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the wood suffered severely from the fire of the French volti-
geurs, and the combat was maintained here till the bead of a
column directed by Sir Rowland Hill to advance along the
lofty ridge running from the Puebla mountains, appeared
upon the enemy's flank. About this time, the fourth and
light division under General Cole passed the Zadorra; the
former at the bridge of Nanclares, the latter at that of Tres
Puentes. Almost as soon as these had crossed, the column
under the Earl of Dalhousie reached its point of attack ; and
the third division under Sir Thomas Picton, followed by the
seventh under the earl, crossed the bridge on the Mondonza
road higher up. These four divisions formed rapidly on the
left of the Zadorra, and advanced against the enemy's right
centre ; while their left centre was immediately exposed to a
flank attack by the complete success of Sir Rowland Hill,
who now followed up their retre'tt from Snbijana de Alava
with his wonted steadiness and vigour. The allied columns
which advanced against the enemy's right centre were furi-
ously engaged. They were received with a most destructive
fire; but they moved on in admirable order, notwithstanding
the difficulty of the ground. It was not possible for the move-

meats of any troops to be conducted with more
gularity• The advance was made with echellons
lines, according to the na
General Colville, in Pict
up, and was first enza

spirit and re-
-1 two or three

g on the left, led
upon it hotly in

ly held ground against
we before it this body,

very superior force ; ii not only stou
this attack, but, assailing in turn, dro
and, coming on its reserve lines well formed, overthrew them
at the bayonet's Point, and captured their guns. In the vil-
lage of Arinez, the enemy foughti for a time with'
better suc-
cess ; but it was at last car by the bayonet. As the fourth
and fifth division advanced,
long,
rlthe French fell back upon Vit-
toria in good order. s
P, however, as they did main-
Ives against these attacks 3( of their centre,* the fire
il' ',7 was terrible . guns were thundering from
6 While the right
and centre of the allies
us v rously ursuing
the
mas Grpaham, Suppoir rtseudccess, the left column,
by a Spanish division
I Giron, attacked the
he village of Abechuco,
and carried
right on the
carried them gal-
,ne, Sir Thomas Graham directed General
the post of Gamarra mayor,
tack Ahechuco. Both , and
theseformed the
villages hay-
re Zac \ were strongly
a brigade of occupied. Ga-
tormetGeneral Oswald's
iat th vonet's point without firing
• a veryheavy fire of a
nson, artillery
i
to this gallant attack
his tin co.
with the su port of two guns of Major
'ir Thomas Graham now
•y in battery against the
of this tire, colonel Halket, with
--4. d by a brigade of Poi--
- '-"iged the ene-
Tan battal-
While this

tain tbeu....;
of their artiller

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under Ger

heights above r
lantly. This d
Oswald to assai,
first division to
ing bridges over
marra Mayor w.

division, and cam,_
shot. General Robinson,
and musketry, led up his troops
lumns of battalions
Lawson's brigade
placed two brigades of field
Abechuco ; and under covP-
the German light bat'
tuguese infantry under
my by so resolute are
ions took two 5,'"

a-
combat took plat

.ul,t that one of the Ger

id a howizer on tl

TaCle the greatest

huco, the eneri

efforts to retake Gamarra Mayor; hut general Oswald de-
feated them with the same gallantry which bad distinguished
his first attack. Upon the:heights on the left of the Zadorra
the enemy still had two divisions of infantry in reserve, post-
ed so strongly that it was not possible as yet for the troops
of Sir Thomas Graham to nass the brides which they had

so bravely taken ; but they waited eagerly for that moment
when the perfected combination of Lord Wellington should
loosen them to pursue ; for already they could hear the ad-
vancing battle in the centre. No sooner had the allies passed
Vittoria in pursuit of the enemy's centre and left, than Sir
Thomas Graham, pushing across the river, took possession
of the road to Bayonne.--(From Military Memoirs of the
Duke of Wellington.)

ich the Frencch centre stood, are by
tradition the same on which the English under Edward the
Black Prince obtained a complete victory over the army of
Henry the Bastard, and seated don Pedro, the rightful king,
on the throne.

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