In this fight the 42nd (Royal Highlanders) was wellnigh annihilated.
The following regiments bear this battle honour:
1st Life Guards. 2nd Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards. 3rd Dragoon Guards. 4th Dragoon Guards. 5th Dragoon Guards. 1st Royal Dragoons. 3rd Hussars. 4th Hussars. 7th Hussars. 9th Lancers. 10th Hussars. 11th Hussars. 12th Lancers. 13th Hussars. 14th Hussars. 15th Hussars. 16th Lancers. 18th Hussars. 20th Hussars. Grenadier Guards. Coldstream Guards. Scots Guards. Royal Scots. Queen's (Royal West Surrey). Buffs. K.O. (Royal Lancaster). Northumberland Fusiliers. Royal Warwicks. Royal Fusiliers. Norfolk. Lincoln. Devons. Lancashire Fusiliers. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. South Wales Borderers. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Gloucester. Worcester. East Lancashire. East Surrey. Cornwall Light Infantry. West Riding. Border. South Staffordshire. Hampshire. Dorset. South Lancashire. Black Watch. Oxford Light Infantry. Essex. Sherwood Foresters. Loyal North Lancashire. Northampton. Royal Berkshire. Royal West Kent. K.O. (Yorkshire L.I.). King's (Shropshire L.I.). Middlesex. King's Royal Rifles. Wiltshire. Manchester. York and Lancaster. Durham L.I. Highland L.I. Gordon Highlanders. Cameron Highlanders. Royal Irish Rifles. Royal Irish Fusiliers. Connaught Rangers. Argyll Highlanders. Rifle Brigade.
ROLL OF THE PRINCIPAL ACTIONS DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR.
+---------+-----------+----------------+--------------------------------+ | | | _Casualties._ | | | | |_Offi- | _Men._ | | |_Action._| _Date._ | cers._| | _Honours._ | | | +---+---+---+----+ | | | |K. |W. | K.| W.| | +---------+-----------+---+---+---+----+--------------------------------+ | |1808 | | | | | | |Roleia |August 17 | 4| 20| 65| 315|Medal, clasp, and battle honour.| |Vimiera |August 21 | 4| 37|185| 497| " " " | |Sahagun |December 21| -| -| 2| 18| " " " | |Benevente|December 29| -| 3| 5| 23| " " No battle honour.| | |1809. | | | | | | |Corunna |January 16 | ? | ? | ? | ? |Medal, clasp, and battle honour.| |Douro |May 24 | -| 10| 23| 86|No medal or clasp. Battle honour. |Talavera |July 27 | 27|171|643|3295|Medal, clasp, and battle honour.| | |1810. | | | | | | |Busaco |Sept. 27 | 5| 35|102| 408| " " " | | |1811. | | | | | | |Barrosa |March 4 | 7| 45|182| 881| " " " | |Fuentes | | | | | | | | d'Onor|May 5 | 11| 62|157| 576| " " " | |Albuera |May 16 | 39|165|850|2567| " " " | |Arroyos dos | | | | | | | Molinos|October 28 | -| 7| 7| 51|No medal or clasp. Battle honour. |Tarifa |December | 2| 3| 7| 24| " " " | | |1812. | | | | | | |Ciudad | | | | | | | | Rodrigo|January | 8| 60|122| 436|Medal, clasp, and battle honour.| |Badajos |March,April| 60|269|751|2539| " " " | |Almaraz |May 19 | 2| 12| 32| 131|No medal or clasp. Battle honour. |Salamanca|July 22 | 28|178|360|2536|Medal, clasp, and battle honour.| | |1813. | | | | | | |Vittoria |June 21 | 22|173|490|2704| " " " | |Pyrenees |July,August| 28|221|510|3295| " " " | |San | | | | | | | |Sebastian|September | 35| 70|535|1038| " " " | |Nivelle |November 10| 21|121|237|1031| " " " | |Nive December 9-13| 19|140|200|2055| " " " | | |1814. | | | | | | |Orthes |February 27| 15|105|192|1291| " " " | |Toulouse |April 10 | 16|134|298|1661| " " " | +---------+-----------+---+---+---+----+--------------------------------+