Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-15

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the right ofthe army under Lieut.. Cen:
Sir Rowland Hill should pass on the
9th. AZ and in the neighborhood OF Cam.
bo. while Marshal Sir William Beres-
ford should favor and seaport his opera.
ton, by passing the 9Th division under
! ,ieut. Gen: Sir Henry Clinton, at Us.
taraz; both operations succeeded Co.'s
plstely. The enemy were Immediately
driven from the right bank OF the river,
and retired towards Bayonne, by the
grea, road Of ST. Jean Pied de Port.
Those posted opposite Cambo we're
nearly intercepted by the 9th aisision'
and one regiment was driven IRON lne
road and obliged to marcia across tue
country. -.
The enemy assembled in cons'dersp's
force on range Of heights running pa
rallel with the Adoer, and still keePns
Vile Fraache by the right Inc a'h
Portuguese regiment, snder Coionei
Douglas, aud the 9th Cacadores, nhoe'
Cslonel Brown, and the British light ~
fant.y battaiians OF the 9th divisions cav,
r.ied this village and the heights IN inc
peia hporheod. The rain which had isiie
en- the preceding night, ana on Ia,
porning of the slh, had 50 de''royeo
she road, thai the day had nearly crap,
sed bs fore the whole OF Sir Ro"land
Anl's corps had come up, and ! was
therefore satisfied with the possession oil
the ground which We occupied. ;
On the same day, 1t. General SIR J..
Hope, with the left Of the army under
his command, moved forward by the
GREAT road oil ST. Jean de Luz towards
Bayonns, aadrccounoltred the en'rsnch-
ed camp under Bayonne, and the Course
Of the Adoer below the town, alter
driving in the enefay's posts from the
neigbborhood of Biari.z and Auglet
rhe lish, division under Major. Gen
Allen, likewise moved forward from
Basssasarry, and RECOMMENDED that sart
If the eneny's entrenchmenis,
Sir John Hope and Maj'r-General
Alteu retired In the evening to the
ground they had before occupied.
On the morning of the 10th, 1t. Gen.
Sir Rowland Hill found that the enemy
mad retired from the position wh,ca they
had occupied the day before on the
heights, into the eDtrenched camp on
that side of the N;ve; and he Therefore
occupied the position intended 'or hin,
with his right towards the Adour, and
his left at Vile Ffanche, and commanl-
eating with the centre Of the army ua-
der the Marshal SIR VIM, Berefssd, by
bridge laid over the Nive and the
troaps under the Marshal were again
Drawn toihe left Of the Nive.
General Morillo's division OF Spanish
infantry, which had remained with Sir
70 Wand Hill when the other Spanish
.ronp, went into cantonnents, VS.
placed at Ureary with Col. Visian's
brigade Of light dragons at Hasparrie
in order 10 observe The movements OF
inc enetny's division under Gen. Paris,
which upon the passage OF the Niye
had retired towards st Paiais.
Ga the 10th, in the morning, the enc.
nv moved out Of the snfrsRehed camp
with their whole army, WITH the sXcep-
ZION only of what occupied the works ep-
postie to Sir Rowland Helps position, *
drove in the picqucts Of the light diri-
sion, and of Sir John Hopes corps, and
made most desperate attack upon the
post Of the forner, at the chateau & the
church Of Arcaugus. and upon the ad-
yanccd posts Of the fatter, on the bIsh
road from BayoDne to ST. jean de Luz,
near the MAYORS house at BIaritz.
Both attacks were .rcpulsed in the most
gallant style by the troops, and Sir. John
Hopes corps took about 500 prisoners.
The brult Of the action with Sir John
aope's advanced post fell upon the first
par,n guese brigade, under Brig. Gen.
A. Campbell, which we're on duty, and
np9n Major Gen. RooiDson's brigade OF
The 5th division, Which moved up to
their support. It. Gen. Sir John Hope
reports most favorably of the csnduct
Of ,hsse, and of all the other troops en-
gagged /; and bad great satisisctisa ~
folding that this attempt made by the
eaemy upon our left, N order to obilge
MS 20 draw in our right, was completely
defeated by d comparatively snail part
of our force.
| canno, sufficiently applaud the abili.
tn, GOODNESS, and Judgment OF 1t. Gee.
Sir John HOPE, who, with the general
and staff officers under his command,
showed .he troops an example OF gal.
Iantry, which must have tended to pro-
duce the favorable result of the day,
Sir John Hope received severe con-
fusion, which, however, | am happy to
say, has no, deprived me for moment
of the benefit of his assistance.
After the action was over, the regi'
ments of Nassau and Frankfort, under
the command Of Col. Kruse, came over
to tho post. Of Major Gen. Ross bri
,,de. of the 4thF division, which were