Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

Army:

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

    

Item
Per Infantry Battalion of 10 Companies
Tent, with Pole and Iron Collar 3 per Company (First issued in 1813)
Tent Mallets 2 per Tent (First issued in 1813)
Tent Pins 40 per Tent (First issued in 1813)
Canteen and Straps 1 per man
Haversacks 1 per man
Blankets 1 per man
Bill Hooks 1 per 10 men
Camp Kettles (Flanders) 1 per 10 men (Discontinued in 1813)
Camp Kettles (Light Tin) 1 per 6 men (First issued in 1813)
Spades 5 per Battalion
Shovels 5 per Battalion
Pickaxes 5 per Battalion
Felling Axes 5 per Battalion
Public Mules 13 per Battalion
Pack Saddles 13 per Battalion
Bridles and Collars with Winkers 13 per Battalion
Medicine Panniers 2 per Battalion
Baggage Straps for Paymaster 2 per Battalion

                                                                                                 

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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