ABSTRACT
It is seldom possible to obtain accurate figures of the number of casualties that have been suffered during a battle. Those given in Oman’s A History of the Peninsular War are probably as accurate as any, and are quoted in Appendixes I and II. In round terms, the Anglo–Portuguese army lost about 5,000 men, the French about 14,000 and 20 guns. Immediately after the battle, it is unlikely that Clauzel had many more than 15,000 men with the colours and these were downcast and demoralized; but the failure of the British to launch a vigorous pursuit, immediately the French retreated, enabled the hordes of stragglers to find their way back gradually to the regiments.
