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Army:

Great Britain: Number of Troops Strickened with Walcheren Fever: August - October 1809

  25 August 10 September 17 September 24 September 1 October
Strength of Army
37,727
17,870
17,410
16,409
16,156
Sick: Enlisted
2,702
6,931
8,141
8,754
9,127
Percent of Force
7%
39%
47%
53%
56%
Died
114*
221
277
287
234
Percent of Force
.01
1.5%
2%
2%
1.5%
Officers
1,794
770
765
782
748
Sick: Officers
No Return
No Return
235
191
172
Percent of Officers
---
---
30%
24%
23%
Died
4**
4
7
3
2
Percent of Officers
NA
.5%
1%
.5%
.2%

Notes:
*Includes about 100 who died from wounds.
** All died from wounds.

Source: Jones, John T. Journal of Sieges Carried on by the Army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the Years 1811 and 1814 Vol. II London : T. Egerton; 1827. P. 459 - 460

Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2001

 

 



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