engineers.
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| Engineer |Artillery staff,| Total | Total of
|staff, sappers,| horse and foot | of | artillery
| miners, | artillery, |engineers, |staff, horse
| pontoniers, | ouvriers, and | sappers, | and foot
|and pioneers. | pioneers. | miners, |artillery,
Name of Siege. |________________________________|pontoniers,|ouvriers,
| | | | | and | and
|Offic. | Men. |Offic. | Men. | pioneers. | pioneers.
_______________|_______|_______|_______|________|___________|____________
Saragossa, | 86 | 1189 | 90 | 1276 | 1275 | 1360
Rosas, | 21 | 211 | -- | -- | 232 | 461
Girona, | 54 | 603 | 62 | 1299 | 657 | 1361
Astorga, | 7 | 91 | 17 | 427 | 98 | 444
Lerida, | 15 | 316 | 11 | 208 | 331 | 219
Meguinenza, | 31 | 278 | -- | -- | 312 | 136
1st Ciudad | | | | | |
Rodrigo, | 34 | 441 | -- | -- | 475 | 1019
Almeida, | 34 | 489 | -- | -- | 523 | 1019
Tortosa, | 43 | 429 | 32 | 381 | 472 | 413
Tarragona, | 50 | 681 | 46 | 701 | 731 | 747
Olivensa, | 10 | 106 | -- | -- | 116 | 186
1st Badajos, | 25 | 707 | 41 | 699 | 732 | 740
Tarifa, | 12 | 235 | 17 | 148 | 247 | 165
Peniscola, | 13 | 138 | 9 | 183 | 151 | 192
2d Ciudad | | | | | |
Rodrigo, | 3 | 12 | 8 | 160 | 15 | 168
2d Badajos, | 9 | 256 | -- | -- | 265 | 268
Burgos, | 4 | 124 | 3 | 126 | 128 | 129
Castio Udiales, | 5 | 68 | 8 | 197 | 73 | 205
St. Sebastian, | 13 | 248 | 7 | 166 | 261 | 173
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From this table it appears that the ratio of the two arms at these
sieges, making the comparison on the basis of our own organization, is
about the same as for the present
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