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Ebro, had necessarily extended 

 our columns, and we halted on the 

 20th in order to close them up, 

 and moved the left to Margina, 

 where it was most likely it would 

 be necessary : I reconnoitered the 

 enemy's position on that day, with 

 a view to the attack to be made 

 on the following morning, if they 

 should still remain in it. We ac- 

 cordingly attacked the enemy yes- 

 terday, and I am happy to inform 

 ■ your lordship, that the allied army, 

 under my command, gained a 

 Complete victory ; having driven 

 them from all their positions, hav- 

 ing taken from them 151 pieces of 

 cannon, 415 waggons of ammuni- 

 tion, all their baggage, provisions, 

 cattle, treasure, &c. and a consi- 

 derable number of prisoners. The 

 operations of the day commenced 

 by lieut.-general sir Rowland 

 Hill obtaining possession of the 

 heights of La Puebla, on which the 

 enemy's left rested, which heights 

 they had not occupied in great 

 strength. He detached on this 

 service one brigade of the Spanish 

 division under general Murillo; 

 the other brigade being employed 

 in keeping the communication be- 

 tween his main body, on the high 

 road from Miranda to Vittoria, and 

 the troops detached to the heights, 

 -The enemy, however, soon dis- 

 covered the importance of the 

 hsights, and reinforced the troops 

 there to such an extent, as that 

 lieutenant-general sir Rowland 

 Hill was obliged to detach^ first, 

 the 71st regiment, and the light 

 infantry battalion of major-general 

 Walker's brigade, under the com- 

 mand of the hon. lieut.-coloncl 

 Cadogan, and successively other 

 troops, to the same point ; and the 

 allies not only gained, but main- 



tained possession of these import- 

 ant heights throughout their ope- 

 rations, notwithstanding all the 

 efforts of the enemy to retake 

 them. The contest here, however, 

 was very severe, and the loss sus- 

 tained considerable. General Mu- 

 rillo was wounded, but remained 

 in the field ; and lam concerned 

 to have to report, that the hon. 

 lieut.-colonel Cadogan has died 

 of a wound which he received. In 

 him his majesty has lost an officer 

 of great zeal, and tried gallantry, 

 who had already acquired the re- 

 spect and regard of the whole pro- 

 fession, and of whom it might be 

 expected, that if he had lived he 

 would have rendered the most im- 

 portant services to his country. 

 Under cover of the possession of 

 these heights, sir Rowland Hill 

 successively passed the Zadora, at 

 la Puebla, and the defile formed.by 

 the heights and the river Zadora, 

 and attacked and gained possession 

 of the village of Sabijana de Alava, 

 in front of the enemy's line, which 

 the enemy made repeated attempts 

 to regain. The difficult nature of 

 the country prevented the com- 

 munication between our difierent 

 columns moving to the attack from 

 their stations on the river Bayas at 

 as early an hour as I had expected, 

 and it was late before I knew that 

 the column composed of the 3rd 

 and 7th divisions under the com- 

 mand of the earl of Dalhousie, 

 had arrived at the station appointed 

 for them. The 4th and light di- 

 visions, however,passed the Zadora 

 immediately after sir Rowland Hill 

 had possession of Sabijana deAlava, 

 the former at the bridge of Nan- 

 ciaus, and the latter at the bridge 

 of Tres Puentcs ; and almost as 

 soon as tliese Und crossed, the co- 



