UNIT STRENGTHS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH
	At the Beginning of the Siege						At the End of the Siege
	Effective		Sick & Wounded				Effective		Sick & Wounded
	Officers	Men	Officers	Men	Horses		Officers	Men	Officers	Men	Horses
5th Dragoon Guards	29	486	0	6	518		18	354	8	106	73
5th Lancers	18	471	1	3	449		11	349	7	97	168
18th Hussars	22	413	0	2	335		15	356	7	42	252
19th Hussars	28	532	1	6	508		15	341	12	147	86
Imperial Light Horse	24	412	4	4	416		16	213	12	164	291
13th Battery R.F.A.	5	172	0	2	140		5	150	0	19	80
21st Battery R.F.A.	4	163	0	4	165		3	123	1	36	95
42nd Battery R.F.A.	4	163	0	2	153		4	117	0	42	117
53rd Battery R.F.A.	5	160	0	2	181		3	117	2	41	102
67th Battery R.F.A.	5	164	0	1	144		4	134	1	27	88
69th Battery R.F.A.	5	163	0	3	147		2	138	3	21	55
1st Bde Ammunition Col.	4	102	1	1			4	80	1	20
2nd Bde Ammunition Col.	3	93	0	1			1	78	2	13
10th Mtn. Bty R.G.A.	1	85	0	5			1	72	1	14
Maxim Nordenfeldt Det.	0	24	0	0			1	22	0	2
Howitzer Detachment	0	19	0	0			2	18	0	1
23rd Field Co. R.E.	6	189	0	2			4	139	0	31
Telegraph Battn. R.E.	3	54	0	0			3	43	0	8
Balloon Section R.E.	4	28	0	0			4	19	0	7
1/Liverpool Regt.	26	879	0	0			20	656	5	185
1/Devonshire Regt.	27	824	1	4			17	714	6	71
1/Leicestershire Regt.	22	959	0	11			17	761	4	164
1/Gloucestershire Regt.	6	446	1	29			5	371	2	72
1/King's Royal Rifle Corps	20	655	1	12			16	490	4	131
2/King's Royal Rifle Corps	20	754	2	7			17	499	2	196
1/Manchester Regt.	22	842	0	9			16	629	6	156
2/Gordon Highlanders	20	808	2	6			15	729	5	60
1/Royal Irish Fusiliers	8	230	2	20			3	186	7	53
2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers	3	55	1	2			1	43	3	13
2/Rifle Brigade	23	755	0	3			14	537	4	145
Army Service Corps	5	96	0	0			4	81	0	10
R.A.M.C. & Field Hospitals	33	175	0	0			18	160	12	14
Army Ordnance Corps	4	47	0	0			4	37	0	8
Indian Ordnance Dept.	4	15	0	0			4	14	0	1
H.M.S. Powerful	19	261	1	1			13	205	5	32
Volunteer Staff	23	48	0	0			17	17	6	31
Natal Carbineers	21	327	1	43			15	149	6	206
Natal Mounted Rifles	11	162	0	19			6	106	5	70
Border Mounted Rifles	10	238	1	19			5	116	5	125
Natal Police	2	71	0	0			2	32	0	35
Natal Naval Volunteers	3	64	0	0			3	52	0	6
Town Guard	0	120	0	0			0	119	0	0
Staff & Miscellaneous	70	200	0	0			55	195	10	2
Total	572	12924	20	229	3156		403	9761	154	2624	1407
			Total	Before		After
			Horses	5309		2907		Artillery Guns		55
			Mules	4539		3713		Machine Guns		18
			Oxen	1709		252
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