Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell
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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
| - | - | - | 2 |
|53rd Shropshire L.I. | - | 11 | 26 | 105 |
|58th N'ampton | - | - | - | 3 |
|60th K.R.R. | - | 3 | 6 | 24 |
|61st Gloucester | 5 | 19 | 38 | 303 |
|68th Durham L.I. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
|74th Highland L.I. | - | 2 | 3 | 41 |
|79th Cameron Highlanders | - | - | - | 1 |
|83rd Roy. Irish Rifles | - | 2 | 13 | 30 |
|88th Connaught Rangers | 2 | 4 | 11 | 110 |
|94th Connaught Rangers | 1 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
|95th Rifle Brig. | - | - | 3 | 24 |
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NOTE.--It will be remarked that both the Coldstream and the Scots
Guards figure in the casualty returns, but they have not been
authorized to bear the honour.
In actual numbers the two armies were evenly matched, Wellington
having some 42,000 men against an equal number of the French. There
were, however, nearly 15,000 Portuguese in the allied army, and no
one could assert that they were the equal of 15,000 British. The
victory was complete. Our casualties, though severe, were little
more than half of those sustained by the French, who lost upwards
of 8,000 killed and wounded, whilst twelve cannon and two eagles
remained in our hands. The road was now open to Madrid, and on
August 12 Wellington entered that capital in triumph.
In the month of October came a damper in the shape of a decided
reverse at Burgos, and the winter was spent by Wellington in
reorganizing his forces for the final struggle in the coming
summer. The French were heavily engaged in Eastern Europe, and
Napoleon was unable to spare large bodies of men for the war in
Spain. The stars in their courses were fighting for Wellington.
VITTORIA, JUNE 21, 1813.
This victory, which gave Wellington his baton of Field-Marshal, is
borne on the colours of the
3rd Dragoon Guards.
5th Dragoon Guards.
3rd Hussars.
4th Hussars.
13th Hussars.
14th Hussars.
15th Hussars.
16th Lancers.
Royal Scots.
Queen's.
Buffs.
King's Own.
Northumberland Fusiliers.
Royal Warwicks.
Norfolk.
Lancashire Fusiliers.
South Wales Borderers.
Royal Fusiliers.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Gloucesters.
East Lancashire.
East Surrey.
Border.
South Staffords.
Dorsets.
South Lancashire.
Oxford Light Infantry.
Sherwood Foresters.
Northamptons.
North Lancashire.
Royal Berkshires.
Royal West Kent.
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Shropshire Light Infantry.
Middlesex.
King's Royal Rifles.
Durham Light Infantry.
Highland Light Infantry.
Gordon Highlanders.
Royal Irish Rifles.
Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Connaught Rangers.
Rifle Brigade.
CASUALTIES AT VITTORIA, JUNE 21, 1813.
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