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tion, had the whole of it fortified, 

 and their right, in particular, had 

 been made so strong, that I did 

 not deem it expedient to attack it 

 in front. 



Pamplona having surrendered on 

 the 31st of October, and the right 

 of the army having been disen- 

 gaged from covering the blockade 

 of that place, I moved lieutenant- 

 general sir Rowland Hill, on the 

 6th and 7th, into the valley of 

 Bastan, as soon as the state of the 

 roads, after the recent rains, would 

 permit, intending to attack the 

 enemy on the 8th instant ; but 

 the rain which fell on the 7ih 

 instant, having again rendered the 

 roads impracticable, I was obliged 

 to defer the attack till the 10th, 

 when we completely succeeded in 

 carrying all the positions on the 

 enemy's left and centre, in se- 

 parating the former from the latter, 

 and by these means turning the 

 enemy's strong positions occupied 

 by their right on the lower Ni- 

 velle, which they were obliged to 

 evacuate during the night, having 

 taken 51 pieces of cannon, and 

 1,400 prisoners. 



The object of the attack being 

 to for"e the enemy's centre and 

 to establish our army in rear of 

 their right, the attack was made 

 in columns of divisions, each led 

 by the general officer command- 

 ing it, aud each forming its own 

 reserve. Lieutenant-general sir 

 Rowland Hill directed the move- 

 ment of the right, consisting of 

 the 2nd division, under lieutenant- 

 general the hon. sir William 

 Stewart; the 6th division, under 

 lieutenant-general sir H. Clin- 

 ton ; a Portuguese division, under 

 lieutenant-general sir John Ha- 

 milton; and a Spanish division, 



under general Morillo, and co- 

 lonel Grant's brigade of cavalry, 

 and a brigade of Portuguese ar- 

 tillery, under lieutenant-colonel 

 Tulloh, and three mountain guns, 

 under lieutenant Robe, which at- 

 tacked the positions of the enemy 

 behind Anhoue. 



Marshal sir William Beresford 

 directed the movements of the 

 right of the centre, consisting of 

 the 3rd division under major-ge- 

 neral the hon. Charles Colville ; 

 the seventh division, under ma- 

 riscal de Campo Le Cor ; and 

 the fourth division, under lieu- 

 tenant-general the hon. Lowry 

 Cole. The latter attacked the re- 

 doubts in front of Sarre, that vil- 

 lage and the heights behind it, sup- 

 ported on the left by the army of 

 reserve of Andalusia,under the com- 

 mand of the marischal de Campo 

 Don Pedro Giron, which attacked 

 the enemy's positions on their 

 right of Sarre, on the slopes of La 

 Petite La Rhuns, and the heights 

 beyond the village, on the left of 

 the 4th division. Major-general 

 Charles baron Alten attacked with 

 the light division and general 

 Longa's Spanish division, the ene- 

 my's positions on La Petite La 

 Rhune, and having carried them, 

 co-operated with the right of the 

 centre on the attack of the heights 

 behind Sarre. 



General Allen's brigade of ca- 

 valry, under the direction of lieu- 

 tenant-general sir Stapleton Cot- 

 ton, followed the movements of the 

 centre, and there were three bri- 

 gades of British artillery with this 

 part of the army, and three moun- 

 tain guns with general Giron, and 

 three with major-general Charles 

 Alten. 



Lieutenant-general Don Manuel. 



