KING’S GERMAN LEGION. Officers. Men. 1st Light Dragoons 36 610 2nd ” 41 620 3rd ” 40 621 Royal Artillery 34 675 1st Battalion of the Line 39 824 2nd ” 38 837 3rd ” 41 815 4th ” 41 813 5th ” 41 802 6th ” 42 835 7th ” 39 830 8th ” 41 726 1st Battalion Light Infantry 40 825 2nd ” 24 532 Depôt Company 3 130 Garrison Company 2 60 --- ------ Total King’s German Legion 542 10,555 --- ------ General Total 1,242 27,000 ===== ====== “_His Majesty’s Ship, ‘Audacious,’_ “_18th January, 1809._ “GENERAL ORDERS. “The irreparable loss that has been sustained by the fall of the Commander of the Forces (Lieut.-General Sir John Moore), and the severe wound which has removed Lieut.-General Sir David Baird from his station, render it the duty of Lieut.-General Hope to congratulate the army upon the successful result of the action of the 16th instant. “On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be encountered. “These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages of position, or of numbers he may employ, there is inherent in the British officers and soldiers, a bravery that knows not how to yield, that no circumstances can appal, and that will ensure victory when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means.