* They included the three battalions of the 16th and 25th brigades plus the 3rd Militia Battalion—huge losses to illness and battle casualties had depleted the total, which would have been 7000 at full strength. Most units were at less than half strength. Eather’s 25th Brigade had lost 800 men to sickness or injuries since Myola—one battalion (2/33rd) had just sixteen officers and 271 men, while a company of the 16th Brigade had 39 fit troops.