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Army:

Great Britain: Articles of Camp Equipment and the Scale of Issue to the Cavalry in Wellington's Army

                                                       

Item
Per Cavalry Regiment of 8 Troops
Canteen and Straps 1 per man
Haversacks 1 per man
Blankets 1 per man
Bill Hooks 1 per 10 men
Camp Kettles 1 per 10 men
Sets of Forage Cords: 4 per set half set per horse
Picquet Ropes 1 per 9 horses
Water Buckets 1 per 12 horses
Nosebags: Hair 1 per horse
Cornsacks 1 per horse
Saddle Water Decks (not issued to Hussars) 1 per horse
Reaping Hooks 10 per troop
Spades 1 per troop
Shovels 1 per squadron
Pickaxes 1 per squadron
Felling Axes 1 per squadron
Public Mules 14 per regiment
Pack Saddles 14 per regiment
Bridles and Collars with Winkers 14 per regiment
Medicine Panniers 4 per regiment
Sergeant Armourer's Panniers 2 per regiment
Sergeant Saddler's Panniers 2 per regiment
Baggage Straps for Paymaster 1 set per regiment

                                                                                                 

SOURCE:

Ward, S.G.P. Wellington's Headquarters Oxford : Oxford University Press; 1957. Pp 200-201

 

Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2001

 

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