The reader should be aware, that in military returns, the figures which represent the strength of regiments often greatly exceed the actual number of effective menpresent. There are always numerous casualties, not accounted for in returns, particularly before a battle. Themissingare not all eventuallyloss; for, if not taken prisoners most of them join after the strife. The strength of the British was of course greater on the 16th, before the action at Quatre-Bras, where the loss was particularly severe, as may be seen in the subjoined tables, in the 1st foot-guards, 1st Royal Scots, 32d, 33d, 42d, 44th, 69th, 79th, and 92d regiments.
The officers who afterwards died of their wounds, are here returnedkilled.
RETURNS
of the strength (officers, non-commissionned officers, drummers, trumpeters, rank and file) of the British army, on the morning of the 18th of June 1815; and of the total loss, in killed, wounded and missing, on the three days: 16th, 17th, and 18th.
STAFF.
Killed.—The duke of Brunswick, sir Thomas Picton, sir William Ponsonby.Colonelsir William De Lancey.Lieutenant-colonelCurrie.Captains: W. Crofton (54th Reg.), T. Smith (93d Reg.).
Wounded.—H.R.H. the prince of Orange.Lieutenant-generalsir G. Cooke.Major-generals: Sir E. Barnes, sir James Kempt, sir Colin Halkett, sir Denis Pack, sir Colquhoun Grant, sir W. Dornberg, sir F. Adam.Lieutenant-colonels: Waters, sir G. Berkeley (35th Reg.).Majors: A. Hamilton, Hunter Blair, Hon. G. Dawson.Captains: Hon. E. S. Erskine, E. Fitzgerald (25th Reg.), W. Murray, H. Seymour, T. Wright, H. McLeod, J. Mitchell (25th Reg.), J. Tyler, A. Langton, H. Dumaresque.Lieutenants: W. Havelock (43d Reg.), J. Hamilton (46th Reg.), J. Rooke, D. Hall.
Officers who were killed or wounded, serving on the staff but belonging to regiments which were on the field, are here included in the returns of their respective regiments.
By adding together the figures in the first two columns opposite to any regiment, the reader may obtain its total effective strength, at the opening of the campaign.