History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
History
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
+----------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
| | 1811. | 1812. | 1813. | 1814. |
+ +------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
| |March.| May.|January.|April.| May.|July.|December.|January.|April.|
+----------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
|1. General, Field, and Staff Officers, not } | 8| 8| 9| 10| 11| 11| 9| 10| 8|
| included on Company Rolls } | | | | | | | | | |
|2. Royal Horse Artillery | 495| 499| 699| 728| 926| 988| 1,016| 1,007| 1,021|
|3. Royal Foot Artillery | 884|1,111| 996| 1,327|1,876|1,862| 1,950| 1,985| 1,966|
|4. Royal Artillery Drivers | 777| 858| 1,040| 1,159|2,154|2,150| 2,683| 2,719| 2,734|
|5. Ordnance Medical Staff | 9| 10| 18| 18| 27| 26| 29| 29| 29|
|6. Field Train or Commissariat Department } | 84| 86| 129| 121| 130| 128| 153| 154| 148|
| of the Ordnance } | | | | | | | | | |
+----------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
| General Total of Royal British Artillery | 2,257|2,572| 2,891| 3,363|5,124|5,165| 5,840| 5,904| 5,897|
+----------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
|King’s German Artillery | 421| 412| 449| 434| 450| 446| 430| 439| 412|
+----------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+--------+------+
N.B.--The Field Train Department attached to the Engineers is not
included, as it did not appear in the Monthly Returns of the Artillery.
General Howorth vacated the command of the Artillery in the Peninsula in
July 1811, being obliged to return to England on account of
ill-health,--and was shortly afterwards succeeded by General Borthwick.
This officer was wounded at Ciudad Rodrigo, and returned to England,--a
coolness having sprung up between him and Lord Wellington, which
recurred with one of his successors, and continued until the command of
the Artillery devolved upon his favourite, then _Colonel_ Dickson, a few
months after the siege of Burgos.
[Sidenote: Major Dickson D.-A.-G. dated Castel Branco, 23 Jul. 1811.]
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