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carried, the light battah'on having 

 charged and taken three guns and 

 a howitzer on the bridge : this 

 attack was supported by general 

 Bradford's brigade of Portuguese 

 infantry. During the operation at 

 Abecliuco, the enemy made the 

 greatest efforts to repossess them- 

 selves of the village of Gamarro 

 Major, which were gallantly re- 

 pulsed by the troops of the 5th 

 division, under the command of 

 major-general Oswald. The ene- 

 my had, however, on the heights 

 on the left of the Zadora, two 

 divisions of infantry in reserve, and 

 it was impossible to cross by the 

 bridges till the troops which had 

 moved upon the enemy's centre 

 and left had driven them through 

 Vittoria. The whole then co- 

 operated in the pursuit, which was 

 continued by all till after it was 

 dark. The movement of the troops 

 under lieut.-general sir Thomas 

 Graham, and their possession of 

 Gamarra and Abechuco, intercept- 

 ed the enemy's retreat by the high 

 road to France. They were then 

 obliged to turn to the road towards 

 Pamplona ; but they were unable 

 to hold any position for a sufficient 

 length of time to allow their bag- 

 gage and artillery to be drawn off. 

 The whole, therefore, of the latter, 

 which had not already been taken 

 by the troops in their attack of the 

 successive positions, taken up by 

 the enemy in their retreat from 

 their first position on Aruney and 

 on the Zadora, and all their am- 

 munition and baggage, and every 

 thing they had, were taken close 

 to Vittoria. I have reason to be- 

 lieve that the enemy carried off 

 with them one gun and one how- 

 itzer only. The army under Joseph 

 Buonaparte consisted of the whole 

 of the armies of the south and of 



the centre, and of four divisions, 

 and all the cavalry of the army of 

 Portugal, and some troops of the 

 army of the north. General Foix's 

 division of the army of Portugal 

 was in the neighbourhood of Bil- 

 boa; and general Clausel, who 

 commands the army of the north, 

 was nearLogrono with one division 

 of the army of Portugal, com- 

 manded by general Topin, and 

 general Vandermassen's division of 

 the army of the north. The 6th 

 division of the allied army, under 

 major-general the hon. Edward 

 Pakenham, was likewise absent, 

 having been detained at Medina 

 del Pomar for three days, to cover 

 the march of our magazines and 

 stores. I cannot extol too highly 

 the good conduct of all the general 

 officers, officers, and soldiers of the 

 army in this action. Lieutenant- 

 general sir Rowland Hill speaks 

 highly of the conduct of general 

 Murillo, and the Spanish troops 

 under his command, and of that of 

 lieut.-general the hon. W. Stew- 

 art and the conde d'Amarante, 

 who commanded divisions of in- 

 fantry under his directions. He like- 

 wise mentions the conduct of the 

 hon. lieut.-colonel O'Callagan, 

 who maintained the village of Sa- 

 bijana de Alava against all the 

 efforts of the enemy to regain pos- 

 session of it, and that of lieut.- 

 col. Brooke, of the adjutant-gene- 

 ral's department, and lieutenant- 

 col, the hon. Alexander Aber- 

 cromby, of the quarter-master- 

 general's department. It was im- 

 possible for the movements of any 

 troops to be conducted with more 

 spirit and regularity than those of 

 these respective divisions of lieut.- 

 general the earl of Dalhousie, sir 

 Thomas Picton, sir Lowry Cole, 

 and major-general Charles Baron 



