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in thinking their post at Zubiri not tenable for the time during which it would have been necessary to wait in it. They therefore retired early on the .27th, and, took mi a position to cover the blockade of Pamplona, having the right, consisting of the 3d di vision, in front pf Huarte, and extending to the hills beyond Olaz, and the left, consisting of the 4th di. vision; Major General Byng's, and Brigadier Gene ral Campbell's Portuguese brigade, on the heights in front of Villalba,having their left at a chapel be- San estoran,-Atiesst I, lets. hind Sorausen, on the high road from Ostia to MY Lone---Two practicable breaches having been Pampeluna, and their right resting upon a height effected at San - Sebastian on the 24th of . July, orders which defended the high road from Zubiri and Ron were given that they should be attacked on the morn- cesvalles. General Morillo's division of Spanish in ing of the 25th. lam concerned to have to report, fantry, and that part of the Conde del Abisbal's that this attempt to obtain possession of the place corps not engaged in the blockade were in reserve.— failed, and that our loss was very considerable. From the latter, the regiment of Travis, and that of • Marshal Soult had been appointed Lieutenant de I EI Principe, were detached to occupy part of the hill PEmpereur and Commander-in• Chief of the French ! on the right of the 4th division, by which the road Armies in Spain and the Southern Provinces of from Zubiri was defended. ; France, by a Deerd Imperial on the Ist of July, and i The British cavalry under Lieutenant General Sir he joined and took the command of the army on the Stapleton Cottoh were placed near Huarte on the 13th of July, which having been joined nearly about right, being the only ground on which it was possible the same time by *the corps which had been in Spain to use the cavalry. under the command of General Clauzel, and by other 1 The river Lanz runs in the valley which was on reinforcements, was called the Army of Spain, and the left of the allied, and on the right of the French re-formed into nine divisions of infantry , form in g army, along the road to Ostiz. Beyond this river there is another range of mountains it connected with the right, centre, and left, under the command of Ligasso and M.rcalain, by which places was General Reille, Comte d'Erlon, and General Clau. • now necessary to communicate with the rest of the zel, as Lieutenant-Generals, and . a reserve under ' army. General Villatte ; and two divisions of dragoons and I joined the 3d and fourth divisions just as they were taking up their ground on the 27th, and shortly ione of light cavalry, the two former under the corn. afterwardsihe enemy formed their army on a moun-' =and of Generals Treillard and Tilly, and the latter tam • • , the front of which extends from the high road under the command of General Pierre Soult. There ,to Ostiz to • the high road to Zubiri, and they placed was besides allotted to the army a large proportion one division on their left of that road on a height, olartillery, and a.considerable number of g uns had and in some villages in front of the 3d division. They Already oined. .1 had here alsaa large body of cavalry. j I In a short time after they had taken np their • The allied army was posted , - as I . h ave alread y in. ground; the enemy attacked the hill on the right of which was then occupied by one 'formed your Lordsh i p , in the Passes of the MOUn. i the fourth division , • • ,!!sins. MajoreGeneral Byng's brigade Of British in. battalion of the 4th Portuguese regiment, and by the panish regiment of Previa. lantry, and General Morillo's division of Spanish , S These troops defended their ground, and drove the 'fiafantry, were on the right. in the Pisi of Ronces- enemy from it with the bayonet. Seeing the impor 4alles. Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry Cole was tance of this hill to our position, I reinforced it with 'posted at Viscairet• to-suppose those troops; and ' the 40th regiment ; and this regiment with the Spa :Veutenant-Cieneral Sir Thomas Picea, with the nish regiments of El Principe and Pravia held k third division, at Olaque in reserve. I ' from this time, notwithstanding the repeated efforts , of the enemy during the 27th and 28th to obtain pm. .- Lieutenant-General Sit:Rowland : Hill occupied the session of it. , , valley of Bastan with the remainder of the second ; Nearly at the same time that the enemy attacked division, and the. Portuguese division. un d er the this height on the 27th, they took possession of the th village of Sorausen on e road stiz, by h Conde de Amirante , detaching General Campbell's y e acquired the commu tb nication to by O that road, a whic nd 'Portuguese brigade to Los Alduides, within the : they kept up a fire of musketry along the line till it trench territory. The light and seventh divisions ' was d ar k. occupied the heights of Santa Barbara, and the town ) We were joined infant on the ma nd orninl di g of the 2rected 8 gh th by the sixth division of ry, at the Of Vera, and the Puerto de Echalar, and kept the 'heirs should be occupied on the left of the valley com'munication with the valley of Bastin ; and the of e Lanz ; and that the sixth division should form sixth division was in reserve at San Esteem Gene- I across the valley in rear of the left of the 4th division, ral Longa's division kept the communication between resting their right on Oricain, and their left upon the the troops at Vera and those under Lieutenant-Ge. : heights above mentioned. neral Sir Thomas Graham , and Mariscal del Campo IThe sixth division had scarcely taken their posi tion when they were attacked by a very large force Giron, on the great read. of the enemy, which had been assembled in the yd. The Conde del Abisbal bloc kaded Pampeluna. I 'age of Sorausen. On the 24th, Marshal Soult collected the right and . Their front was, however, so well defended by the I left wings of his army, with one division of his centre, , fi re of their own light troops from the heights on their left, and by the fire from the heights occupied by the and two divisions of cavalry, at St. Jean de Pied de ' fourth division and Brigadier General Campbell's Port, and on the 25th attacked, with between thirty Portuguese Brigade, that the enemy were soon driven and forty thousand men, General Byng's post at back with immense loss, from a fire on their front, Roncesvalles. Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry Cole both flanks and rear. In order to extricate their troops from 'the diffi• moved up to his support w ith the fourth division, c . ulty . in which they found themselves in their- and these o ffi cers were en abled to maintain their p ost tion in the valley of the Lanz, the enemy now at. throughout the day. But the enemy turned it in tacked the height on which the lett of the fourth di. the afternoon ; and Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry vision stood, which was occupied by the seventh Cole considered it to be necessary to withdraw in Caeadores, of which they obtained a momentary pos. the night ; and he marched to the nei g hbourhood of session. They were attacked, however, again, by the seventh Caeadores, supported by Major General Ross, Zubiri. i at the head of his brigade of the fourth division, and In the actions which took place on this day, the i were driven down widi great loss. 20th regiment distinguished themselves. I The battle now became general along the whole Two divisions of the centre of the enemy's army front of the heights occupied by the fourth division, a ttacked Sir Rowland Hill's pos i t io n in the Puerto and in every part in our favour, excepting where one battalion of the tenth Portuguese regiment of Major de Maya, at the head of the valley, of Bastin, in the General Campbell's brigade was posted. This bat afternoon of the same day. The brunt of the action talion having been overpowered, and having been fell upon Major• General Pringle's and Major-General obliged to give.way immediately on the right of Ma . Walker's brigades in the second division, under the joe General Ross's brigade, the enemy established co mmand of Lieutenant - General the Honourable : themselves on our line, and Major General Ross wa s I obliged to withdraw from his post. Willi a m Stewart. . : I I however ordered the 27th and 48th regiments to These troops were at first obliged to eve way ; charge first that body of the enemy which had first but having been supported by Major-General Barnes'; I established themselves on the height, and next those brigade of the 7th division, they regained that pant:" .the d let. downand moved creed forward at the . same time to would have enabledaliem tore-assume it, if circum- : p situation in the valley nearer to the left of the 4 th , s tances bad permitted it. B ut Sir Rowland Hill..the attac k upon this front ceased entirely, and was having been apprised pf the necessity that Sir Lowry ' continued but faintly on other points of our line. ... In the course of this contest, the gallant fourth di- Cole should retire , d eemed it. expedient to withdraw ~:eision, which has so frequently been distinguished in his troops likewise to _ Irn ri t a ; and the , enemy did this army , surpassed their former good conduct. not advance on the following day beyond the Puerto. _E v ery regiment charged with the bayonet ; and the de Maya. • • 4 410 h, the 7th, 20th, and 23d, four different times. . . Notwithstanding• the intemea superiority of num, 'Dar officers set them the example, and Major-Ge neral Ross had two horses shot 'under him. The bergs they acquired. but little, advantage these - ...• .: over Portuguese troops likewise behaved admirably ; and brave troops during the se ven boars they were en. I had every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of gaged. All the regiments cherged_with the bayonet. Joe Spanish regiments del Principe and Pravia. The conduct of the 82d regiment whicli moved up.: . I had ordered Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland with Major-General Barne s ' s bri g ade, is particularly Hill to march by Lanz upon Lixasso , as soon as I - : found that Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, reported. . ' 'and Sir Lowry Cole, had moved from Zubiri ; and Lieutenant-General the Hon. William Stewart was Lieutenant-General the Earl, of Dalhousie, from San slightly wounded. . • Estevan, to the same place, where both arrived on the I was not apprized of these events • till late in the 98th, and the seventh division came to Marcalain. The enemy's force which had been in front of Sir night of the 25th and 26th ; and I adopted imme- I ; Rowland Hill, followed his march, and arrived at diate measures to concentrate the army to the right, Ostiz on the 29th. The enemy thus reinforced, and still providing NT the siege of San Sebastian, and for occupying a position in the mountains, which v oile blockad. of Pampeluna. . peared little liable to attack, and finding that they This would have been effected early on the 27th, could make no ippreesion on our frot, determined only that Lieutenant General Sir Lowry Cole and to endeavour to turn our left by an , attack on Sir Rowland H ills corps . Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton concurred T hey reinforce d wi th one divisiota the troops which LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1813. WAR DEPARTMENT. DOWNING4TIM, Avovsr 16. His Serene Highoess the Hereditary Prince of Orange, has ar 1.- rived at this Office with dispatches addressed to Earl Bathurst, by Reid-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington, of width the following are copies. had been already oppoted to him, still occupying the same points in the mountain, on which was formedl 'their principal force, but they drew in to their left the troops which occupied the heights opposite the third division, and they had, during the night of the 29th and 30th, occupied in strength the crest of the moun tain on our left of the Lanz, opposite to the sixth and seventh divisions; thus connecting their right in their position with the divisions detached to attack Lieute nant-General Sir Rowland Hi/l. _ _ I, however, determined to attack their position, and ordered Lieutenant-General the Earl of Dalhousie to possess himself of the top ir the mountain in his front, by which the enemy's right would be turned, and Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton to cross the 'Dalhousie, and Sir Thomas Picton, in those of' the 30th and 51st of July. To the Conde del Abisbal also I am indebted for every assistance it was in.his power to give, consist ently with his attention to the blockade. I have already mentioned the conduct of the regiments of Previa and El Principe, belonging to the army of reserve of Andalusia, in a most trying situation ; and'the whole corps appeared animated by the same zealous spirit which per►aded all the troops in that position. Marshal Sir William Beresford was with me throughout these operations, and I received from him all the assistance which his talents so well qua lify him to afford me. The good conduct of the Portuguese officers and troops in all the operations "of the present campaign, and the spirit which they chew on every occasion, are not less honourable to that nation, than they are to the military character of the Officer, who, by his judicious measures, has re-established discipline, and revived a military spirit in the army. I have again to draw your Lordship's attention to the valuable assistance rreceived toughout these optrations from the Quarter. Master-General Major. General Murray, and the Adjutant• General Major- General Pakenham, - and the Officers of those depart ments respectively ; and from Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lieutenant-Colonel Camp bell, and the officers of my personal staff. Although our wounded are numerous, I am. happy to say that the cases in general are slight, and I have great pleasure in reporting to your • Lordship, that the utmost attention has been paid to them by the Inspector of Hospitals, Dr. M'Gri. gor, and by the Officers of the department under his directions. heights on which flat enemy's left had stood, and to turn their left by the road to Roncesvalles. AU the arrangements were made to attack the front of the enemy's position, as soon as the effect of these move ments on their flanks should begin to appear. Major- General the Hon. Edward Pakenham, whom had sent to take the comtband of the sixth division; Major cleneral Pack having been wounded, turned the vit. loge of Sorensen, as soon as the Earl of Dalhousie had driven the enemy from the mountain, by which that flank was defended ; and the sixth division, and Ma jor. General Byng's brigade, which had relieved the fourth division on the left of our position on the road to Ostiz, instantly attacked and carried that village. Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry Cole likewise at tacked the front of the enemy's main position with the 7th Casadores, supported by the 11th Portuguese regiment, the 40th, and the battalion under Colonel Bingham, consisting of the Queen's and 53d regi ment. All these operations obliged the enemy to abandon a position which is one of the strongest and most difficult of access that I have yet seen occupied by troops. In their retreat from this position the-enemy lost a great number of prisoners. I cannot sufficiently applaud the conduct of all the general officers, officers, and troops throughout these operations. The attack made by Lieutenant-General the Earl of Dalhousie was admirably conducted by his Lordship, and executed by Major-General Inglis and the troops composing his brigade • and that by Major-General the Hon. Edward Pa kenham and I Major-General Byng, and that by Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir Lowry Cole ; and the movement made by Sir Thomas Picton, merit my highest commendation. The latter officer co-operated in the attack of the Imountain by detaching troops to his left, in which the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Trench was wounded, but I hope not seriously. While these operations were going on, and in pro portion as I observed their success, I detached troops to the support of Lieut. General Sir Rowland Hill. The enemy appeared in his front late in the morn ing, and immediately commenced an extended ma-,' =awe upon his left flank, which obliged him to withdraw from the height which he occupied behind the Lizasso to the next range. He there, however, maintained himself, and I enclose his report of the conduct of the troops. I continued the pursuit ofklie enemy after their retreat from the mountain to Olaque, where I was at sunset, immediately in the rear of their attack upon Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill. They withdrew from his front in the night, and yesterday took up a strong position, with two divisions, to cover their rear in - the- pass of Dona Maria. Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, and the Ent of Dalhousie, attacked and carried the pass, notwith standing the vigorous resistance of the enemy and the strength of their position. lam concerned to add, that .Lieutenant-General the Honourable William Stewart was wounded upon this occasion. I enclose Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill's report. In the mean time I moved with Major-General Byng's brigade, and the 4th division under Lieute nant-General Sir Lowry Cole, by the pass of Velate upon Irurita, in order to turn the enemy's position on Dona Maria. Major-General Byng took, in Eli. zondo, a large convoy going to the enemy, and made many prisoners. We have this day continued the pursuit of the ene my in the valley of the Bidassoa, and many prisoners and much bagrge have been taken. Major-General Byng has possessed himself of the valley of Bastan, and of the position of the Puerto de Maya, and the army will be this night nearly in the same positions which they occupied on the 25th July. I trust that H. R. H. the Prince Regent will be sa tisfied with the conduct of the troops of his Majesty and of his Allies on this occasion. The enemy hay ing.been considerably reinforced and re-equipped after their late defeat, made a most formidable attempt to relieve the blockade of Pamplona with the whole of their forces, excepting the reserve under General Vil tette, which remained in front of our troops on the great road from Irun. This attempt has been entirely frustrated by the operations of a part only of *e Allied Army, and the enemy have sustained a defeat and suffered a severe loss in both officers and men. The enemy's expectations of success, beyond the point of raising the blockade of Pamplona, were cer tainly very sanguine. They brought into Spain a large body of cavalry, and a great number of nuns, neither of which arms could be used to any great ex- tent by either party in the battle which took place. They sent off the guns to St. Jean de Pied de Port on, the evening of the 28th, which have thus returned to France in safety. The detail of the operations will show your Lord ship how much reason I have to be satisfied with the conduct of all the General Officers, Officers; and troops. It is impossible to describe the enthusiastic bravery of the 4th division ; and I was much indebted to Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry Cole, for the man ner in which he directed their operations; to Major- General Anson, Major-General Ross, Major-General Byng, and Brigadier-General Campbell, of the Por tuguese service. All the Officers commanding, and the Officers of the regiments, were remarkable for their gallantry ; but. I particularly observed Lieute nant-Colonel O'Toole, of the 7th Cacadores, in the charge upon the enemy, Oil our left, on the 28th, and Captain Joaquin Telles Jurdao, of the 11th Portu guese regiment, in the attack of the mountain on the 30th. Adverting to the extent and nature of our opera tions, and the difficulties of our communications at times, I have mason to be extremely well satisfied with the zeal and exertions of Sir Robert Kennedy, the Commissary General, and the Officers of his department, throughout the campaign, which, upon the whole, have been more successful in supplying I the troops than could have been expected. 1 transmit this dispatch to your Lordship by his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, who is perfectly acquainted with all that has passed, and with the situation of the army ; and will be able to intorm your Lordship of many details relating to this series of operations, for which a dispatch does not afford scope. His Highness had a horse shot under him in the battle near Sorausen, on the 28th of July.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) WELLINGTON. I have omitted to inform your Lordship in the body of the dispatch, that the troops in the Puerto de Maya lost their four Portuguese guns on the '2sth of July. Major-General Pringle, who commaided when the attack commenced, had ordered them to retire towards Maya ; and when Lieutenant-General r Stewart came up, he ordered that they might return, and retire by the mountain road to Elizondo. In the !mean time the enemy were in possession of the pass, land the communication with that road was lost, and they could not reach it. I enclose returns of the' loss before San Sebastian, from the 7th to the 27th of July ; and returns of the killed,-wounded, and missing in the operations from the 25th ultimo to the -Ist instant. • July st, 11113. kir LORD—I have the satisfaction to acquaint your Lordship that t _ although from the immense su periority of force w hich the enemy direCted against the position entrusted to my charge, yesterday—it became, in my opinion, imperiously necessary for me to retire from that ground : the conduct of the offi cers and troupe, British and Portuguese, was such as to entitle them to my entire approbation, and I could not have wished it to be better. Major-General Pringle, with Major-Gen.Walker's brigade, under Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzgerald, of the 60th regiment, supported by the 34th regiment, and 14th Portuguese regiment, opposed the ascent of the enemy to the ridge on the left of the position, in a most gallant style, drove him repeatedly back, and although unable ultimately to prevent him from ascending the ridge, by a more distant movement, our troops kept their ground firmly, and when or dered to retire, performed it under Major General Pringle with the greatest regularity, and with small loss, covered by a battalion of the 14th Portuguese 'regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel M'llonald, of the conduct of which officer, and the steadiness of his regiment, the Major-General speaks in terms of the greatest praise. P Colonel Ashworth's brigade, also attacked in his position by a superior force, met the attack. with the greatest steadiness,. and drove the enemy before him at the point of the bayonet, and held his ground as long as I thought it prt!deut for him to do so ; and a battalion of Brigadier-General Costa's brigade held the ridge on the right of the position to the last, co vering the formation of the troops on the ground they were directed to take up—the enemy attempted to force the point, but were repulsed by Brigadier- General Costa, and finally driven down the ridge at the point of the bayonet by that battalion, a part of Colonel Ashwosth's brigade, and a small detachment of the 28th Regiment. On the whole, I can assure your Lordship that :le enemy had nothing to boast of, nor was eur loss se vere, considering the disparity of our forces. I feel particularly indebted to Major General Prin gle for his conduct on this occasion, as well as to Co lt nel Ashworth, Colonel O'Callaghan, and Lieute nant Colonel Fitzgerald, of 601.11 Foot, commanding brigades ender him, and also to Lieutenant General the Conde d'Amai ante, and Brigadier General Costa, who was wounded.--I have honour to be, &c. (Signed) RoWLAND HILL. TO Field-Marshal Mara of Wellington, K.G. P.S. I must not omit to mention the services of Colonel Pampluna and Lieutenant Colonel Pyne, 181 regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Grant and Major Mit chell, commanding the 6th of the line and 6th Portu guese in Colonel Ashworth's brigade. Eiisonao, August 1, 1815. MY LORD—I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that in compliance with the ihstructions I received through Major General Murray, I proceeded yesterday with the column under my orders on the the road to Dona Maria. On our arrival at the foot of the pass, we found the efiemy ascending the hill in great haste, and closely pressed by the 7th divi, I beg to draw your Lordship's attention likewise to the valuable assistance I received, throughout these operations, from Lieutenant-General Sir Row land Hill, from Lieutenant-General the Earl of re-formed into nine divisions o the right, centre, and left, and General Reille, Comte d'Erlon, zel, as Lieutenant-Generals, a General Villatte ; and two divisi ione of light cavalry, the two fa mand of Generals Treillard and under the command of General was besides allotted to the army j. ofartillery, atad a.constderable Already joined. The allied army was posted, :formed your Lordship, is the ) MajoreGeneral Byng's b luttry, and General Morillo's 'fitfantry, were on the right. in 4ales. Lieutenant-General S 'posted at Viscairet, to-supped :Lieutenant-General Sir Thom third division) at Olaque in rem Lieutenant-General Sir Rowl valley of Bastan with the rem: division, and the. Portuguese Conde de Amarante, detaching :Portuguese brigade to Los trench territory. The light I occupied the heights of Santal of Vera, and the Puerto de ] cattimunication with the valley sixth division was in reserve at ral Longa's division kept the co the troops at Vera and those neral Sir Thomas Graham, an Giron, on the great read. The Conde del Abisbal blo • On the 24th, Marshal Soult left wings of his army, with on and two divisions of cavalry, Port, and on the 25th attacke and forty thousand men, G Roncesvalles. Lieutenant-GI moved up to his support wi and these officers were enable( throughout the day. But d the afternoon ; and Lieutena Cole considered it to be nel the night ; and he marched to Zubiri. In the actions which took 90th regiment distinguished ti Two divisions of the centre attacked Sir Rowland Hill's i de Maya, at the head of the afternoon of the same day. fell upon Major-General Prins • Walker's brigades in the secoi command of Lieutenant-Ge William Stewart. These troops were at first but having been supported byl brigade of the 7th division, tl of their post, which was the would have enabled.tliem stances bad permitted it. l having been apprirred of the n Cole should retire, deemed it his troops likewise to_ Irprita not advance on the following de Maya. • • Notwithstanding• the wax bers, they acquired. but Bid brave troops during the seve gaged. All the regiments ci The conduct of the 82d regi with Major-General Barnes's reported. Lieutenant-General the Ho slightly wounded. I was not apprized of the night of the 25th and 26d diate measures to concentrat atill providing for the siege the blockad. of Pampeluna. This would have been the only that Lieutenant Gene lieutenant General Sir T 0