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London, England, 1813-12-30 00:00:00

__ vitDINAR Y ' GAZETT4.
71-19itsn4Y, DEcENTIT*
• .
WAR DEPARTMENT.
DOWNING-STREET, PECEUSER 2P.
Major Hu.;., Aidegle-Carap to Lieutenant General

Sir Rori44OHILL, has arrived with a Dispatch, of
.a copy, addressed to Earl
'71411111116 - tel Marshal the Marquis of
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Lutc9ol, K. 64ste4
• - • st. Jean de Los, December 14.
•
MY Loup—Since the enemy's retreat from the Nl-
yelle, they had occupied a position in front of, Bay-
wl}kelt hack, entrenched with great labour
• 'battle fought at Vittoria in June last. It
be under the fire of the works of the place,
;rests upon the Adour, and the front in this
cowered by a morass, occasioned by a rivplet
fans into the Adopt-. The right of the centre
upon this s.troe morass, and it§ left upon the river
The left is between the Nive and the Adour,
which river the left rests: They had their ad-
' posts from their right in front of Anglet and
:Biaritz. With their left they detended the
rite, and communicated with Cvenettd Paris's
of` the army of Catalonia, which was at St.
Pied de Pert, and they had a considerible corps
in Ville Franche and Mouguerre.
, impossibleto attack the enemy in this r psi-
!ong ns they remained in forc• in it.
determined• to pass the Nive immediately
passage of the Navelie, but was prevented
lit state of the roads, and the swelling of all
itynlets occa.sioped hy the fall of raip in the be,
of that month, but the state of the weather
..6 rands, having at length enabled me to collect the
materials, and make the preparations for forming

for clip passage of that river," moved the
out of their cantonments on the Bth, and or-
that the right of the army under Lieutenant-
' Sir Rowland H4l should pass on the 9th, at
the neighbourhood o cam§o, while Marshal
illiam Beresferd should favour and support his
ition, by passing the 6th division under Lieute-
General Sir Henry Clinton, at Vstaritz ; both
succe=eded completely. The
,enemy were
:tely driven from the right hank of the river(
ned towards Bayonne, by the great road °A
i.Pied de PArt. Those posted opposite catis4
i:srarly interceptel by the Silt division, add
:irons was driven from the road and otilige4
L across the country.
:nervy assembled in considerable force on a
heightvrtuining parallel with the Adopt,.
keeping' Ville Fr:iliac by their right. 'The
aigoese regiment, tinder Colonel Douglas',
9th CTdores, under Colonel Brown, and
;lash light infantry battalions of the 6th divi-
carried this village and the heights in the neigh-
lotulood. The rain which had fallen the preceding
and on. the morning of the Bth, had so de!
the road, that the day had nearly elapsed be-
whole of Sir Rowland Hill's corps bad come
I was therefore satisfied with the possession
grptlnd which we occupied.,
he same day, Lieutenant-General Sic John
with the left of the army under his command,
forward by the great road of St. Jean de Luz
Ilayonne and 'reconnoitred the right of the
entrenched camp under' Bayonne; and the course
. .
.door below the town, after driving in the
posts from the neighbourhood of &aim and
The light division, under Major-General
ikewise moved forward from Baasusarry, and'
itred that part of the enemy's entrenchments-
in Hope and Major-General Alten retired in
ug tp the ground they had before occupied,
Morning of the 10ih, Lieutenant-General
land Hill found that the enemy had retired
position which they had occupied the day
Ore heights, into the entrenched camp on
of the Wive ; and he therefore occupied the
intended for him, with his right towards the
and his lereat Ville Franche; and communi-
ith the centre of the army, under Marshal
iacp Beresford, by a bridge laid over the
and the troops under the Marshal were again
the left of the Nive.
LI Morino% division of Spanish infantiir,
had remained with Sir Rowland Hill when the
Spanish troops wept into cantonments, was
Urcuray with colonel Vivian's brigade of
L4oons at Hasparren,, in order to observe the
Its of the enemy's division under General
ich upon the passage of the Alive had retiTsil
it.
10th, in the morning, the enemy moVO
entrenched camp with their whole army,
exception only of what pccopied the works
to Sir' Rowland Hill's position, and drove
quets of the light division, and of Sir John
:oris,andm.ide a most desperate attack upon
of the former at the chateauind church of
ies, and upon the advanced posts of the latter,
igh road from Bayonne to 4t. Jean de Luz,
Mayor's house at Biaritz. Both attatks
,lsed in the most gallant style bythe troois,
and Sir John Hope's cores took ahout eve hundred
prisoners.

The brunt of the action with Sit John Hope's ad-

Pune* wlij
since the'
appears to
the right
part is co
which fal
rests .npor
ve. • T
on which
vaned p
"towards'i
.river Nita
diTisiort o
Joan Pied
atatoged.
Item;
voittai lo
*NT the
faf Ole lig'
44- Firth
gimbs
41141 n)lds
materials,
bridges fi
troops out
dered that
general
and in Eh'
fiir Willia
.operation,
rant Gem
operation:
immediat
and retie
St. Jean I
bo were.'
one regizt
io march
The en
' range Of
and still
ath Port;
and the I
the Britisl
sion, carri
bottrhood,
.
,nisht, an
stroyed 111
1 fore the v.
isp, and I
o 'l4e tcpi
On the
Hope, H it
moved for
tfl!VaNi 13,
entrenchec
of the Ad
PeTr's
Alten, ilk(
reconnoitre
Sir John
the evenitu
9n the
•
Sir Rowla
from the
before pn
that side o
positic%
Adour, an
eating will
sir Willia
Nive ; and
drawn to tl
General
which had
other Spat
.4 placed at
light dragc
molfernento
whie
towards St
On the
ont of the
with the e
opposite tc
in the picp
‘; Hope's cor
11 the 'post of
4rcangues
on the hig:
near the
were repul.
and Sir Jt
. prisoners.
The hrt