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the Torraes and Douro ; and lord 

 Wellington repaired to the troops 

 on the Esla, beyond the Douro, 

 under sir Thomas Graham. The 

 army continued to advance by 

 Zamora to Toro, beyond which 

 latter place, on June 2nd, the ad- 

 vanced guard of English hussars 

 fell in with a considerable body of 

 the enemy's cavalry, which they 

 overthrew, and pursued many 

 miles, taking from them above 

 SOOprisoners. The French troopsat 

 Madrid, and the detachments on the 

 Tagus had already broken up and 

 crossed the Douro, and Valladolid 

 was entirely evacuated on the 4th. 

 On the 7th, the allied army crossed 

 the Carrion ; and on the three sub- 

 sequent days followed the enemy 

 across the Pisuerga. On the 12th, 

 lord Wellington moved forward 

 his right wing under sir R. Hill to 

 reconnoitre the enemy's position 

 and numbers near Burgos, and to 

 force them to a decision whether 

 they would abandon the castle, or 

 endeavour to protect it. They 

 were found strongly posted on the 

 heights ; but their right being 

 turned by the allied army, and 

 their left threatened, they quitted 

 their position, and began a retreat 

 across the Arlanzon, which they 

 conducted in such excellent order, 

 that although vigorously pushed by 

 the cavalry, they sustained little 

 loss. In the night they retired 

 with their whole force through 

 Burgos, having destroyed, as far 

 as they were able, the defences of 

 the castle which they had con- 

 structed at great expense ; and 

 they marched towards the Ebro, 

 on the road to Miranda. On the 

 Ikii and 15th, the allied army 

 crossed the Lbro, and continued 

 its march towards Vittoria. The 



enemy assembled a considerable 

 corps at Espeio, which marched to 

 Osma, and there encountered sir 

 T. Graham. They made an at- 

 tack upon him, but were repulsed 

 and pursued to Espeio. At the 

 same time a French detachment 

 which had moved from Frias upon 

 St. Millan was driven from that 

 place with loss, by the light divi- 

 sion of the allied army under 

 major-gen. Alten. 



The French army, commanded 

 by Joseph Buonaparte, having mar- 

 shal Jourdan as his major-general, 

 and consisting of the whole of the 

 armies of the south, and centre, of 

 four divisions, and all the cavalry 

 of the army of Portugal, and some 

 troops of the army of the north, 

 took up a position on the night of 

 June 19th, in front of Vittoria, 

 its left resting on the heights which 

 terminate at Puebla d' Arlanzon, 

 and extending from thence across 

 the valley of Zadora, its centre 

 occupying a height which com- 

 manded the valley of Zadora, and 

 its right stationed near Vittoria, 

 for the purpose of defending the 

 passages of the river Zadora, near 

 that city. The allied army halted 

 on the 20th, in order to close up 

 its columns, and on that day lord 

 Wellington reconnoitred the ene- 

 my's position preparatory to an 

 attack on the morrow. For the 

 particular detail of the battle of 

 Vittoria, fought on the 21st, we 

 must refer to our extract from the 

 LondonGazette, only here touching 

 upon its principal circumstances. 

 The operations began with the 

 occupation of the enemy's post on 

 the heights of la Peubla by sir Row- 

 land Hill, who first detached a 

 Spanish brigade under general 

 Murillo on this service. The ene? 



