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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



rit which is characteristic of the 

 British navy. 



I cannot sufficiently applaud the 

 conduct of Mariscal de Campo 

 Don Manuel Freyer, the com- 

 mander-in-chief of the 4th Spa- 

 nish army, who, whilst he made 

 every disposition which was proper 

 for the troops under his command, 

 set them an example of gallantry, 

 which having been followed by the 

 general officers, chiefs, and other 

 officers of the regiments, ensured 

 the success of the day. In his re- 

 port, in which I concur, the ge- 

 neral expresses the difficulty which 

 he finds of selecting particular in- 

 stances of gallantry, in a case in 

 which all have conducted tl>em- 

 selves so well ; but he has particu- 

 larly mentioned general Mendiza- 

 bel,who volunteered his assistance, 

 and commanded on the height of 

 San Marcial ; Mariscal de Campo 

 Losado, who commanded in the 

 centre, and was wounded ; Maris- 

 cal de Campo Jose Garcia de Pa- 

 redes, the commanding officer of 

 the artillery ; brigadiers Don Juan 

 Diaz Porlier, Don Jose Maria Es- 

 peleta, Don Stanislas Sanchez Sal- 

 vado ; the chief of the staff of the 

 fourth army, and Don Antonio 

 Roselly ; and colonel Fuentes Pita, 

 the commanding engineer, Don 

 Juan Loarte, of the regiment de la 

 Constitirtion, and Don Juan Uarte 

 Mendia. 



Major-general Inglis, and the 

 regiments in his brigade of the 

 seventh division, conducted them- 

 selves remarkably well. The 51st 

 regiment, under colonel Mitchell, 

 aM the 68th, under lieut.-colonel 

 HawkVng, covered the change of 

 position by the troops from the 

 heights between the Bidassoa and 

 Lezaca, to those of San Autonio : 



and these corps were distin- 

 guished. 



Throughout these operations 

 I have received every assistance 

 from the adjutant-general, major- 

 generalPakenham, and the quarter- 

 master - general, major - general 

 Murray, and all the officers 

 of the staff, and of my own 

 family. 



I transmit this dispatch by ma- 

 jor Hare, acting assistant adjutant- 

 general with this army, attached 

 to lieutenant-general sir Thomas 

 Graham, whom I beg leave 

 to recommend to your lordship's 

 protection. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



Wellington. 



P. S. I enclose a return of the 

 killed and wounded in the opera- 

 tions of the 31st ult. and 1st inst. 

 and returns of the loss before San 

 Sebastian from the 28th of July to 

 the 31st of August. 



Oyarztm, Sept. 1, 1813. 



My lord; — In obedience to yoUr 

 lordship's orders of the preceding 

 day, to attack and form a lodgment 

 on the breach of St. Sebastian, 

 which now extended to the left, 

 so as to embrace the outermost 

 tower, the end and front of the 

 curtain immediately over the left 

 bastion, as well as the faces of the 

 bastion itself, the assault took place 

 at eleven o'clock, a. m. yesterday ; 

 and I have the honour to report 

 to your lordship, that the heroic 

 perseverance of all the troops con- 

 cerned was at last crowned with 

 success. 



The column of attack was form- 

 ed of the second brigade of the 

 5th division, commanded by major- 

 general Ilobinson, with an irame- 



