Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-15
IoNnON. Dec. 30.
LONDON, Dec. 80.
DeshateAes from Lord Helliagten.
TOTAI. DEFE.ATOF THE
FRENCH.

FRENCH.
At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Ma
ior Hill sid-de-camps TO Lieut. Gen. Sur
Rowland Hill, passed through this cisy
with the Official Dispatches announcing
the defeat Of the French army before
Bayonne.
On the 9,h inst. Gen. Hope attacked
the enemy, bur which was attended with
nothing decisive. On the 10th and nth
SouIt attempted to force our army TO
resass the Neye, ii which he was re-
pulsed with considerable less. On the
i2.a. SoRit brought toe whole OF his
troops from Bayonne, and on the mora
Ing Of the }th attacked the right wing
OF the Ai,isd ArrnY, under Gen. Sir X.
Hill, which Brought on general en-
gsqsment. and ended in the total aefeai
OF the FrrDch ATmr, With loss on their
part oflo,GGO 70 IL, 900 men. Our loss
is estimated at between and 5000 III
killed ana soaodea Coiopels Martin
aud mckenzie, Of ,he Guards. saled !;
Generals Hope, Robinson, and Barnes,
woaaded.
(Saalt is shut up in Bayonre. Lard
Wellington had not crossed the Adeur
on the 18th.
Another e@cer passed through, ex-
press. at seVea TINS morniDg, supposed
with duplicates of tie above dispatches,
and the lis, OF the killed wounded.
The }o!,oyiqg Gccoua, h7s been received
RON Piynou'A.
The Cleaner, Lieut.. Knight, ar
rived this morning with Maicc Hill
bringing dispatches containing the ac-
count Of the glorious series of victories
obtained over the Frelch Army. COM
manaeA by M.rshall Soult. The bat
tie lasted 4 dave. com nenoing on the 9th
and endiug en- the 18Th; the latter day
was the most serious and bloody, the
French h. ing left on the field of battle
upwards Of $500 meh. Their loss on
that day alone exceeded 5000 men, and
in the whole must haze amunted toEear-
" $1,000 They retcested after the bat
tie of the 18Th tote Bayonne, where
Soult. with about 10000 meu, is COM
pletely hem ned in, and surrounded by
the Allied army, Sir Rowland Hill VITA
his division being in advance of Bayonne.
The Allied army, as might be eSpec'ea
in such hard fought battles, sustained
preat ioss-the Guards aloas haa o,'o
killsd: the sTth also suffered severely
But few prisoners wcrc taken. hrse
regiments Of Gsrmans and Dutch de-
serted from the Fienca sof were sm-
barking az tse tins the Gieaaes ss'iea q.
They have since srriyed 't1his port 10
transpert:, under convoy OF the Marshal
gun brig"
DOWNING STREET, Dec. 80.
Major Hin, Aid, de caop to Lieut.. &c.
neral Sir Rowland iI'il, has arrived
WITH diynatcb, Of whieh the following
isa copy. addressed 10 Earl Bathurst
by Field Marshat'he Marquis OF Wei
Iinesen, Z. G. dated
S.r. JEhw DE Lug, Dec. 4.
MI Lo7S-Sioce the epemr's retreat
from tao Sigelle, they had occupied a
nositisn in front of 3arcnns, which had
Lcen .ntrenched With great labor sIHce
the .aalti- fouy ;ht AZ Vi;raria IN jans last.
IL appears to be aader hre ei the "o'ks
oftns slaee. the right rests upon the
Aaonr, anl tao frontin this part is car
ried by A n<~ass. eccasiencd bx a, rivu-.
Ter ~Aieb falls iato the adoor. line
right Of the centre rests upon this same
morass. and its left npan the river Ni'e.
The leEt is Between The nisc and the "a
tlour, on which river the lett rests.
They had their advanced posts from
their right in front of AnRlet and to- to-.
wards Biaritg With their left they de-
Tended the river Nive, and commun'-
Gated VITA General Paris's division OF
The Army of Catalonia, which was at
St. lean Pied De Port, and they bad .
aconsidersbi. corps cantened In Vile
Eranehs aad Moguerre.
T. vas isarnssi6Ie 10 stack the enemy
in this position as long as .hey remained
{ i'm force ia II.
had de,ermired 70 pass the Nive
immeaistely after the passage oil the Nj
yelJe. hut vas prevented By the bad state
ofroaas. and the swelling Of all the RI.
vsIet, eccassoped nv the fall of'rain in
the bseinn,ing Of that month, bat tbe
state of the weather and rosds, having
AZ length enabled me to collect the me-
terisis, and make the preparations ter
forming bridges for the pussars p taa'
river. moved the troops out OF toehs
csn:cnnents on the 9Th. and ordered that