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London, England, 1813-11-28 00:00:00

ONAL REGISTER:

LoNon);.,' EXTR OR 01 NARY,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER '45, 14313.

WAR-IPEP 114 TM ENT. VOWNING•STREET, NOV. f 0.4.
The 10f IYoreester . has arrived with a I)iliatelr of which
the follow ins; is a copy, addieNt•ed to the Eat.' Ilathurbt, by the
Marquis of Wellington,

Dati'd -St. Pe, Nov. ts, 1813.
Linn—The enemy have, since the beginning of August, oc-
cupied a position with their right upon the sea, in front of St. Jean
de Luz. and on the left of the Neville, the it Centre nn La Petite
La Mime in Satre, and on the heights behind the village, and their
left, consisting. of two divisions of intautry, under the Comte D'Er-
lon, on the right of that river, on a strong height hi rear of .-bilione,
and on the mountain of Mundarine, which protectud thu approach
to that village ; they had one division mult- General lug, at St.
Jean de Port, %%lieu' w joint!) by one of the Army of .Arragon,
under General Paris, at the time the Allied Army crossed the Hi.
dossa en 7th October; Cleneral T'oy's divishri kined those on the
heights behind Anlioue, when Lieut. General Sir Rowland Hill
moved into the valley of Balla%
The enemy, not satisfied with the natural strength of this posi-
tion, had the whole of it fortified, and their tight, in particular,
hail been made so strong, that I did not deem it expedient to at-

tack it in front.
Pamplona having surrendered on the 31st October, and the right
of the army having here dkengaged limn covering the blockade of
that place, I moved Licut.-Germ. Sir R. Hill, on the 6th and 7th,
into the valley of Boston, as FOOD as the state of the roads, after
the recent rains, would permit, intending to attack the enemy on
the Bth inst. ; but time Lain which fill on the 7th instant having
again rendered the roads impracticable, I was obliged to defer the
attack till the 10th ; when.ne completely succeeded in carrying all
the positions on the enemy's, left and centre, in separating the
term( r from the latter, and by these means training the ell(my's
•treng positions occupied by their right on the lower Niville, %hick
they were obliged to evat•oate during the night, having taken .il
pieces of canon, ant 1,1.400 prisoners.
• The object of the attack heing to force the enony's centre and to
establish 4,11 r artily in rear Of their right, 'the attack was made in co-
. Im»ns of divisions, each led by the General Officer commanding it,
and each forming its' own reserve. Lieut.-General Sir Ross land
!till directed the movement of the right, consisting of_the 2d dirt.
sion, under Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir. Win. •• tewart, the 6th di-
vision' under Lieut.-General Sir IL Clinton, a Porhigne,e division,
under Lient -Gvieral Sir John Hamilton, and a Spa eish division,
under General Morino, and Col. Grant'a brigade of cavalry, and a
litigade of Portuguese artillery,-mider Lieut.-Colonel 'Dino!), and
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three mountain guns, under 'neut. Robe, which attacked the posi-
-1 tions of the enemy behind Aulione.
Marshal Sir Win. Berestbrd directed the movements of the right
of.the centre, consisting of the 3d division under Major-General
the Hon. Charles Coville, the 7th division under Maris( al De Cam-
po Le Cur, and the 4th division under Lient.-General the Hon.. Sir
1,. Cole. The latter attacked the redoubts in front of Sarre, that
village and the heights In-hind it, suppot teal on their left by the
army of reserve of Andalusia, under the command of Mari-earl De
Carotin Don P. (;iron, which attacked the enemy's positions on
their right of Sarre, on the slope' of Lai Petite La Rhunc, and the
heights beyond the villagp, on the left of the 4th division. Major-
General Charles Baron Alien attacked, witit the ligl.t division and
General Loega's Spanish division, the enemy's positions en La Pe-
tite La Rhune, and having carried them, co-operated with the
right of the centre on the attack of time heights behind Sarre.
General Al teles brigade of cay..lrT, tinder the direction of Lent,.
General Sir S. Cotton, followed the movements of the centre, and
there :bete thief brigade's of Britili io 'diary with this part of the
4riny, and three mountain guns with General Gaon and three with
Major-Geher 11 C. Allen.
Lient.-Gcnoral 1)o:' ;panne! Freyre moved, in two columns, from
the heights of Minulale tow arch Aseain. in order to take advantage
°laity moyeine :ts the eneniv might unite front the i igtit of his po-
sition towards his centre i and Lient.-Gen. Sir J. Hope, vi ith the
tell of the army', drove in the enenev's eel posts in front of their
rot et iii•:aneots on the Lowt r Ni% elle, ran led the redoubt aotiv e
Orogoe, and astabliAleil hitioalf on the-heights immediately oppo-
site Siliour, in readiness to take advantage of army movement made
by the enemy's rigl.t.
The attack began at daylight, and Lient.,`,Tien.. the Hon. Sir
Lawry Cole havieg obliged the enemy to evacuate- the itidoniit on
ll:e,r right in flout of Sure, by a cannonade, and that in flout of
I.c kft village haying been liiewiai: evacuated on the a 1 roach of