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

under
on 4E7,

...at favourably - conduct of those,
the other troops engaged; and I had great satisfac-
tion in finding that this attempt made by the enemy
upon our left, in order to oblige us to draw in our
right, was completely defeated by a comparatively
small part of our force. -
I cannot sufficiently applaud the ability, coolness,
and judgmeptof Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope,
who, with the General and Staff Officers under his
command, shewed the troops an • e;ample of gallan-
try, which must have tended to produce the favour-
able result of the day: -
Sir John Hope received a seyere contusion, which,
however, I am happy to say, has not deprived me for
a moment of the bet t& of his assistance.
After the action was over, the regiments of Nassau
and Frankfort, under the command of Colonel Kruse,
came over to the poits of Major4eneral Ross's bri-
gade, of the 4th divisiop, which were formed for the
support of the center:
When the night closed, the enespy were still in
large force in front of our posts, on the ground from
which they had driven the picquets. They retired,,
however, during the night, from Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Sir John Hope's front, leaving small posts, whieh
were immediately driven in, They still occupied, in
force, the ridge on which the picquets of the light di:
'on had stood ; and it was obyious that the whole
army was still in front of our left ; and ahout three
in the afternoon, they again droye in Lieutenant:Ge-
neral Sir John Hope's picquets, and attacked his
.tlist
!posts. They were again repulsed with considerable
loss,
'the attack was recommenced on the morning of
the 12th, with the same want of soccess ; the first di-
vision, under Majosh:General Howard, having relieved
the fifth diyision ; and the enemy discontinued it in
the afternoon, and retired entirely within the entrench-
ed camp on that night." They never renewed the at-
tack on the posts of the light division after thp 10th•
Lieutenant General Sir John Hope reports most
favourably of the conduct of all the officers and
troops, particularly of the Ist roTtuguese brigade, un-
der Brigadier General Archibald Campbell ; and of
Major General Robinson's, and Major General Hay's
brigade of the sth division, under the command oil
'theliopourable Colonel Greville. He mentions, par-
ticularly, Major General Hay, commanding the sth
divisiop, Major Geperals Robinion and Bradford,
Brigadier psilcral Campbell, colonels De Regoa and',
Greville, cositp4nding the several brigades, Lieute.!
nant Colonel Lloyd, of the 84th, who was unfortu.
nately killed, Lieutenant Colonels, Barnes of the
.royals, and Cameron of the Qtli, Captain Ramsay of
lib* Royal Horse Artillery, Colonel De LaneeY, Pe-
jlnty quarter Master General, and Lieutenant Colo-
nel hit Donald, Assistant Adjutant General, attached
to Sir John Hope's corps, and the ofscers of his per-
sonal Staff. . , • , . •
The Ist division, under Major General liti*ard
. ~_
were not engaged grail the 12th, when the enemy%
attack was more feeble ; but the Guards conducted
themselves with their psual spirit.

The enemy having thus failed in all their attack;,
with their whole force upon our left, withdrew into
their intrencl►ments, on *the night of the 4th, and
passed a large force through Dayonne, with which
on the morning of the 13th, they made a most des-
perate attack !pots Lieutenant qeneral Sir gow-
land Hill. .

In expectation of this attack, I bad requested
Marshal Sir W. Ileresford to reinforce the Liente-
nant-General with the 6,th division, which crossed
the Nive at daylight on that moping i and fttr7
ther reinforcCd him by the 4th division, and two bri-
gades of the 3d division.
The expected arrival of the fith division gave the
Lieutenant-General great facility in making his
Fr Movements i but the troops under his own immediate
command, had defeated and repulsed the enemy
with immense loss before their arrival. The principal
attack having been made along the high road, from
Ilayoffne to St. lean Pied-de-Purt. Major-Gen. Barne's
brigade of British infantry, and the sth Portuguese
lorigade, under Brigadier-General Ashworth, were
particularly engaged in the contest with the enemy on
that point, and these trpopsconducted themselves ad-
mirably. The Portuguese division of infantry, un-
der the command of Mariscal del Campo Don F. le
Cor, moved to their support on their left in a very
gallant style, and regained an important position be-
tween these troops and Major-General Pringle's. bri-
gade, engaged with the enemy in front of Ville
Franche. 1 had great satisfaction also in observing
the conduct of Major-General Dyng's brigade of Brit-
ish lafantryi supported by the 4th Portuguese bri-
gade, under the•command of Brigadier-General Au.
than, in carrying an important height from the enemy
on the right of our position, and maintaining it against
all their efforts tp regain it:
Two guns and some prisoners were taken from the
enemy, who being beaten 'at all points, and haying
suffered considerable loss, were obliged to retire upon
their intreachment.
It gives me the greatest satisfaction to have atm-
F thet• opportunity of reporting my sense of the merits
services of Liqnicoant-Geneial Sir Rowland Hill