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(b.) Return of British killed and wounded in the affair at Wacsaw, the 29th of May, 1780.

Cavalry. 2 privates, 11 horses killed; 1 subaltern, 8 privates, 19 horses, wounded.

Infantry. 2 subalterns, 1 private, killed; 3 privates wounded.

N. B. Lieutenant Pateschall, 17th dragoons, wounded; Lieutenant Lauchlin M'Donald, of the legion infantry, killed; Ensign Campbell, of the legion infantry, serving with cavalry, killed.

(Signed) B. TARLETON, Lieutenant colonel, commandant of the British legion


(From A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 178, in the Southern Province of North America?, by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, pp79-84.)

Tarleton, Ch 1., [M], p. 79
5/29/1780

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