There had been rumours after the fight at Villers-en-Couches that General Mansel's brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Blues, Royals, and 3rd Dragoon Guards, had not supported the 15th with sufficient promptitude in the affair on April 22.[9] It was Minden and Warburg over again. So when, on April 25, at Beaumont, General Otto, the Austrian officer in command of the allied cavalry, led his division against 20,000 unbroken French infantry, British Dragoons and Austrian Hussars cheerfully essayed what seemed a mad undertaking. The total loss of the allied cavalry amounted to 15 officers and 284 men killed and wounded, amongst the former being General Mansel, who commanded the British heavies, two of his sons figuring amongst the wounded. Forty-one guns and 750 prisoners were taken, whilst the French casualties, it is said, numbered over 7,000, 1,200 being killed by the sabre alone. CASUALTIES AT THE ACTION OF BEAUMONT, APRIL 26, 1794. +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +--------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |R. Horse Gds. | 1 | - | 15 | 20 | |1st King's Dragoon Guards | - | - | 6 | 13 | |3rd Drag. Gds. | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |5th Drag. Gds. | - | 1 | 9 | 9 | |1st Royal Dragoons | - | 1 | 6 | 13 | |7th Hussars | - | - | 1 | 19 | |11th Hussars | - | - | - | - | |16th Lancers | - | - | 1 | 14 | +--------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ WILLEMS, MAY 10, 1794. In the month of January, 1910, an Army Order was published authorizing the following regiments to assume this battle honour: Royal Horse Guards. 1st Royal Dragoons. 2nd Queen's Bays. Scots Greys. 3rd Dragoon Guards. 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. 6th Carabiniers. 11th Hussars. 15th Hussars. 16th Lancers. As at Beaumont a fortnight earlier, so here at Willems, our cavalry showed themselves able to break the French infantry formation, even when not pounded by artillery. Thirteen guns and 450 prisoners were the trophies of the day, and fully 2,000 of the enemy fell under the sabres of the British horse. CASUALTIES AT THE ACTION OF WILLEMS, MAY 10, 1794.