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brigade, under brigadier-general 

 Wilson, to cross that river in three 

 columns below, and in one above 

 the site of the bridge, under the 

 command of major-general Hay, 

 the hon. colonel Greville, major- 

 general the hon. Edward Stop- 

 ford, and major-general Howard ; 

 and lieut.-general Don Manuel 

 Freyre directed that part of the 

 4th Spanish array under his im- 

 mediate command, to cross in three 

 columns at fords, above those at 

 which the allied British and Por- 

 tuguese troops passed. The former 

 were destined to carry the enemy's 

 entrenchments about and above 

 Andaye, while the latter should 

 carry those on the Montagne- 

 Verte and on the height of Man- 

 dale, by which they were to turn 

 the enemy's left. 



The operations of both bodies 

 of troops succeeded in every point. 

 The British and Portuguese troops 

 took seven pieces of cannon in the 

 redoubts and batteries, which they 

 carried, and the Spanish troops 

 one piece of cannon in those by 

 them. 



I had particular satisfaction in 

 observing the steadiness and gal- 

 lantry of all the troops. The 9th 

 British regiment were very strongly 

 opposed, charged with bayonets, 

 more than once, and have suffered ; 

 but I am happy to add, that in 

 other parts of these corps our loss 

 has not been severe. 



The Spanish troops under lieut.- 

 general Don Manuel Freyre be- 

 haved admirably, and turned and 

 carried the enemy's intrenchments 

 in the hill with great dexterity and 

 gallantry : and 1 am much indebt- 

 ed to the lieutenant-general, and 

 to lieutenant-general sir Thomas 

 Graham, and to the general and- 



staff officers of both corps, for the 

 execution of the arrangements for 

 this operation. 



Lieutenant-general sir Thomas 

 Graham, having thus established, 

 within the French territory, the 

 troops of the allied British and 

 Portuguese army, which had been 

 so frequently distinguished under 

 his command, resigned the com- 

 mand to lieut.-general sir John 

 Hope, who had arrived from Ire- 

 land the preceding day. 



While this was going on upon 

 the left, major-general C. Baron 

 Alten attacked, with the light di- 

 vision, the enemy's entrenchments 

 in the Puerto de Vera, supported 

 by the Spanish division under bri- 

 gadier-general Longa ; and the 

 Marescal del Campo Don Pedro 

 Giron attacked the enemy's in- 

 trenchments and posts on the 

 mountain, called La Rhune, im- 

 mediately on the right of the light 

 division, with the army of reserve 

 of Andalusia. 



Colonel Colborne, of the 52nd 

 regiment, who commanded major- 

 general Skerritt's brigade, in the 

 absence of the major-general, on 

 account of his health, attacked the 

 enemy's right in a camp which 

 they had strongly intrenched ; and 

 the 52nd regiment, under the com- 

 mand of major Mein, charged in 

 a most gallant style, and carried 

 the intrenchments with thebayonet. 

 The J St and 3rd ca^adores, and the 

 2nd battalion 95th regiment, aswell 

 as the 52nd, distinguished them- 

 selves in this attack. 



Major-general Kemp's brigade 

 attacked by the Puerto, where the 

 opposition vraa not so severe ; and 

 major-general Charles Alten has 

 reported his sense of the judgment 

 displayed both by themajor-general 



