Source: Royal Military Chronicle, June 1811 pp. 279-281
Names of the officers killed, wounded, and missing, in the action
on the 16th of May, 1811.
Killed
Major General D. Houghton.
3d Dragoon Guards -- Lieutenant Fox.
1st Battalion, 3d Foot, or Buffs -- Captain Burke, Lieutenant Herbert,
Ensigns Chadwick and Thomas.
2d Battalion, 7th Foot -- Captain Erck, Lieutenant Archer.
1st Battalion, 23d Foot -- Captain Montague, Second- Lieutenant Hall.
29th Foot -- Captain Humphrey, Lieutenant Duguid, Ensigns King, Furnace
and Vance.
2d Battalion, 34th Foot -- Captain Gibbons,
Lieutenant Castle, Ensign Sarsfield.
2d Battalion, 39th Foot -- Lieutenant Beard
2d Light Battalion, King's German Legion -- Lieutenant Whitney.
Portuguese
Staff -- Surgeon Bollman.
23d Regiment – P. B. Bandeira, J. Joze Montro.
Wounded
Major General the Honourable G. L. Cole, slightly.
Major General the Honourable William Stewart, slightly.
Captain Egerton (2d Battalion, 34th Foot), Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General,
slightly Captain Waller (103d Foot), Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General,
severely.
Captain Roverea (Sicilian regiment), aide-de-camp to Major General
Cole, severely.
Captain Wade (42d Foot), aide-de-camp to Major General Cole, severely.
Captain Baring (1st Light Battalion, King's German Legion), aide-de-camp
to General Alten, slightly.
Royal artillery, Captain Hawker, slightly.
Royal German Artillery -- Lieutenant Thiele, severely.
4th Dragoons, Captain Holmes, Lieutenant Wildman and Adjutant Chantry,
slightly.
3d Foot, or Buffs -- Captains Marley, Gordon, and Stevens, severely;
Captain Cameron, severely and taken prisoner; Lieutenants Juxon,
Shepherd, Hooper, Latham and Wright, slightly; Lieutenants Wood and
Houghton, severely; Lieutenant Titlow, slightly; Lieutenant
O’Donnell, severely; and Ensign Walsh, severely.
1st Battalion, 7th Foot -- Lieut.-Colonel Sir William .Myers, Baronet,
since dead; Captains Cholwich, Singer and Crowder, slightly; Lieutenant
Prevost, severely; Lieutenants Moultry and Wemyss, slightly;
Lieutenant S. B. Johnstone, since dead; Lieutenant Mullins, severely;
Lieutenants R. Johnstone, Gibbons and Moses, slightly.
2d Battalion, 7th Foot -- Brevet Lieutenant-colonel Blakeney, severely;
Captain Magenis, left arm amputated; Captain Orr, severely; Captain
Tarleton, slightly; Lieutenant Irwin, severely; Lieutenant Healy,
Lieutenant Wray, severely; Lieutenant Orr, Lieutenant Seaton, severely;
Lieutenant Penrice, Lieutenants Lorentz, Holden, Fraser, and Acting-Adjutant
Meagher, slightly.
1st Battalion, 23d Foot -- Lieutenant-colonel Ellis, slightly; Captains
Hurford and M'Donald; Captain Stainforth, First Lieutenant
Harrison, slightly; First Lieutenant Booker, severely; First Lieutenants
Treeve and Thorp, slightly; Second Lieutenant Castles, ditto; Second
Lieutenants Harris and Ledwith, slightly; Adjutant M'Lellan.
2d Battalion, 28th Foot -- Captain Gale, severely; Captain Carrol,
Lieutenants Cranmer and Cottingham, slightly; Lieutenant Shelton;
Ensign Ingram, slightly.
29th Foot – Lieutenant Colonel White, severely; Major Way,
Captains Hodges, Tod and Nester, slightly; Lieutenants Stannus, Popham
and Briggs, severely: Lieutenant Brook, slightly; Ensigns Kearney
and Hamilton, severely; Ensign Lovelock, slightly; Adjutant Wild,
severely.
2d Battalion, 31st Foot -- Captain Fleming, severely; Captain Knox,
slightly; Lieutenants Butler, Gethin and Cashell, severely;
Ensigns Wilson and Nicholson, ditto.
2d Battalion, 34th Foot -- Captains Widdrington and Wyatt; Lieutenants
Hay and Walsh.
2d Battalion, 39th Foot -- Captain Brine; Lieutenants Hart and Pollard,
Ensign Cox, severely.
1st Battalion, 48th Foot -- Captains Wilson and French, slightly;
Captain Bell, Captain Morrisset, slightly; Captain Parsons, severely;
Lieutenant Crawley, slightly; Lieutenant Herring, Lieutenants Wright,
O'Donahue, Duke, M'lntosh, and Vincent, slightly, Ensign Collin,
slightly; Adjutant Steele, slightly.
2d Battalion, 48th Foot -- Captain Watkins, severely; Captain Waugh,
slightly; Captain Drought; Captain Wood, slightly; Lieutenants Johnstone
and Vander Meulen, severely; Lieutenants Shea and Sharp; Ensigns
Norman and M'Dougall.
1st Battalion, 57th Foot -- Lieutenant Colonel Inglis,
Major Spring, slightly; Captains Shadforth, M”Gibbon, Jermyn,
Stainforth, Hely, Kirby; Lieutenant Evatt, Lieutenant Baxter, slightly;
Lieutenant M”Lachlan, severely; Lieutenant M”Farlane,
Lieutenant Dix, slightly; Lieutenant Patterson; severely; Lieutenant
Hughes, slightly; Lieut. Sheridan; Lieutenants Veitch, and Myers,
slightly; Lieutenant M'Dougal, Ensign Torrens, Ensign Jackson, slightly.
5th Battalion, 60th Foot -- Lieutenant Ingersleben, slightly.
2nd Battalion, 66th Foot -- Captain Ferns, Lieut. Hickson,
slightly; Lieutenants Harvey and L'Estrange; Lieuts. Chambers and
M'Carthy, slightly; Lieut. Codd, Lieut. Hand, severely; Lieut. Crompton,
Ensign Walker, Ensign Hay, severely; Ensign Mack, slightly.
1st Light Battalion, King's German Legion -- Major Hartwig, Captain
Rudorf, Lieutenant Hartwig, slightly; Ensign Smalhausen, Adjutant
Fahle, slightly.
2d Light Battalion, King's German Legion -- Captain Heise.
Portuguese
Colonel Collins.
3d Regiment -- Adjutant Jose de Mello.
5th Regiment – Captain Jose de Mattos; Capt. James Johnston;
Lieut. Jose Miranda; Ensign J. Sarmento Vasconcellas.
4th Regiment -- Pimontel Broquel, slightly.
11th Regiment -- Lieuts. J. Paos de Carvalhos and E. de Napoles.
23rd Regiment -- Capt. A. Pinheiro Daragao.
1st Battalion, L. L. Legion -- Lieut.-Col. Hawkshaw; Major Joao Paes;
Capt. Felipe Jacob; Capt. J. Paolo Rosado; Lieuts. Antonio Carlos
and Andrew Camacho.
Missing
Royal German Artillery -- Lieutenant Blumenbach.
4th Dragoons -- Captains Spedding, and Phillips.
3d Foot, or Buffs -- Lieuts. Annesley and Hill.
2d Battalion, 48th Foot -- Major Brooke; Captains Campbell and Allman;
Lieuts, Ellwood, Marshal, Sach, Brotheridge and Wood; Ensign Gilbert.
(Signed) CHARLES STEWART,
Major-general and Adjutant-general.
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