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was effected on the night of the 

 26th ; and the enemy's detacli- 

 ment on that island were made 

 prisoners. Captain Cameron, of 

 the 9th, had the command of the 

 detachment which effected this 

 operation, and sir Thomas Graham 

 particularly applauds his conduct, 

 and that of captain Henderson, of 

 the royal engineers. 



The conduct of lieut. the hon. 

 James Arbuthnot, of the royal 

 navy, who commanded the boats, 

 was highly meritorious, as like- 

 wise that of lieut. Bell of the royal 

 marines. 



All that it was deemed practi- 

 cable to carry into execution, in 

 order to facilitate the approach to 

 the breaches before made in the 

 wall of the town, having been 

 effected on the 30th of August, 

 and another breach having been 

 made at the termination of the 

 curtain, the place was stormed at 

 11 o'clock in the day of the 31st, 

 and carried. The loss on our side 

 has been severe. Lieut-gen. sir 

 James Leith, who had joined the 

 army only two days before, and 

 major-generals Oswald and Robin- 

 son were unfortunately wounded in 

 the breach ; and col. sir Richard 

 Fletcher, of the royal engineers, 

 was killed by a musket-ball at the 

 mouth of the trenches. In this 

 officer, and in lieutenant-colonel 

 Crawford of the 9th regiment, his 

 majesty's service has sustained a 

 verious loss. 



I have the honour to enclose 

 lieutenant-general sir Thomas 

 Graham's report of this operation, 

 in which your lordship will ob- 

 ■erve, with pleasure, another dis- 

 •inguished instance of the gallan- 

 try and perseverance of hiu majes- 



ty's officers and troops, under the 

 most trying difficulties. 



All reports concur in praise of 

 the conduct of the detachment from 

 the 10th Portuguese brigade, un- 

 der major Snodgrass, which cross- 

 ed the river Urumea, and stormed 

 the breach on the right, under all 

 the fire which could be directed 

 upon them from the castle and 

 town. 



The garrison retired to the 

 castle, leaving about 270 prisoners 

 in our hands ; and I hope that I 

 shall soon have the pleasure to in- 

 form your lordship that we have 

 possession of that post. 



Since the fire against St. Sebas- 

 tian had been recommenced, the 

 enemy had drawn the greatest part 

 of their force to the camp of 

 Urogne, and there was every rea- 

 son to believe, that they would 

 make an attempt to relieve the 

 place. 



Three divisions of the 4th Spa- 

 nish array, commanded by general 

 Don Manuel Freyre, occupied the 

 heights of San Marcial, and the 

 town of Irun, by which the ap- 

 proach to St. Sebastian, by the 

 high road, was covered and pro* 

 tected, and they were supported by 

 the 1st division of British infantry, 

 under major-general Howard, and 

 major-general lord Aylmer's bri- 

 gade, on their left, and in the rear 

 of Irun ; and by gen. Longa's divi- 

 sion encamped near the Sierra de 

 Aya, in rear of their right. In 

 order to secure them still further, 

 I moved two brigades of the -tth 

 division, on the 30th, to the con- 

 vent of San Antonio, one of which 

 (gen. Ross's), under lieutenant- 

 general the hon. sir Lowry Cole, 

 moved up the same day to the 



