Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

Army:

Great Britain: Value of Officers in Men for Exchange during the
Peninsular War

Rank
Number of Men to Be Exchanged For
Captain-General, Field Marshal, General Commanding
60
General or General of Division
40
Major General or Inferior to Above
20
Brigadier-General, Colonel, or Adjutant General
15
Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Chief-of-Battalion
8
Captain
6
Lieutenant
4
Ensign
3
Non-Commissioned Officer down to Corporal, inclusive
2



SOURCE:

2nd Duke of Wellington. Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence and Memoranda of Field
Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington
Volume 6. London
; 1860.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2001

 



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