APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



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neral Villalte, which remained in 

 front of our troops on the great 

 road from Irun. 



This attempt has been entirely 

 frustrated by the operations of a 

 part only of the allied army, and 

 the enemy have sustained a defeat 

 and suffered a severe loss in both 

 officers and men. 



The enemy's expectations of suc- 

 cess, beyond the point of raising 

 the blockade of Pamplona, were 

 certainly very sanguine. They 

 brought into Spain a large body of 

 cavalry, and a great number of 

 guns, neither of which arms could 

 be used to any great extent by 

 either party in the battle which 

 took place. They sent off the guns 

 to St. Jean de Pied de Port on 

 the evening of the 28th, which 

 have thus returned to France in 

 safety. 



The detail of the operations will 

 show your lordship how much rea- 

 son I have to be satisfied with the 

 conduct of all the general officers, 

 officers, and troops. It is impos- 

 sible to describe the enthusiastic 

 bravery of the fourth division ; and 

 I was much indebted to lieute- 

 nant-general sir Lowry Cole, for 

 the manner in which he direct- 

 ed their operations ; to major- 

 general Anson, major-general 

 Ross, major-general Byng, and 

 brigadier-general Campbell, of 

 Ihe Portuguese service. All the 

 officers commanding, and the offi- 

 cers of the regiments, were re- 

 markable for their gallantry ; but 

 1 particularly observed lieutenant- 

 I colonel OToole, of the 7th Ca- 

 jadores, in the charge upon the 

 enemy on our left, on the 28th, 

 and captain Joaquim Tclles Jur- 

 dao, of the 11th Portuguese regi- 



ment in the attack of the moun- 

 tain on the 30th. 



I beg to draw your lordship's 

 attention, likewise, to the valuable 

 assistance I received, throughout 

 these operations, from lieutenant- 

 general sir Rowland Hill, fronn 

 lieutenant-general the earl of 

 Dalhousie, and sir Thomas Picton, 

 in those of the 30th and 31st of 

 July. 



To the Conde del Abisbal also I 

 am indebted for every assistance it 

 was in his power to give, con- 

 sistently with his attention to the 

 blockade. I have already men- 

 tioned the conduct of the regiments 

 of Pravia and El Principe, belong- 

 ing to the army of reserve of Anda- 

 lusia, in a most trying situation ; 

 and the whole corps appeared ani- 

 mated by the same zealous spirit 

 which pervaded all the troops in 

 that position. 



Marshal sir William Beresford 

 was with me throughout these ope- 

 rations, and I received from him all 

 the assistance which his talents so 

 well qualify him to afford me. The 

 good conduct of the Portuguese 

 officers and troops in all the opera- 

 tions of the present campaign, and 

 the spirit which they show on every 

 occasion, are not less honourable to 

 that nation, than they are to the 

 military character of the officer, 

 who, by his judicious measures, 

 has re-established discipline and 

 revived a military spirit in the 

 army. 



I have again to draw your lord- 

 ship's attention to the valuable as- 

 sistancel received throughout these 

 operations from the Quarter-mas- 

 ter-general major-general Mur- 

 ray, and the adjutant-general 

 major-general Pakenham, and the 



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