Waar komt de naam diehard vandaan?

A victorious battle? Dan ben ik benieuwd hoeveel van de Fransen deze slag overleefden...

Dat was niet zo moeilijk te vinden. Hier komt weer een lap Engels, zo tussen de 7 en 8 duizend: The losses on both sides were horrific, and while Soult had failed in his aim of relieving the siege of Badajoz, neither side had demonstrated the will to press for a conclusive victory. Allied losses amounted to 5,916: 4,159 British, 389 Portuguese and 1,368 Spaniards. French casualties are harder to ascertain—Soult initially declared 2,800 in his dispatch to Napoleon, but the official figure drawn up on 6 July revised that number upward to 5,936. British historians dispute this, comparing Soult's figure of 241 officer casualties with regimental returns that total 362. Sir Charles Oman extrapolated this figure to come up with the total number of French casualties, which he puts at approximately 7,900. In comparison, the French historians Belmas and Lapène place Soult's losses at 7,000. Some of the British dead from the battle, including Major General Daniel Hoghton, are buried in the British Cemetery, Elvas.

Oeps, je vroeg naar overlevenden. Nou ja, dat weet ik niet.