BADAJOZ, MARCH AND APRIL, 1812. The losses incurred by the army under Wellington during the siege and at the assault of this fortress were most severe. The battle honour is borne by the King's Own (Lancaster). Northumberland Fusiliers. Royal Fusiliers. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Inniskilling Fusiliers. East Lancashire. South Staffords. South Lancashire. Oxford Light Infantry. Essex. Sherwood Foresters. Northamptons. Middlesex. King's Royal Rifles. Highland Light Infantry. Royal Irish Rifles. Connaught Rangers. Rifle Brigade. In the year 1811 Wellington had made an unsuccessful attempt to seize Badajos, in which we suffered heavy loss. Now, with this fortress and Ciudad Rodrigo in his hands, the French were deprived of any rallying-point on the road to Madrid, and the English Commander-in-Chief at once opened a determined offensive campaign. The gallantry displayed by our men at the assault are graphically described by Napier and by many contemporary historians, French and English; it only remains for me to record the part played by each unit in the memorable siege. CASUALTIES AT THE SIEGE AND ASSAULT OF BADAJOZ. +-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Artillery | 2 | 4 | 27 | 48 | |Roy. Engineers | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |Royal Scots | - | - | - | 2 | |K. O. Lancs | 2 | 15 | 40 | 173 | |Northumberland Fusiliers | 1 | 4 | 20 | 55 | |Roy. Fusiliers | 5 | 12 | 50 | 147 | |Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 3 | 15 | 31 | 123 | |27th Roy. Inniskilling Fus.[16]| 5 | 20 | 51 | 303 | |30th E. Lancs | - | 6 | 38 | 88 | |38th S. Staffs | 1 | 4 | 12 | 25 | |40th S. Lancs[16] | 2 | 24 | 83 | 387 | |43rd Oxford L.I. | 3 | 15 | 74 | 255 | |44th Essex | 2 | 7 | 37 | 88 | |45th Sherwood Foresters | 4 | 11 | 46 | 132 | |51st K.O. Yorks L.I.[16] | 1 | 3 | 26 | 75 | |52nd Oxford L.I. | 5 | 16 | 66 | 295 | |King's Royal Rifles | 1 | 4 | 6 | 37 | |74th Highland L.I. | 2 | 11 | 20 | 104 | |77th Middlesex | - | 4 | 3 | 26 | |83rd Royal Irish Rifles | 3 | 7 | 31 | 76 | |88th Connaught Rangers | 5 | 10 | 55 | 180 | |92nd Gordon Highlanders | - | 1 | - | - | |94th Connaught Rangers | 1 | 3 | 14 | 77 | |97th W. Kent[16] | - | 5 | 16 | 80 | |95th Rifle Brig. | 8 | 16 | 61 | 297 |