87 15.3
Vimiciro . . . . . . 534 27.7 215 11.2
Corunna . . . . . . 634 37.9 257 15.4
Talavera . . . . . . 3,913 17.7 1,455 65.8
Busaco . . . . . . . 500 18. 183 6.6
Barrosa . . . . . . 1,040 198.8 360 68.8
Fuentes de Onore . . 1,043 45.5 379 16.6
Albuera . . . . . . 2,672 296.6 1,358 151.
Salamanca . . . . . 2,714 89. 770 25.2
Vittoria . . . . . . 2,807 66.8 890 21.2
Pyrenees . . . . . . 3,693 123.1 1,197 39.9
Nivelle . . . . . . 1,777 37.3 675 14.2
Orthes . . . . . . . 1,411 52.2 404 15.
Toulouse . . . . . . 1,795 66.9 582 21.7
New Orleans . . . . 1,516 252.6 625 104.2
Waterloo . . . . . . 8,140 163.1 3,245 65.
Alma . . . . . . . . 1,619 60.4 559 20.9
Inkerman . . . . . . 1,878 208.6 883 98.1
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39,161 89.3 14,517 33.
Total 91.9
TABLE 1.--NINETEEN LAND-BATTLES. (cont.)
BRITISH AND ALLIES.
Officers Casualties.
and men
Battles. engaged. Number. Per 1000
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Alexandria . . . . .
Maida . . . . . . .
Vimiciro . . . . . .
Corunna . . . . . .
Talavera . . . . . . 56,000 6,268 112
Busaco . . . . . . . 57,000 1,300 23
Barrosa . . . . . . 14,500 1,610 111
Fuentes de Onore . . 35,200 1,469 42
Albuera . . . . . . 37,000 6,500 176
Salamanca . . . . . 54,200 4,964 92
Vittoria . . . . . . 95,800 4,829 50
Pyrenees . . . . . . 65,000 6,540 101
Nivelle . . . . . . 90,600 2,621 29
Orthes . . . . . . . 43,600 2,200 50
Toulouse . . . . . . 54,400 4,641 85
New Orleans . . . .
Waterloo . . . . . . 230,600 36,590 159
Alma . . . . . . . . 55,000 3,545 64
Inkerman . . . . . .
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888,900 83,077 92
Estimated casualties
among the missing . . . . 3,787
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86,864 98
Of those who were engaged in these nineteen battles one in 51.6, or 1.93
per cent., were killed. The deaths in consequence of the battles,
including both those who died of wounds
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