4 -- 5 -- 2 11
Cavalry: in 6th Regiment -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
Artillery No casualties.
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Total Portuguese Losses 9 233 44 592 -- 43 921

III. SPANISH LOSSES
_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
All in Morillo’s and Longa’s }
Divisions } 4 85 10 453 -- -- 562

TOTAL ALLIED LOSSES
_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
BRITISH 20 489 192 2,749 -- 223 3,675
PORTUGUESE 9 233 44 592 -- 43 921
SPANISH 4 85 10 453 -- -- 562
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Total 33 807 246 3,794 -- 266 5,158

XII

FRENCH LOSSES AT VITTORIA: JUNE 21

[From the Official Returns, lent me by Mr. Fortescue.]

ARMY OF THE SOUTH
_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Prisoners._ ‘_Disparus._’
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Leval’s Division 4 98 17 395 4 133 -- 108 759
Villatte’s Division -- 43 2 212 -- 22 -- -- 291
Conroux’s Division 5 74 27 712 4 265 -- -- 1,087
Maransin’s Brigade 3 80 21 510 4 63 -- -- 681
Daricau’s Division 3 89 20 389 1 49 -- 280 833
Pierre Soult’s Cavalry -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- 3 6
Digeon’s Dragoons -- 18 11 69 1 3 -- -- 102
Tilly’s Dragoons -- 2 -- 19 1 3 -- -- 25
Artillery 2 20 -- 366 -- 100 -- -- 488
Engineers, &c. 1 2 -- 2 -- 23 -- -- 28
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 18 426 101 2,674 15 661 -- 391 4,300

ARMY OF THE CENTRE
‘_Prisoners
_Killed._ _Wounded._ or missing._’
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Darmagnac’s Division 9 96 33 414 3 791 1,346
Cassagne’s Division -- 9 6 70 -- 178 263
Treillard’s Dragoons -- 6 1 17 -- 56 80
Avy’s Chasseurs -- 2 1 3 -- 51 57
Artillery: no Returns ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Engineers -- -- -- -- -- 4 4
Casapalacios’ Spaniards 5 20 12 21 -- 300 358
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Total 14 133 53 525 3 1,380 2,108

ARMY OF PORTUGAL
‘_Prisoners
_Killed._ _Wounded._ or missing._’
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Sarrut’s Division 2 51 26 505 4 224 812
Lamartinière’s Division 7 70 30 362 1 116 586
Mermet’s Light Cavalry -- 18 8 42 -- 29 97
Boyer’s Dragoons 1 16 8 80 -- -- 105
Artillery, Engineers, &c. ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Total 10 155 72 989 5 369 1,600

GENERAL TOTAL
OF THE THREE ARMIES 42 714 226 4,188 23 2,801 8,008

No return (as usual) from King Joseph’s Royal Guards, who had, however, as Martinien’s lists show, 11 officers killed and wounded, probably therefore 150 to 200 casualties in rank and file. Also no returns from Artillery of Armies of the Centre and Portugal, from whom Martinien shows 9 officer-casualties, or from the fractions of the Army of the North present (3rd Line, &c.); the last show 3 officer-casualties in Martinien. It is obvious that the official total is several hundreds too small.

XIII

SIR JOHN MURRAY’S ARMY ON THE TARRAGONA EXPEDITION: JUNE 1813

Advanced Guard Brigade. Colonel Adam:
2/27th, Calabrese Free Corps, 1st Anglo-Italian Levy, one company
Rifles of De Roll.

1st Division. General William Clinton. Brigadiers Honstedt and
Haviland-Smith:
1/58th, 2/67th, 4th Line Battalion K.G.L., Sicilian ‘Estero’
regiment (2 batts.).

2nd Division. General John Mackenzie. Brigadiers Warren and Prevost:
1/10th, 1/27th, 1/81st, De Roll-Dillon, 2nd Italian Levy.

Whittingham’s Spanish Infantry:
Guadalajara, Cordova, 2nd of Murcia, Mallorca, 5th Grenadiers.

Cavalry:
Two squadrons 20th Light Dragoons, two squadrons Brunswick Hussars,
one troop Foreign Hussars.

Artillery:
Two British and one Portuguese Field Batteries; one company British
and one Portuguese attached to Battering Train.

STATISTICS OF ABOVE. JUNE 4, 1813

[No regimental totals available.]

Infantry: _Officers._ _Men._
British, German Legion, De Roll-Dillon, 1st and
2nd batts. Anglo-Italian Levy, Calabrese
Free Corps 345 8,040
Sicilian Estero Regiment 67 1,041
Whittingham’s Spanish Infantry 228 4,624
Cavalry 37 764 [726 horses]
Artillery 53 767
Engineers and Staff Corps 9 77
--- ------
Total 739 15,313

XIV

SUCHET’S ARMY AT THE TIME OF SIR JOHN MURRAY’S TARRAGONA EXPEDITION

I. THE ARMY OF VALENCIA. MORNING STATE OF JUNE 16, 1813

_Officers._ _Men._ _Total._
1st Division, General Musnier [at Perello near
Tortosa]: 1st Léger (2 batts.), 114th Line
(3 batts.), 121st Line (2 batts.) 100 4,063 4,163
2nd Division, General Harispe [at Xativa]: 7th,
44th, 116th Line (2 batts. each) 97 3,967 4,064
3rd Division, General Habert [at Alcira]: 14th,
16th, 117th Line (2 batts. each) 118 4,002 4,120
3/5th Léger 18 601 619
Brigade detached from Catalonia, General Lamarque:
3rd Léger, 11th Line (2 batts. each),
20th Line (2 batts.)[1075], 1st Italian Chasseurs
(1 squadron) 89 3,240 3,329
Cavalry, General Boussard: 4th Hussars (4 squadrons),
12th Cuirassiers (4 squadrons), 24th
Dragoons (3 squadrons), Neapolitan Chasseurs
(2 squadrons) 84 1,895 1,979
Cavalry from the Army of the Centre: 1 squadron
Westphalian Chasseurs 11 163 174
Artillery and Artillery Train 20 1,201 1,221
Sappers 8 366 374
Gendarmerie, Équipages Militaires, &c. 9 681 690
Italian Division Severoli [at Buñol]: 1st Ligne
and 1st Léger (2 batts. each), and divisional
artillery 57 2,008 2,065
--- ------ ------
Total 611 22,187 22,798

II. GARRISONS OF ARAGON (GENERAL PARIS)

_Officers._ _Men._ _Total._
10th Ligne (2 batts.), 81st Ligne (3 batts.), 8th
Neapolitans 87 3,302 3,389
12th Hussars (3 squadrons) 26 370 396
Artillery 6 245 251
Gendarmerie (6 companies) 28 1,105 1,133
_Chasseurs des Montagnes_ 26 658 684
Spanish troops 7 151 158
--- ----- -----
Total 180 5,831 6,011

III. THE ARMY OF CATALONIA. MORNING STATE OF JUNE 16

_Officers._ _Men._ _Total._
Division of Cerdagne, General Quesnel: 102nd
Line (2 batts.), 143rd Line (4 batts.), and details 113 2,961 3,074
Division of Upper Catalonia, General Lamarque:
32nd Léger and 60th Line (1 batt. each), 3rd
Provisional Regiment, and details 60 2,459 2,519
Arrondissement of Gerona, General Nogués: 60th
Line (2 batts.), 115th Line (1 batt.), and details 100 2,964 3,064
Beurmann’s Brigade: 115th Line (2 batts.), 23rd
Léger (2 batts.), and details 62 2,400 2,462
Petit’s Brigade: 23rd Ligne (1 batt.), 67th Line
(2 batts.), Wurzburg (1 batt.), and details 87 1,972 2,059
Arrondissement of Barcelona, General Maurice
Mathieu: 5th Line (2 batts.), 79th Line (2 batts.),
18th Léger (2 batts.), 1st of Nassau (2 batts.),
29th Chasseurs (1 squadron), and details 162 6,857 7,019
Garrison of Lerida, General Henriod: 42nd Line
(2 batts.), and details 39 1,404 1,443
Garrison of Tarragona: 20th Line (1 batt.), 7th
Italian Line (1 batt.), and details 60 1,456 1,516
Gendarmerie (6 companies) 33 1,015 1,048
Artillery and Train 17 1,152 1,169
Sappers and Miners 5 186 191
--- ------ ------
Total 738 24,826 25,566

N.B.--The Cavalry (29th Chasseurs, and an odd squadron of 1st Hussars) was distributed in troops and half-troops all round the brigades, the only solid bodies being one squadron with Beurmann’s brigade, and one at Barcelona. The total number of sabres was 670 only.

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SPANISH ARMIES ON THE EAST COAST: JUNE 1, 1813

FIRST ARMY (General COPONS).
_Officers._ _Men._ _Total._

1st Division (Eroles): 5 batts. and 2 squadrons 202 4,357 4,559
2nd Division (?): 7 batts. and 2 squadrons 309 5,124 5,433
Garrisons: 5 batts. and details 272 5,497 5,769
--- ------ ------
Total 783 14,978 15,761

SECOND ARMY (General ELIO).

1st Division (Mijares): 6 batts. 230 4,125 4,355
2nd Division (Villacampa): 4 batts., 2 squadrons 209 4,355 4,564
3rd Division (Sarsfield): 5 batts., 2 squadrons. 206 5,178 5,384
4th Division (Roche), 5 batts. 199 4,237 4,436
5th Division (the Empecinado): 4 batts., 2 squadrons 135 4,113 4,248
6th Division (Duran): 4 batts., 3 squadrons 199 5,264 5,463
Cavalry Brigade: 2 regiments 61 953 1,014
Artillery 41 741 782
Engineers and Sappers 31 228 259
----- ------ ------
Total 1,311 29,294 30,605

THIRD ARMY (Duque DEL PARQUE).

1st Division (Prince of Anglona): 8 batts. 210 4,932 5,142
2nd Division (Marquis de las Cuevas): 7 batts. 187 3,438 3,625
3rd Division (Cruz Murgeon): 7 batts. 118 2,656 2,774
Cavalry Brigade (Sisternes) 42 664 706
Artillery, &c. 21 323 344
--- ------ ------
Total 578 12,013 12,591

XVI

THE ARMY OF SPAIN AS REORGANIZED BY SOULT: JULY 1813

N.B.--Numerals appended to a regiment’s name give the number of battalions in it, when they exceed _one_.

_Officers
and men
present._
1st Division. FOY.

Brigade Fririon: 6th Léger. Late Foy’s Division Army of Portugal. }
69th Line (2). Ditto. }
76th Line. Ditto. } 5,922
Brigade Berlier: 36th Line (2). Late Sarrut’s Div. A. of P. }
39th Line. Late Foy’s Div. A. of P. }
65th Line (2). Late Sarrut’s Div. A. of P. }

2nd Division. DARMAGNAC.

Brigade Chassé: 16th Léger. Late Darmagnac’s Div. Army of the Centre. }
8th Line. Ditto. }
28th Line (2). Late Cassagne’s Div. A. of C. } 6,961
Brigade Gruardet: 51st Line. Ditto. }
54th Line. Ditto. }
75th Line (2). Ditto. }

3rd Division. ABBÉ.

Brigade Rignoux: 27th Léger. Late Villatte’s Div. Army of the South. }
63rd Line. Ditto. }
64th Line[1076] (2). Late garrison of Vittoria }
A. of N. } 8,030
Brigade Rémond: 5th Léger (2). Late Abbé’s Div. A. of N. }
94th Line (2). Late Villatte’s Div. A. of S. }
95th Line. Ditto. }

4th Division. CONROUX.

Brigade Rey: 12th Léger (2). Late Maransin’s Brigade A. of S. }
32nd Line (2). Late Conroux’s Div. A. of S. }
43rd Line (2). Ditto. } 7,056
Brigade Schwitter: 45th Line. Late Maransin’s Brigade A. of S. }
55th Line. Late Conroux’s Div. A. of S. }
58th Line. Ditto. }

5th Division. VANDERMAESEN.

Brigade Barbot: 25th Léger. Late Barbot’s Div. A. of P. }
1st Line. Late garrison of Burgos, A. of N.[1077] }
27th Line. Late Barbot’s Div. A. of P. }
Brigade Rouget: 50th Line. Ditto. } 4,181
59th Line. Ditto. }
130th Line (2). Late Vandermaesen’s Div. A. of N. }

6th Division. MARANSIN.

Brigade St. Pol: 21st Léger. Late Daricau’s Div. A. of S. }
24th Line. Late Leval’s Div. A. of S. }
96th Line. Ditto. }
Brigade Mocquery: 28th Léger. Late Daricau’s Div. A. of S. } 5,966
101st Line (2). Ditto. }
103rd Line. Ditto. }

7th Division. MAUCUNE.

Brigade Pinoteau: 17th Léger. Late Maucune’s Div. A. of P. }
15th Line (2). Ditto. }
66th Line. Ditto. }
Brigade Montfort: 34th Léger. Late Vandermaesen’s Div. A. of N. } 4,186
82nd Line. Late Maucune’s Div. A. of P. }
86th Line. Ditto. }

8th Division. TAUPIN.

Brigade Béchaud: 9th Léger (2). Late Leval’s Div. A. of S. }
26th Line. Late Taupin’s Div. A. of P. }
47th Line (2). Ditto. } 5,981
Brigade Lecamus: 31st Léger. Ditto. }
70th Line (2). Ditto. }
88th Line. Late Leval’s Div. A. of S. }

9th Division. LAMARTINIÈRE.

Brigade Menne: 2nd Léger. Late Sarrut’s Div. A. of P. }
118th Line (2). Late Lamartinière’s Div. A. of P. }
119th Line (2). Ditto. } 7,127
Brigade Gauthier: 120th Line (3). Ditto. }
122nd Line (2). Ditto. }

Reserve (General VILLATTE).

Brigadiers: Thouvenot and Boivin.
(1) 1/4th Léger. Late Sarrut’s Division A. of P. }
1 & 2/10th Léger. Late Abbé’s Division A. of N. }
3/31st Léger. Late garrison of Vittoria A. of N. }
1/3rd Line. Late Abbé’s Division A. of N. }
2/34th Line. Late Vandermaesen’s Division A. of N. }
1 & 3/40th Line. Late Vandermaesen’s Division A. of N. }
1/101st Line. Late garrison of Vittoria A. of N. }
1 & 2/105th Line. Late Abbé’s Division A. of N. } 9,102
4/114th Line (detachment). Old Bayonne Reserve }
4 & 5/115th Line. Old Bayonne Reserve }
4/116th Line. Old Bayonne Reserve }
4/117th Line. Old Bayonne Reserve }
3/118th Line. Old Bayonne Reserve }
3/119th Line. Late Biscay garrisons }
Total: 17 battalions.
(2) Foreign troops:
Neuenstein’s German Brigade, 4th Baden, 2nd Nassau (2),
Frankfort 2,066
St.Paul’s Italian Brigade 2nd Léger, 4th and 6th Line 1,349
Casapalacios’ Spanish Brigade--Castile, Toledo, Royal
Étranger 1,168
King Joseph’s Guard (General Guy). 3 regiments 2,019
(3) Gendarmes _à pied_ of the 4th and 5th Legions 900
National Guards 650
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Total of Reserve 17,254

This total, as is obvious, much exceeds the 12,654 given as the total of the Reserve by the tables which Soult sent to Paris on July 16 as representing his available troops. These tables omit the following French battalions which were all undoubtedly on the Pyrenean frontier in July 1813 as they formed parts of the armies of the North and Portugal or of the old Bayonne Reserve in the returns of May, and are all found again present in the returns of September--1/3rd Line, 2/34th Line, 1 & 2/40th Line, 1 & 2/105th Line, 4/116th Line, 4/117th, 2/10th Ligne: i.e. 8-1/2 battalions, which easily account for the 4,600 men short in Soult’s total. After the battles of the Pyrenees, in which Maucune’s and Vandermaesen’s divisions were so cut up that they had to be re-formed with new units, the following battalions, whose existence is concealed by Soult in his July table, were drafted in to them--1 & 3/40th Line into Vandermaesen’s division, 1/3rd, 1 & 2/105th, 2/10th Léger, into Maucune’s. Obviously then, they were available, though omitted. The 4/116th and 4/117th (a fragment of four companies) came into the fighting divisions later, but must have been somewhere behind the Bidassoa all the time (having belonged to the old Bayonne Reserve).

_Officers and
men present._
Cavalry:

Acting as Corps-cavalry with the field army: 13th, 15th,
22nd Chasseurs 808

P. Soult’s Division: 5th and 12th Dragoons, 2nd Hussars,
5th, 10th, 21st Chasseurs, Nassau Chasseurs, Spanish
Cavalry 3,981

Treillard’s Division: 4th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 26th
Dragoons 2,358
-----
Total cavalry 7,147

This makes the total available for service in the field:

Infantry 72,664
Cavalry 7,147
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Total 79,811

while Soult only gave himself credit for 69,543, including the Reserve, for his field army.

In addition, there were half-trained conscripts at Bayonne 5,595. Garrisons of San Sebastian 3,185, Santoña 1,465, Pampeluna 3,550 = 8,200. Also sick 14,074, and detached 2,110.

Finally, ‘Troupes non comprises dans les organizations,’ or ‘troupes hors ligne,’ i. e. artillery, engineers, sappers, gendarmerie à cheval, train, équipages militaires, &c. = 9,000. Gross total about 122,367.

XVII

BRITISH LOSSES AT MAYA: JULY 25, 1813

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
2nd Division Staff -- -- 2 -- -- -- 2

Cameron’s Brigade:
1/50th Foot 3 21 10 158 2 55 249
1/71st Foot 2 16 4 120 1 53 196
1/92nd Foot -- 34 19 268 -- 22 343

Pringle’s Brigade:
1/28th Foot 1 8 6 112 1 31 159
2/34th Foot 1 21 4 54 6 82 168
1/39th Foot 2 10 7 111 2 54 186

Two companies 5/60th,
attached to above
brigades 2 5 -- 11 1 25 44

7th Division troops:
1/6th -- 2 2 17 -- -- 21
1/82nd -- 8 4 67 -- -- 79
Brunswick-Oels -- 8 3 15 -- 15 41
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Total of the
three brigades 11 133 61 933 13 337 1,488

BRITISH LOSSES AT RONCESVALLES

N.B.--Only those of Ross’s and Campbell’s brigades are available in detail, those of Byng’s brigade are nowhere found, but are known to have been slight--under 100 in all. It is most curious that not one officer-casualty appears to have occurred either in the 1/3rd or in the 1st Provisional Battalion, Byng’s only units engaged at Roncesvalles.

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Ross’s Brigade:
1/7th Foot 1 6 -- 24 -- -- 31
20th Foot 1 14 8 105 -- 11 139
1/23rd Foot -- 6 4 32 -- -- 42
1 company
Brunswick-Oels -- 2 -- 2 -- -- 4

Portuguese Brigade (A. Campbell):
11th Line }
23rd Line } -- 3 -- 20 -- 6 29
7th Caçadores }

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BRITISH LOSSES AT SORAUREN: JULY 28

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
2nd Division:
{ 1/3rd Foot -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2
Byng’s { 1/57th Foot -- 2 2 59 -- -- 63
Brigade { 1st Provisional Batt. }
{ (2/31st & 2/66th) } -- -- 1 4 -- -- 5
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
-------------------------------------------------
Brigade Total -- 2 3 65 -- -- 70

3rd Division: no losses.

4th Division (Cole):
{ 3/27th Foot 2 41 9 195 -- 7 254
Anson’s { 1/40th Foot 1 19 4 105 -- -- 129
Brigade { 1/48th Foot 2 10 8 104 -- 11 135
{ 2nd Provisional Batt. }
{ (2nd & 2/53rd) } -- 1 1 18 -- -- 20

{ 1/7th Foot 1 46 10 159 1 -- 217
Ross’s { 1/20th Foot 1 23 5 79 -- -- 108
Brigade { 1/23rd Foot 2 16 4 59 -- -- 81
{ 1 company Brunswick-Oels -- 1 -- 3 -- 1 5
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Divisional Total 9 157 41 722 1 19 949

6th Division (Pack):

Stirling’s { 1/42nd Foot -- 3 -- 19 -- -- 22
Brigade { 1/79th Foot -- 4 1 30 -- -- 35
{ 1/91st Foot -- 12 6 92 -- 2 112
{ 1 company 5/60th -- 1 -- 4 -- -- 5

Lambert’s { 1/11th Foot -- 5 4 42 -- -- 51
Brigade { 1/32nd Foot -- -- 1 23 -- -- 24
{ 1/36th Foot -- -- 2 16 -- -- 18
{ 1/61st Foot -- 2 2 58 -- -- 62
-------------------------------------------------
Divisional Total -- 27 16 284 -- 2 329

Artillery -- -- -- 6 -- -- 6
General Staff 2 -- 2 -- -- -- 4
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Total British 11 186 62 1,077 1 21 1,358
Total Portuguese 3 160 45 850 -- 44 1,102
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GENERAL TOTAL 14 346 107 2,034 1 65 2,460

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BRITISH LOSSES AT SECOND SORAUREN: JULY 30

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
2nd Division:

Byng’s { 1/3rd Foot 1 3 1 25 -- -- 30
Brigade { 1/57th Foot -- 2 2 33 -- -- 37
{ 1st Provisional Batt.}
{ (2/31st & 2/66th) } 1 5 6 52 -- -- 64
-------------------------------------------------
Brigade Total 2 10 9 110 -- -- 131

3rd Division (Picton):

Brisbane’s { 1/45th Foot -- -- 1 7 -- -- 8
Brigade { 5/60th (4 companies) -- 2 1 28 -- -- 31
{ 74th Foot 1 6 4 38 -- -- 49
{ 1/88th Foot -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
-------------------------------------------------
Brigade Total 1 8 6 74 -- -- 89

Colville’s Brigade: no casualties.

4th Division (Cole):

Anson’s { 3/27th Foot -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Brigade { 1/40th Foot -- -- 1 6 -- -- 7
{ 1/48th Foot -- -- -- -- -- -- --
{ 2nd Provisional Batt.}
{ (2nd & 2/53rd) } -- -- -- 6 -- -- 6
-------------------------------------------------
Brigade Total -- -- 1 12 -- -- 13

Ross’s Brigade: no casualties.

6th Division (Pakenham):

Stirling’s { 1/42nd Foot -- 1 -- 7 -- -- 8
Brigade { 1/79th Foot -- 1 -- 17 -- -- 18
{ 1/91st Foot -- 1 1 7 -- -- 9

{ 1/11th Foot -- 2 -- 20 -- 1 23
Lambert’s { 1/32nd Foot -- 3 2 28 -- -- 33
Brigade { 1/36th Foot -- 6 1 19 -- -- 26
{ 1/61st Foot -- 1 2 10 -- -- 13
-------------------------------------------------
Divisional Total -- 15 6 108 -- 1 130

7th Division (Dalhousie):

{ 1/6th Foot -- -- 1 5 -- 1 7
Barnes’s { 3rd Provisional Batt.}
Brigade { (2/24th & 2/58th) } -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 3
{ Brunswick-Oels }
{ (9 companies) } -- 2 -- 1 -- 14 17
{ 51st Foot -- 2 -- 22 -- -- 24

Inglis’s { 68th Foot 1 3 3 16 -- -- 23
Brigade { 1/82nd Foot -- 9 7 76 -- -- 92
{ _Chasseurs
Britanniques_ 1 12 9 19 -- 4 45
-------------------------------------------------
Divisional Total 2 29 20 141 -- 19 211

Artillery -- 1 -- 8 -- -- 9

GENERAL BRITISH TOTAL 5 62 42 448 -- 20 583

Portuguese total unascertainable; the casualties of 2nd Sorauren and Beunza, fought on the same day, being lumped together in the return at 1,120. But at 2nd Sorauren they were fairly light: from the fact that Stubbs’s Portuguese brigade had 6 officer-casualties this day, Lecor’s 4, and Madden’s 3, it might be guessed that the ‘other ranks’ casualties may have been about 300 in all.

COMBAT OF BEUNZA. JULY 30

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Fitzgerald’s (late Cameron’s) Brigade:
1/50th -- 3 2 14 2 9 30
1/71st -- 8 1 28 -- 13 50
1/92nd -- 9 1 26 -- 1 37
Pringle’s Brigade:
1/28th -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2/34th 1 5 1 15 -- 9 31
1/39th -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
General Staff -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1
Cavalry (14th Light Dragoons and
1st Hussars K.G.L.) -- -- 1 2 -- 2 5
-------------------------------------------------
Total 1 25 7 88 2 34 157

Portuguese losses heavy. Ashworth’s brigade had 12 officer-casualties, Da Costa’s 18; this at the usual rate should mean about 600 casualties of all ranks.

XX

BRITISH CASUALTIES IN MINOR ENGAGEMENTS: JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 1813

COMBAT OF VENTA DE URROZ (or DONNA MARIA). JULY 31

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
2nd Division, Staff -- -- 1[1078] 1[1079] 2

Fitzgerald’s { 1/50th Foot -- 6 -- 26 -- 14 46
Brigade { 1/71st Foot -- 2 1 34 -- -- 37
{ 1/92nd Foot -- 12 6 69 -- 4 91

Pringle’s { 1/28th Foot -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 2
Brigade { 2/34th Foot -- 1 -- 13 -- 2 16
{ 1/39th Foot -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4

7th Division:

Inglis’s { 51st Foot -- 5 -- 40 -- 6 51
Brigade { 68th Foot -- 5 -- 25 -- -- 30
{ 1/82nd Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3
{_Chasseurs
Britanniques_ -- 9 1 15 -- 8 33
-------------------------------------------------
Total -- 41 9 230 1 34 315

COMBAT OF ECHALAR. AUGUST 2

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
General Staff -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1

4th Division:

Ross’s { 1/7th Foot -- -- -- 4 -- -- 4
Brigade { 20th Foot 1 -- 3 26 -- -- 30
{ 1/23rd Foot -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3

7th Division:

Barnes’s { 1/6th Foot 1 12 3 119 -- 3 138
Brigade { 3rd Provisional Batt. -- 15 9 115 -- 2 141
{ Brunswick-Oels -- 1 4 7 -- 2 14

Light Division:
1/43rd -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1
1/95th -- 1 1 10 -- -- 12
3/95th -- 1 -- 13 -- -- 14
-------------------------------------------------
Total 2 30 21 298 -- 7 358

XXI

PORTUGUESE LOSSES IN THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Missing._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
Da Costa’s Brigade:
2nd Line 3 85 9 81 -- 21 200 } All at Beunza,
14th Line 1 23 5 36 -- 19 84 } July 30.

A. Campbell’s Brigade:
4th Line 2 24 7 78 -- 3 114 } Almost all at
10th Line 2 75 7 116 -- 13 213 } two battles
10th Caçadores -- 3 3 12 -- 10 28 } of Sorauren.

Ashworth’s Brigade (2nd Division):
6th Line -- 29 5 63 -- 8 105 } All at Beunza,
18th Line 1 51 4 82 -- 12 150 } July 30.
6th Caçadores 1 13 1 37 -- 10 62 }

Lecor’s Brigade (7th Division):
7th Line -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 } Almost all at
19th Line -- -- 2 -- -- -- 2 } 2nd Sorauren,
2nd Caçadores 1 12 1 44 -- -- 58 } July 30.

Madden’s Brigade (6th Division):
8th Line -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3 } At the two
12th Line 2 53 2 208 -- 4 269 } battles of
9th Caçadores -- 15 3 86 -- -- 104 } Sorauren.

Power’s Brigade (3rd Division):
9th Line -- -- -- -- -- 2 2 }
21st Line -- 5 -- 9 -- -- 14 } All at 2nd
11th Caçadores -- 1 -- 5 -- -- 6 } Sorauren.

Stubbs’s Brigade (4th Division):
11th Line 1 34 1 105 -- 1 142 } At the two
23rd Line 1 17 6 26 -- -- 50 } battles of
7th Caçadores 2 47 5 67 -- -- 121 } Sorauren.
-------------------------------------------------
Total 16 489 60 1,060 -- 107 1,732

No Artillery losses save those at the combat of Maya, which were about 15. No Cavalry losses at all, though D’Urban’s brigade was in the field at Sorauren.

N.B.--It will be noted that these losses are appreciably lower than those stated in Wellington’s general return. The figures given above are from Beresford’s corrected returns at Lisbon.

XXII

FRENCH LOSSES IN THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PYRENEES

[From Soult’s Official Return, lent me by Mr. Fortescue.]

_Killed._ _Wounded._ _Prisoners._
_Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Off._ _Men._ _Total._
I. REILLE’S WING:
1st Division (Foy) 6 78 9 393 -- 69 555
7th Division (Maucune) 14 189 27 500 25 1,102 1,857
9th Division (Lamartinière) 10 79 16 657 3 216 981
-------------------------------------------------
Total Reille’s Wing 30 346 52 1,550 28 1,387 3,393

II. D’ERLON’S ‘CENTRE’:
2nd Division (Darmagnac) 13 191 65 1,925 1 30 2,225
3rd Division (Abbé) 9 130 21 560 1 29 750
6th Division (Maransin) 11 105 34 783 -- 126 1,059
-------------------------------------------------
Total D’Erlon’s ‘Centre’ 33 426 120 3,268 2 185 4,034

III. CLAUSEL’S WING:
4th Division (Conroux) 16 145 35 1,432 12 747 2,387
5th Division (Vandermaesen) 16 153 30 978 2 301 1,480
8th Division (Taupin) 6 125 38 1,007 -- 26 1,202
-------------------------------------------------
Total Clausel’s Wing 38 423 103 3,417 14 1,074 5,069

IV. Cavalry -- 12 2 33 1 19 67
--------------------------------------------------
GENERAL TOTAL OF ARMY 101 1,207 277 8,268 45 2,665 12,563

No figures for Artillery, Engineers, Train, or other auxiliary services, or for General Staff. Martinien’s lists supply 4 casualties of generals (Conroux, Schwitter, Rignoux, Meunier), and 12 of staff officers. There must have been appreciable casualties in the other services, especially men captured from the Train at the Yanzi disaster.

Soult’s figures are always unreliable (as witness Albuera). The details above contain some ‘moral impossibilities’--e. g. the Return gives 63rd Line of Abbé’s Division 193 casualties, _not including one officer_. But Martinien’s lists supply one officer-casualty at Maya, two at Beunza, two at Yanzi. Similarly 58th Line of Conroux has in the Official Return 473 casualties, including only 5 officers--1 wounded and 4 prisoners. A reference to Martinien shows 2 officers killed (one the colonel!) and 5 wounded--adding the 4 prisoners we get 11 officer-casualties to 473 men: quite a possible percentage, which Soult’s is not.

Captain Vidal de la Blache (i. p. 280) gives a casualty list differing slightly from the above. It runs: Foy 556, Maucune 2,457, Lamartinière 981, Darmagnac 2,225, Abbé 253 [quite impossible], Maransin 1,059, Conroux 2,387, Vandermaesen 1,480, Taupin 1,202, Cavalry 72; total 12,071.

INDEX

Abbé, general, governor of Navarre, fails to relieve Tafalla, 262;
joined by Barbot, 263;
by Taupin, 264;
at Maya, 629;
at Beunza, 703;
at Venta de Urroz, 710;
at Yanzi, 723.

Aboville, Auguste Gabriel, general, his explosion at Burgos, 358.

Adam, Frederick, colonel, at combat of Biar, 287-90;
at Castalla, 291-7;
protests against abandonment of the siege of Tarragona, 511.

Alava, Miguel, general, wounded at Villa Muriel, 80.

Alba de Tormes, combat of, 122-3;
defended by major José Miranda, 125.

Albeyda, combat of, 282.

Alcoy, combat of, 282.

Alicante, Maitland at, 4, 162;
Mackenzie commands Anglo-Spanish army at, 58, 163;
Bentinck’s proposal to withdraw troops from, 220;
Murray at, 275;
Bentinck brings back expeditionary force to, 521.

Alten, Charles, major-general commanding Light Division, left in
command at Madrid, 4;
in the Bastan, 540;
moves the Light Division to Lecumberri, 690;
ordered to harass Soult’s retreat, 715-24;
at Yanzi, 727;
at Ivantelly, 735.

Alten, Victor, major-general, on retreat from Madrid, 98, 119, 130,
135, 144;
pursues Villatte, 317;
at Vittoria, 395, 419;
in the Vittoria pursuit, 458.

Altobiscar, combat of, _see_ Roncesvalles.

Alvarez, Pedro, colonel, his defence of Castro-Urdiales, 272-3.

Anson, George, major-general, his brigade on the Douro, 9-10, 15;
on retreat from Burgos, 68;
at Venta del Pozo, 71-6.

Anson, William, major-general, at Vittoria, 419;
at Sorauren, 656, 673;
at second Sorauren, 694.

Aranjuez, evacuated by Hill, 97.

Ariñez, village of, in battle of Vittoria, taken by Picton, 418-21.

Artificers, Royal Military, converted into Royal Sappers and Miners, 26;
at siege of Burgos, 50.

Ashworth, Charles, brigadier-general, at Vittoria, 419;
in the Bastan, 530;
at Maya, 626;
at combat of Beunza, 703.

Astorga, long siege of, 6-12;
surrenders to Castaños, 11;
Foy at, 11.

Aussenac, general, joins Souham, 54;
operations of his brigade, 116 _note_;
in Biscay, 267.

Avy, Antoine, general, at Vittoria, 393, 411, 428.

Babila Fuente, combat of, 319.

Balaguer, fort, besieged by Murray, 491;
fall of, 499.

Ballasteros, Francisco, general, Wellington’s orders to, 58, 59;
his attempted _coup d’état_, 60, 61, 66, 178, 198;
exiled by the Cortes, 62;
Wellington’s comments on, 300.

Barbot, general, his troops defeated at combat of Lerin, 263;
checked at Roncesvalles, 615.

Barnes, Edward, major-general, his gallant counter-attack at Maya, 637;
at second Sorauren, 697;
charge of his brigade at Echalar, 733.

Bathurst, Henry, Earl, Secretary for War, correspondence of Wellington
with, 12, 25, 28, 64, 112, 117, 164 _note_, 197, 211, 214, 217,
219, 220, 225-6;
establishes Beresford’s claims to seniority over Graham and Cotton, 230;
Wellington sends plan of campaign for 1813 to, 301-4;
Wellington’s remarks after Vittoria, 453, 468;
suggests Wellington’s transfer to Germany, 558.

Bayas, skirmish on the, 379.

Behobie, bridge of, broken by Foy, 487.

Bejar, Foy’s failure at, 240-1.

Bentinck, Lord Frederick, at siege of Tarragona, 507, 511.

Bentinck, Lord William, sends troops to Alicante, 164;
proposes to withdraw them, 222-3;
sends a raiding force to Tuscany, 223;
recalls troops from Alicante to Sicily, 284;
arrives to take command at Balaguer, 520;
his dispatches to Wellington and Bathurst, 521.

Beresford, Sir William, marshal, his management of army in Portugal, 210;
Wellington’s choice of, as successor to himself, 228;
Duke of York’s decision against his claims, 229;
Lord Bathurst establishes his right to seniority, 230;
receives Wellington’s plan of campaign for 1813, 303.

Bertoletti, general, commands at Tarragona, 492;
defends the town against Murray, 496-514.

Beunza, combat of, 703, 704;
casualties at, 739.

Biar, combat of, 288-90.

Bilbao, taken and lost by the Spaniards, 254;
again attacked, 254;
relieved by Palombini, 261;
again attacked by Spaniards, 267.

Bloye, captain (R.N.), at Castro-Urdiales, 271-2, 273.

Bock, Eberhard, general, on retreat from Burgos, 69;
at combat of Venta del Pozo, 71-4;
brings his brigade to join Graham, 323;
crosses the Esla, 330;
at Vittoria, 396, 437.

Bourbon, the Cardinal, appointed head of Spanish Regency, 205-7.

Boyer, general, at combat of Venta del Pozo, 72-4;
ordered to return to France, 246;
his raid across the Esla, 327;
at Vittoria, 404, 436;
summoned to join Napoleon, 531.

Bradford, Henry,brigadier-general, sufferings of his brigade on retreat
to Rodrigo, 154;
at Vittoria, 396, 424, 437;
at combat of Villareal, 474, 475;
at combat of Tolosa, 478;
at St. Sebastian, 567, 571.

Brisbane, Thomas, major-general, his brigade at Vittoria, 413, 418, 421.

Burgos, description of, 21-4;
siege of, 17-51;
relieved by Souham, 68;
Wellington’s comments on, 299;
operations round, in June, 1813, 346-63;
abandoned by King Joseph, 357.

Burgoyne, John, major (R.E.), senior engineer at Burgos, 18 _n._,
28 _n._, 30 _n._, 41 _n._;
his observations, 44-5, 47, 49-51;
his notes on siege of St. Sebastian, 573, 578.

Byng, John, major-general, at Vittoria, 400, 419;
at Roncesvalles, 557, 611;
retires, 622-3;
at Sorauren, 656, 673;
at second Sorauren, 694.

Cadiz, Wellington at, 201-6.

Cadogan, Hon. Henry, colonel, at Vittoria, 400;
death of, 401.

Caffarelli, Louis Marie, general, commands Army of the North, 2;
strengthens Burgos, 23;
joins Souham at Briviesca, 48-54;
in pursuit of Wellington, 85;
returns to Burgos, 111;
opposed by the Guerrilleros, 166;
his failure to restore order in Biscay, 191-3, 252-8;
superseded by Clausel, 193;
returns to France, 217, 262.

Cameron, John, colonel, succeeds to Cadogan’s brigade at Vittoria,
417, 419, 429;
in pursuit of the French, 439;
in the Bastan, 530;
at Maya, 542, 626, 633, 634.

Campbell, Archibald,major-general, at Roncesvalles, joins Ross, 621;
at Sorauren, 656;
at Beunza, 704.

Campbell, Colin, captain, his account of storm of St. Sebastian, 580,
581, 582.

Campbell, James, general, at Alicante, 162;
supersedes Clinton, 165, 275;
superseded by Murray, 275.

Carvajal, Spanish minister of war, Wellington’s letter to, 198-200.

Casapalacios, general, commanding Franco-Spaniards at Vittoria, 394-426;
under Soult, 595.

Cassagne, general, at Vittoria, 393, 402, 414, 429;
his division in the Bastan, 534.

Cassan, general, governor of Pampeluna, 528.

Castalla, battle of, 291-6.

Castaños, Francisco Xavier, general, commands Army of Galicia, joins
Wellington before Burgos, 15-16;
on retreat, 64, 156;
winter quarters of, 184;
Wellington’s approval of, 199;
appointed captain-general in Galicia, Castile, and Estremadura, 305;
deposed by Regency, 523.

Castro-Urdiales, fortified by the Spaniards, 260;
Clausel at, 265;
siege and storm of, 271-3.

Chinchilla, siege of, 63;
taken by French, 66.

Ciudad Rodrigo, Wellington’s retreat on, 153;
winter quarters at, 180.

Clarke, Henri, duc de Feltre, French minister of war, appoints Masséna
to command Army of Portugal, 33;
orders withdrawal from Madrid, 243;
recalls troops to France, 248, 249;
his orders to Clausel, 259;
forwards King Joseph’s complaints to Russia, 88;
lectures the king on his strategy, 243, 248, 249;
his views on the Northern insurrection, 252;
urges the king to send troops to Biscay and Navarre, 259-60;
his misconceptions of Wellington’s strength and designs, 245, 251;
his instructions to King Joseph after his retreat into France, 546.

Clausel, Bertrand, general, commands Army of Portugal, 2;
reorganizes his army, 6-8;
advances to Valladolid, 8-9;
retreats northward, 14, 15, 17;
superseded by Souham, 33;
in operations round Salamanca, 124-42;
supersedes Caffarelli with Army of the North, 193, 258, 262;
his failure to subdue the North, 259, 270;
his pursuit of Mina, 268, 269, 334;
ordered to join King Joseph, 386;
fails to reach Vittoria before the battle, 454;
evades Wellington’s pursuit, 460-9;
reaches Saragossa, 465;
arrives in France, 469, 527;
appointed to command of the left wing under Soult, 594;
at Roncesvalles, 615;
at Sorauren, 657, 663, 665-77;
in second battle of Sorauren, 692-7;
retreat, 707;
at Sumbilla, 718;
at Echalar, 734.

Clinton, Henry, general commanding 6th Division, 2;
joined by Wellington, 13;
at Burgos, 42;
Wellington’s dissatisfaction with, 52;
resumes command of 6th Division, after Vittoria, 462;
pursues Clausel, 463, 464.

Clinton, William, major-general, takes command at Alicante, 164;
superseded by Campbell, 165, 275;
at battle of Castalla, 291-7;
at Tarragona, 492, 565;
thwarted by Murray, 509-10.

Collier, Sir George, captain (R.N.), blockades St. Sebastian, 567;
lands naval guns, 569.

Cole, Sir Lowry, major-general, retreats from Madrid, 102;
at Roncesvalles, 585, 604, 611, 617, 620;
Wellington censures his retreat, 622, 623;
at combat of Linzoain, 651;
at Sorauren, 656;
at second Sorauren, 694.

Colville, Hon. Charles, major-general, at Vittoria, 411, 417, 429, 435.

Conroux, general, at Vittoria, 401;
alarmist reports of, 538, 540;
at Sorauren, 663, 668;
in second battle of Sorauren, 692-6;
at Sumbilla, 719;
at Echalar, 734.

Constantin, Foy defeats Silveira at, 11.

Copons, Francisco, captain-general of Catalonia, commands 1st Army
in Catalonia, 308;
co-operates with Murray, 49, 504;
Murray’s pledge to join him in defending the Gaya, 507;
abandoned by Murray, 513;
threatens Mathieu’s force, 518.

Cortes, intrigues in the Spanish, 202-3.

Cotton, Sir Stapleton, lieut.-general, at combat of Venta del Pozo,
70-4;
in command at combat of Villadrigo, 76;
Wellington’s estimate of, 229;
his ambitions as to the command in the Peninsula, 229-30.

Croker, John Wilson, records Wellington’s plan for driving the French
out of the Peninsula, 359-60, 454 _note_.

Curto, Jean-Baptiste, general, pursues Wellington from Burgos, 69, 71;
at combat of Venta del Pozo, 71-4;
at Vittoria, 426, 436.

Da Costa, general, his operations in the Bastan, 537;
at Maya, 626;
at Beunza, 704.

Dalhousie, George, Earl of, lieut.-general, insubordinate action of, 152;
commands 7th Division at Vittoria, 409, 422;
his responsibility for errors, 449;
blockades Pampeluna, 539;
marches to Lizaso, 683;
at second Sorauren, 695;
at Venta de Urroz, 711;
at Echalar, 733.

Daricau, general, in pursuit of Wellington, 149;
marches toward Valencia, 280;
withdraws from Zamora, 327;
pursued by Wellington, 331;
at Vittoria, 393, 401.

Darmagnac, general, at Vittoria, 393, 413, 417, 428;
at combat of Araquil, 461;
at Maya, 629;
at Irurita, 683, 684;
at Beunza, 703;
at Venta de Urroz, 711;
at Sumbilla, 719.

Decaen, Charles, general, commands French Army of Catalonia, 308;
prepares to withstand Murray, 502-4;
his ineffective operations, 517.

Denia, abortive expedition to, 163, 164.

D’Erlon, Jean Baptiste Drouet, comte, in pursuit of Hill from Madrid,
99;
supersedes Souham in command of Army of Portugal, 129;
his operations on the Tormes, 132;
brings Army of the Centre to Valladolid, 339;
at Vittoria, 401, 418;
abandoned by Gazan, 431;
retires, 433;
disorderly retreat of, 439;
retreats by the Col de Velate, 521;
in the Bastan, 530;
ordered to join Reille on the Nivelle, 534;
appointed to command Centre of Army under Soult, 594;
ordered to force the pass of Maya, 624;
captures the position, 624-39;
at Irurita, 683, 684;
his delays, 685;
attacks Hill, 702;
at combat of Beunza, 703;
retreats to France, 736.

Desprez, colonel, sent by King Joseph to Russia, 88;
his report of the Moscow retreat, 241, 242.

Dickson, Alexander, colonel (R.A.), at Vittoria, 419, 428;
at St. Sebastian, 565.

Digeon, Alexandre, general, pursuing Wellington’s army, 144;
on the Esla, 327, 328;
abandons Zamora, 330;
pursued by Wellington, 331;
at Vittoria, 393, 404, 426;
covers Reille’s retreat, 436.

Donkin, Rufane, major-general, Q.M.G. to Murray, 292-5;
his misleading dispatch, 508;
plans re-embarkation from Tarragona, 509;
remonstrates with Murray, 511.

Douglas, Sir Howard, colonel, 11, 14; sends guns for the siege of
Burgos, 39, 41 _note_.

Dubreton, general, governor of Burgos, successful defence of, 23-51;
relieved by Souham, 68.

Duran, José, brigadier-general, 255, 280-1.

D’Urban, Benjamin,major-general, views on the siege of Burgos, 51;
on retreat from Madrid, 98, 119, 130, 132, 156, 159;
brings his Portuguese brigade to join Graham, 324-5;
crosses the Esla, 330;
at Vittoria, 394, 419.

Ebro, crossed by Wellington, 362, 363;
operations on, 364.

Echalar, combat of, 732;
casualties at, 739.

Elio, Francisco, general, commanding in Valencia, 66;
combines with Hill, 95, 98-110;
retires to Alicante, 162-4;
his army in Murcia, 277;
on the Xucar, 283, 285;
his mismanagement at Villena, 287, 288;
co-operates with Murray, 298, 488, 502.

Empecinado, the (Juan Martin), brigadier-general, 100, 109;
occupies Madrid, 110;
in East Castile, 255, 256, 281.

Erskine, Sir William, general, at combat of Ocaña, 93;
his suicide, 315.

Esla, passage of the, 329.

España, Carlos de, general, 98, 100, 112, 184, 305, 315, 656.

Fane, Henry, major-general, pursues Villatte, 317;
at Vittoria, 394.

Ferdinand, King of Sicily, his abortive _coup d’état_, 284-5.

Fletcher, Sir Richard, colonel R.E., directs siege of St. Sebastian,
565, 578.

Forjaz, Miguel, secretary of state in Portugal, Wellington’s
correspondence with, 208.

Foy, Maximilien, general, his raid on Zamora, 10-11;
joins Clausel, 12;
in pursuit of Wellington after Burgos, 78, 83, 84;
at Salamanca, 141-2;
his views on the campaign, 168;
on Wellington, 174, 180;
at Avila, 187;
abortive effort to surprise Bejar, 240;
operations in Biscay, 271-4, 337, 365;
receives orders to join King Joseph, 378;
decides against joining the army at Vittoria, 470;
harassed by Longa, 472;
at combat of Tolosa, 477-82;
regarrisons St. Sebastian, 484;
falls back on the Bidassoa, 485;
burns Behobie bridge, 487;
on the Linduz, 619, 649;
at Sorauren, 664;
at second Sorauren, 693;
retreats into France, 699-700.

Fraile, the (Agostin Nebot), guerrillero chief, 280.

Freire, Manuel, general, opposes Soult’s advance on Madrid, 93;
ordered to join Ballasteros, 100;
with Elio and the Empecinado, 109;
in Andalusia, 162, 165, 307;
succeeds Castaños in command of the 4th Army, 524.

Freneda, Wellington at, 194-213.

Fuenterrabia, castle of, seized and burned by Mina’s bands, 263.

Gaudin, colonel, defeated by Mina at combat of Lerin, 263.

Gauthier, general, at combat of Villa Muriel, 79;
at Sorauren, 675.

Gazan, countess, sent by Wellington to France after Vittoria, 445.

Gazan, Honoré, general, succeeds Soult, 247;
orders Leval to evacuate Madrid, 339;
with Army of the South at Arminion, 379;
at Vittoria, 390;
defence of his action, 402, 417;
his retreat from Gomecha, 430-1;
retires by the Pass of Roncesvalles, 523;
ordered to take command in the Bastan, 534;
retreats before Hill, 536;
abandons Maya, 543;
chief of the staff to Soult, 594;
in the Pyrenean campaign, 665.

Giron, Pedro Agostin, general, nephew of Castaños, commands 4th Army,
306;
his operations in Biscay, 368, 381;
marches to Vittoria, 381, 396;
sent in pursuit of French, 454;
returns to guard Vittoria, 471;
joins Longa, 473;
at combat of Tolosa, 479;
superseded in command of 4th Army by the Regency, 524;
at Irun, 557.

Gomm, William, captain, his criticism on siege of St. Sebastian, 583,
584.

Gordon, James Willoughby, colonel, Q.M.G., errors of, 135-8, 146, 180;
his treacherous conduct while on Wellington’s staff, 224-6;
dismissed, 226.

Graham, Sir Thomas, general, resigns his claims of seniority over
Beresford, 230;
moves across the Douro, 303;
operations of his column, 322-33;
in operations round Burgos, 354-62;
at combat of Osma, 374;
at Vittoria, 395;
his attack on Reille, 405;
on the Upper Zadorra, 424-35;
discussion of his tactics at Vittoria, 447-8;
in pursuit of French in Biscay, 456;
attacks Maucune, 474;
attacks and drives Foy from Tolosa, 477-82;
besieges St. Sebastian, 564-86.

Grant, Colquhoun, colonel, at combat of Morales, 331;
at Vittoria, 395, 413, 419, 435;
nearly captures King Joseph, 441.

Grant, William, brigadier in 7th Division, at Vittoria, 422-3.

Guernica, combats of, 266.

Guerrilleros, the, activity of, 189, 190;
Napoleon’s failure to estimate importance of, 257;
their operations in the spring of 1813, 258-78.

Guingret, captain, his exploit at Tordesillas, 83, 84.

Halkett, Colin, brigadier commanding K.G.L., on retreat from Burgos,
69, 83;
at Vittoria, 425.

Hallowell, Benjamin, admiral, bombards Tarragona, 496, 498;
protests against Murray’s re-embarkation, 509, 512;
effects the embarkation, 514;
dissuades Murray from another attack on Tarragona, 516;
hails Bentinck’s arrival, 520;
his dispatch to Wellington, 521.

Harispe, Jean Isidore, general, defeats Spaniards at combat of Yecla,
286-7;
at battle of Castalla, 292;
left by Suchet in command in Valencia, 500.

Harrison, John B., colonel, defends Bejar against Foy, 240-1.

Hay, Leith, captain, his notes on Vittoria campaign, 336, 364;
exchanged on eve of Vittoria, 397, 416.

Hill, Robert, major-general, commanding cavalry brigade at Vittoria,
395, 419;
in pursuit of Gazan, 439;
guards town of Vittoria, 441, 455.

Hill, Sir Rowland, lieutenant-general, warns Wellington of King
Joseph’s advance on Madrid, 66, 67, 93;
his retreat from Madrid, 96-110, 118;
in operations round Salamanca, 113-42;
on retreat to Rodrigo, 137-53;
his orders for 1813, 303;
operations of his column, 314-18;
halts at Salamanca, 319;
takes command of southern wing of Wellington’s army, 320;
forces Reille to withdraw before him, 356-7;
at Vittoria, 395;
blockades Pampeluna, 527;
in the Bastan, 530;
drives out Gazan, 536;
absent from the combat of Maya, 585, 626;
abandons the pass of Maya, 638;
marches to Lizaso, 681-2;
attacked by D’Erlon at Beunza, 702-5;
in pursuit of Soult, 708-9;
re-occupies pass of Maya, 738.

Huebra, combat of the, 149.

Inglis, William, major-general, his brigade at second Sorauren, 697.

Jones, John, colonel (R.E.), notes on siege of Burgos, 25, 28 _n._,
35 _n._, 41 _n._, 49, 50 _n._, 171 _n._;
and on St. Sebastian, 566.

Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Spain, advances on Madrid, 66;
joined by Soult and Suchet, 87;
his quarrel with Soult, 88, 89;
in pursuit of Hill, 99, 108;
before Salamanca, 124;
his accusations against Soult, 140;
returns to Salamanca, 141;
marches on Madrid, 155;
Napoleon’s criticism of, 169;
his return to Madrid, 184-6;
receives news of Napoleon’s retreat from Russia, 239-40;
abandons Madrid, 247;
at Valladolid, 335;
summons Clausel to join him, 356;
abandons Burgos, 357;
at Miranda, 366;
retires on Vittoria, 377;
reconnoitres the position with Jourdan, 397;
orders retreat, 433;
escapes from British cavalry, 441;
at Salvatierra, 451;
at Pampeluna, 462;
fixes his head-quarters at St. Jean de Luz, 532;
orders concentration at St. Jean-Pied-du-Port, 541;
superseded by Soult, 550;
his fall, 567;
retires to Mortefontaine, 552;
appreciation of, 552-6.

Jourdan, Jean Baptiste, marshal, with King Joseph, 87;
in pursuit of Hill from Madrid, 106, 108;
in operations round Salamanca, 124-39;
returns to Salamanca, 141;
returns to Madrid, 186;
orders concentration of forces to oppose Wellington, 337-9;
at Burgos, 354-8;
misconception of Wellington’s movements, 372-3, 387-8, 398;
his dispositions at Vittoria, 401-7;
comment on Gazan’s disobedience, 431;
orders retreat on Pampeluna, 433;
his remarks on the battle, 452;
estrangement from King Joseph, 532;
disgraced by Napoleon, 556;
later history of, 556.

Kempt, James, major-general, at combat of San Millan, 375;
his passage of the Zadorra, 407-8;
at Vittoria, 418.

La Hermandad, stormed by Vandeleur, 423.

Lamartinière, general, joins King Joseph, 355, 365;
at Vittoria, 404, 435;
abandons Vera, 544;
on the Linduz, 649;
at Sorauren, 668;
at second Sorauren, 693;
at Yanzi, 722;
at Echalar, 735.

Lameth, general, at Santoña, 266, 271.

Larpent, Francis, appointed Judge-Advocate General, with the army, 238;
reports Wellington’s plans for encircling Soult, 717.

Lerin, combat of, 263.

Leval, Jean François, general, evacuates Madrid, 340;
at Vittoria, 393, 401, 413, 429;
in the Bastan, 535, 539.

Linduz, defence of the, by Ross’s brigade, 618.

Linzoain, combat of, 653.

Liverpool, Robert, Earl of, prime minister, his relations with
Wellington, 214-16;
Wellington’s correspondence with, 300;
he suggests transferring Wellington to Germany, 558-61.

Long, Robert, major-general, in operations round Salamanca, 135;
informs Wellington of Soult’s movements, 647.

Longa, Francisco, colonel, his activity in the North, 253, 254;
surprises Palombini at Poza, 261;
escapes from Sarrut, 274;
on the Ebro, 370;
brings his division up before Vittoria, 381, 387, 396;
in the attack on Reille, 405, 424;
seizes Durana, 427;
sent to Biscay in pursuit of Maucune, 454, 471;
harasses Foy’s retreat, 472, 475;
at combat of Tolosa, 478-80;
captures garrison of Passages, 486;
at Yanzi, 720-4.

Mackenzie, John, general, commanding at Alicante, 58, 163;
superseded by Clinton, 164, 275;
at battle of Castalla, 291-7;
at Tarragona, 492;
protests against Murray’s abandonment of siege, 511;
his advance on Valdellos, 515.

Mackenzie, Mr., British secret agent, offers Russian troops for the
Peninsula, 220, 221.

Madrid, evacuated by Hill, 106;
occupied by King Joseph, 108;
evacuated by him, 109, 110;
occupied again for the winter, 186;
King Joseph leaves it, 218, 247;
the French abandon it for the last time, 340.

Maitland, Hon. T., major-general, commanding at Alicante, 4, 163, 275.

Maransin, Jean Pierre, general, at Vittoria, 392;
at Maya, 542, 629;
at Beunza, 703;
at Venta de Urroz, 711;
at Echalar, 735.

Marmont, Auguste, marshal, Duke of Ragusa, Napoleon’s criticism of,
169;
estimate of, 172-3;
his remarks on the War of Spain, 257.

Masséna, André, marshal, Prince of Essling, abortive appointment of,
to command in Spain, 33.

Mathieu, Maurice, general, governor of Barcelona, demonstrates
against Murray, 503-5;
relieves Tarragona, 517.

Maucune, general, attacks Wellington before Burgos, 64, 65;
enters Burgos, 68;
in pursuit of Wellington, 70-9;
repulsed at combat of Villa Muriel, 79-82;
in operations round Salamanca, 130;
at combat of San Millan, 375;
escorts a convoy from Vittoria, 386;
resists Graham’s advance, 475;
attacks the heights of Sorauren, 671;
his division routed at second Sorauren, 692;
at Yanzi, 723;
and at Echalar, 735.

Maya, first combat of, 542, 585;
second combat of, 617-39.

Medico, El, guerrillero leader, at Toledo, 97.

Melville, Robert, Lord, fails to supply help for blockade of St.
Sebastian, 567-8.

Mendizabal, Gabriel, general commanding Seventh Spanish Army, 253;
opposes Clausel, 262;
at Castro-Urdiales, 265;
acts in conjunction with Graham near Tolosa, 478, 481;
at siege of St. Sebastian, 523, 566.

Mermet, Julien, general, at Vittoria, 404, 427.

Mijares, Francisco, general, defeated at combat of Yecla, 286.

Mina, F. Espoz y, his operations round Pampeluna, 55;
holds Navarre, 191, 255;
Napoleon’s remarks on, 259;
opposes Abbé, 262;
defeats Barbot at combat of Lerin, 263;
defeated and dispersed by Clausel, 269;
threatens Clausel’s retreat, 461, 463.

Miranda, José, major, defends Alba de Tormes, 125-32.

Morales, combat of, 331.

Morillo, Pablo, general, 98, 112, 119, 134, 184, 305-11, 315;
at Vittoria, 394, 400, 419, 429;
in pursuit of the French, 439;
blockades Pampeluna, 527;
at Roncesvalles, 611, 614;
sent to assist Hill, 704.

Murray, Sir George, general, restored to Wellington as Q.M.G., 226;
his advice as to pursuit of Clausel, 455;
dispatches orders before Sorauren, 667.

Murray, Sir John, general, supersedes Campbell at Alicante, 275;
his campaign against Suchet, 281-98;
wins battle of Castalla, 293-6;
his failure to carry out Wellington’s plans, 311;
his orders from Wellington, 488;
embarks, 490;
his half-hearted attack on Tarragona, 493-4;
his miserable hesitations, 505-9;
re-embarks troops, 511;
abandons Copons, 513;
his futile advance on Valdellos, 515;
superseded by Bentinck, 520;
his explanations to Wellington, 511;
court-martial on, in 1814, 521, 561.

Napier, William, colonel, historian, his comments on Clausel’s
retreat, 18 and _note_, 40 _n._;
on siege of Burgos, 49, 77;
on Wellington’s retreat to Rodrigo, 133, 145 _n._, 149 _n._;
on Wellington’s campaign of 1812, 170;
his criticism of Jourdan at Vittoria, 389;
reports Wellington’s account of his scheme for encircling Soult, 717.

Napoleon, Emperor, nominates Reille to command army of Portugal, 33;
receives news of Joseph’s quarrel with Soult, 89;
his dissatisfaction with conduct of the War in Spain, 168-9, 218;
his disastrous retreat from Russia, 185, 215, 239, 241;
supersedes Caffarelli by Clausel, 193;
his delusions regarding the war in Spain, 250, 251;
his victories at Bautzen and Lützen, 355, 360;
anger at Foy’s re-crossing the Bidassoa, 487;
receives the news of Vittoria, 547;
his appreciation of Wellington’s schemes on the Pyrenean frontier,
557;
his perversions of Soult’s dispatches, 640, 641.

O’Callaghan, Hon. R. W., colonel, at Vittoria, 401, 419;
at Maya, 542;
at Beunza, 703.

Ocaña, combat of, 93.

O’Donnell, Enrique, Conde de Abispal, succeeds Ballasteros in command
of Army of Andalusia, 63, 307;
takes the forts of Pancorbo, 528;
blockades Pampeluna, 528;
marches to join Hill, 704.

O’Donoju, Juan, general, Spanish minister of war, 205;
Wellington’s censures on, 347.

Ompteda, Christian, colonel K.G.L., at Tolosa, 480.

Osma, combat of, 373-4.

Oswald, John, major-general, his insubordination on the Burgos retreat,
150-2;
at Vittoria, 424-6, 437;
at St. Sebastian, 567, 571, 578, 583.

Pack, Denis, major-general, marches on Burgos, 3, 17;
at siege of Burgos, 26, 47, 48;
retreats from Burgos, 67;
in operations round Salamanca,134;
at Vittoria, 396, 424, 437;
at combat of Villareal, 475;
at combat of Tolosa, 478;
at Sorauren, 666, 677.

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