Fontenoy and Great Britain's Share in the War of the Austrian Succession, 1741-1748 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...Missing. Total. Boschlanger's.... 156 201 20 377 Zastrow's 90 209... 299 Spijrken's 65 214... 279 Oberg's 54 155 28 237 Campen's 67 141 2 210 41 The grenadier company went into action seventy-five strong, and brought only eleven unwounded men to Ath. Both subalterns were killed.--Hist. Record of the 31st Regiment, p. 26. The Allies' Losses 191 The sister arm suffered less severely. Its casualties were--killed, 168; wounded and missing, 483; or 651 in all, giving a percentage of 10. Those of the British regiments were 340. The heaviest were incurred by the Royal Horse Guards, who had 11 killed, 49 wounded, and 7 missing. The Hanoverian cavalry, numbering 1200 sabres, returned 311 casualties, or more than 25 percent. The Anglo-German artillery lost 58 of all ranks, from lieutenant to "matross"--nearly 10 per cent. The returns sent to England contain no reference to Austrian losses. At 10 per cent they would amount to 120. On the left wing 1544 officers and men were put out of action. The fact that our Dutch allies were deprived of only 6'5 per cent of their strength is sufficient evidence of their lukewarmness. In the light of more recent experience our loss in officers was not excessive. Lieut.-General Sir James Campbell, commanding the cavalry, and Major-General Hon. H. Ponsonby were killed; Lord Albemarle, Brigadiers Churchill and Ingoldsby, and Major-General Hon. Charles Howard were wounded--the latter in four places. The Guards lost Colonel Carpenter, commanding the brigade as senior field officer, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Robert Douglas. In the line five-colonels or lieutenant-colonels were numbered with the slain. Among the wounded was Lord George Sackville, commanding the 28th Regiment, afterwards charged with misconduct at Minden....