First Brigade--Hill: 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) 990 1st Batt. 9th (Norfolk) 833 38th (South Staffords) 957 ---- 2,780 Second Brigade--Fergusson: 36th (Worcester) 591 40th (South Lancashire) 926 71st (Highland Light Infantry) 903 ---- 2,420 Third Brigade--Nightingale: 29th (Worcester) 806 82nd (South Lancashire) 929 ---- 1,735 Fourth Brigade--Bowes: 6th (Royal Warwick) 946 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) 874 ---- 1,820 Fifth Brigade--C. Crawford: 50th (West Kent) 948 91st (Argyll Highlanders) 917 ---- 1,865 Sixth Brigade--Fane: 45th (Sherwood Foresters) 670 5th Batt. King's Royal Rifles 936 2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade 400 ---- 2,060 ------ 12,626 20th Light Dragoons 240 Royal Artillery 226 Opposed to these, the French had, under General Delaborde, not more than 6,000 men. The odds, therefore, were considerably in our favour; but the opposition was nowhere very determined, and our casualties were slight. Three regiments, it will be seen from the accompanying return, suffered no loss. CASUALTIES AT ROLEIA. +------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |20th Hussars | - | - | - | 3 | |Royal Artillery | 1 | - | 1 | - | |Roy. Engineers | - | 1 | - | - | |5th Northumberland Fus. | - | 2 | 3 | 41 | |6th R. Warwick | - | 1 | - | 2 | |29th Worcester | - | 7 | 33 | 111 | |32nd Cornwall L.I. | - | - | 1 | 3 | |36th Worcester | - | - | - | - | |38th S. Stafford | - | - | 4 | - | |40th S. Lancs | - | - | 1 | 2 | |45th Sherwood Foresters | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | |50th West Kent | - | - | 2 | 1 | |60th K.R.R | - | 2 | 8 | 39 | |71st Highland L.I. | - | - | 1 | 1 | |82nd S. Lancs | - | 1 | 6 | 18 | |91st Argyll Highlanders | - | - | - | - | |95th Rifle Brig. | - | 2 | 17 | 30 | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
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