APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



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and 



having ascertained the 

 of the action of the 



June, 



result of the action of the 2lst, 

 still remained in the neighbourhood 

 ' of Logrono on the 24th, and till 

 late on the 25th, and had not 

 inarched for Tudela, as I had been 

 informed, when I wrote my dis- 

 patch of the 24?th ult.; I conceived, 

 therefore, that there was some 

 prospect of intercepting hisretreat; 

 and after sending the light troops 

 towards Roncesvalles in pursuit of 

 the army under Joseph Buonaparte, 

 I moved the light, 4th, 3rd, and 

 7th divisions, and colonel Grant's 

 and major-general Ponsonby's bri- 

 gades of cavalry, towards Tudela, 

 and the 5lh and 6th divisions, and 

 the household and general D'Or- 

 ban's cavalry, from Vittoria to Sal- 

 vatierra, towards Logrono, in 

 hopes that I should be able to in- 

 tercept general Clausel. He, 

 however, made some extraordinary 

 forced marches followed by gen. 

 Mina with his own cavalry, and 

 the regiment of Spanish cavalry 

 under the command of Don Julian 

 Sanchez, and arrived at Tudela on 

 the evening of the 27th. He there 

 crossed the Ebro, but the Alcade 

 having informed him that we were 

 upon the road, he immediately re- 

 crossed, and marched towards Za- 

 ragossa, where I understand 

 from general Mina, he has since 

 arrived. 



General Mina is still following 

 the enemy, and he has taken from 

 him two pieces of cannon, and 

 some stores in Tudela, and 200 

 prisoners. Lieut.-general Clinton 

 has also taken possession of five 

 guns, which the enemy left at Lo- 

 grono. In the mean time the 

 troops under the command of 

 lieutenant-general sir R. Hill have 

 kept the blockade of Pamplona, 



and have moved through the / 

 mountains to the head of the Bi- 

 dassoa, the enemy having entirely 

 retired into France on that side. 



I enclose the report which I 

 have received from lieut.-general 

 sir T. Graham, of his actions with 

 the enemy on the 24th and 25th 

 of June, which appear to have 

 been more serious than I had ima- 

 gined, when I addressed your lord- 

 ship on the 26th ult. 



General Foy had with hira the 

 garrison of Bilboa, and those of 

 Mondragon and Tolosa, besides 

 his division of the army of Portu- 

 gal, and his force was considerable. 

 It gives me great satisfaction to see 

 that the Spanish and Portuguese 

 troops mentioned by sirT. Graham 

 have conducted themselves so 

 well. 



The lieutenant-general has con- 

 tinued to push on the enemy by 

 the high road, and has dislodged 

 them from all the strong positions 

 which they had taken ; and yes- 

 terday a brigade of the army of 

 Galicia, under the command of 

 general Castanos, attacked and 

 drove the enemy across the Bidas- 

 soa, by the bridge of Irun. The 

 enemy still maintained a post in a 

 strong stone block-house, which 

 served as a head to the bridge,and 

 some troops in some loopholed 

 houses on the right of the Bidas- 

 soa: but general Giron having 

 sent for some Spanish artillery, 

 and captain Dubourdieu's brigade 

 of nine-pounders having been sent 

 to their support, the fire of these 

 guns obliged the enemy to evacu- 

 ate, and they blew up the block- 

 house, and burnt the bridge- 

 Sir Thomas Graham reports, 

 that in all these affairs the Spanish 

 troops have behaved remarkably 



