Great Britain: Number of Mules in an Infantry Regiment

Army:

Great Britain: Number of Mules Assigned to an Infantry Regiment of Wellington's Army

Unit Assigned	Number	Purpose
Each Company	1 (10 Total)	Carry Flanders Kettle; after 1812 to Carry Tents
Regimental Surgeon	1	Carry Medicine and Equipment
Paymaster	1	Carry Paymaster's Books
Regimental Headquarters	1	Carry Entrenching Tools
Total	13

SOURCE:

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

Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2001

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