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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



of the strongest and most difficult 

 of access that I have yet seen oc- 

 cupied by troops. 



In their retreat from this posi- 

 tion, the enemy lost a great num- 

 ber of prisoners. 



I cannot sufficiently applaud the 

 conduct of all the general officers, 

 officers and troops, throughout 

 these operations. The attack made 

 by lieutenant-general the earl of 

 Dalhousie was admirably conducted 

 by his lordship, and executed by 

 major-general Inglis and the troops 

 composing his brigade; and that 

 by major-general the hon. Ed- 

 ward Pakenham and major-gene- 

 ral Byng, and that by lieutenant- 

 general sir Lowry Cole, and the 

 movement made by sir Thomas 

 Picton merit my highest commen- 

 dation. 



The latter officer co-operated in 

 the attack of the mountain by 

 detaching troops to his left, in 

 which the hon. lieutenant-colonel 

 Trench was wounded, but I hope 

 not seriously. 



While these operations were go- 

 ing on, and in proportion as I ob- 

 served their success, I detached 

 troops to the support of heutenant- 

 general sir Rowland Hill. 



The enemy appeared in his front 

 late in the morning, and immedi- 

 ately commenced an extended ma- 

 nosuvre upon his left flank, which 

 obliged him to withdraw from a 

 height which he occupied beliind 

 the Lizasso to the next range. He 

 there, however, maintained him- 

 self, and I enclose his report of the 

 conduct of the troops. I continued 

 the pursuit of the enemy, after 

 their retreat from the mountain to 

 Olaque, where I was at sunset, 

 immediately in the rear of their 

 attack upon lieutenant-general 



sir Rowland Hill. They withdrew 

 from his front in the night, and 

 yesterday took up a strong position, 

 with two divisions, to cover their 

 rear in the pass of Dona Maria. 



Lieutenant-general sir Rowland 

 Hill, and the earl of Dalhousie, at- 

 tacked and carried the pass, not- 

 withstanding the vigorous resist- 

 ance of the enemy and the strength 

 of their position. I am concerned 

 to add, that lieutenant-general 

 the hon. Wm. Stewart was wound- 

 ed upon this occasion. 



I enclose lieutenant-general sir 

 Rowland Hill's report. 



In the mean time I moved with 

 major-general Byng's brigade and 

 the 4;th division, under lieutenant- 

 general sir Lowry Cole, by the 

 pass of Velate uponlrurita, in order 

 to turn the enemy's position on 

 Dona Maria. Major-general Byng 

 took, in Elizondo, a large convoy 

 going to the enemy, and made 

 many prisoners. 



We have this day continued the 

 pursuit of the enemy in the valley 

 of the Bidassoa, and many pri- 

 soners and much baggage have 

 been taken. Major-general Byng 

 has possessed himself of the valley 

 of Bastan, and of the position on 

 the Puerto de Maya ; and the army 

 will be this night nearly in the same 

 positions, which they occupied on 

 the 25th of July. 



I trust that H. R. H. the Prince 

 Regent will be satisfied with the 

 conduct of the troops of his ma- 

 jesty and of his allies on this occa- 

 sion. The enemy having been 

 considerably reinforced and re- 

 equipped after their late defeat, 

 made a most formidable attempt 

 to relieve the blockade of Pamp- 

 lona with the whole of their forces, 

 excepting the reserve under ge- 



