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
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In this battle Wellington, for the first time, had a decided
superiority in numbers, having close on 80,000 men opposed to but
62,000 of the French; but it must be conceded that the 20,000
Portuguese were by no means of the same value as 20,000 British
infantry. The victory was undisputed. Practically the whole of the
French artillery--no less than 143 guns, with 1,000 prisoners--fell
into our hands, and upwards of a million in treasure was the booty.
The personal effects of King Joseph and an immense quantity of
material was also taken. Our casualties amounted to more than 4,000
killed and wounded; those of the French to upwards of 6,000.
Amongst the cavalry regiments which suffered losses at Vittoria,
but which have not yet been authorized to assume the battle honour,
are the 12th Lancers and 15th and 18th Hussars.[17]
PYRENEES, JULY 28 TO AUGUST 2, 1813.
This battle honour was granted as a distinction commemorative of
the three days' hard fighting in the Pyrenees between July 28 and
August 1, 1813. It is borne by the following regiments:
14th Hussars.
Queen's.
Buffs.
Royal Fusiliers.
Royal Warwicks.
Lancashire Fusiliers.
Devons.
South Wales Borderers.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Gloucesters.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
East Surrey.
Worcesters.
Border.
Cornwall Light Infantry.
South Lancashire.
Dorsets.
Oxford Light Infantry.
Royal Highlanders.
Sherwood Foresters.
Northamptons.
Royal Berkshire.
Royal West Kent.
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Middlesex.
Shropshire Light Infantry.
King's Royal Rifles.
Durham Light Infantry.
Highland Light Infantry.
Gordon Highlanders.
Cameron Highlanders.
Argyll Highlanders.
Rifle Brigade.
[Illustration: Battlefields in SPAIN & PORTUGAL]
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