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Army:
Great Britain: State of the Army 25 May 1809
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Location
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Strength
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| Mediterranean |
Gibraltar |
3,842
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| Malta |
3,594
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| Sicily |
14,716
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| West Indies |
Leeward Islands |
15,011
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| Jamaica, etc. |
4,937
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| Bahamas, etc. |
1,470
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| North America |
Canada |
3,559
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| Nova Scotia |
4,501
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| East Indies |
East Indies |
19,843
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| Ceylon |
5,115
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| Madeira |
913
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| Portugal |
22,623
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| Goree, Africa |
283
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| New South Wales |
1,317
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| On Passage |
4.223
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| United Kingdom |
Great Britain |
91,999
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| Ireland |
15,858
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| United Kingdom Militia |
65,524
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| Heligoland |
270
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| Cape of Good Hope |
5,800
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SOURCE:
Fortescue, John W. The County Lieutenancies and the Army: 1803
- 1814 London : MacMillan; 1909. P. 305
Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2001
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