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forward by the great road from St. 

 Jean de Luz towards Bayonne, and 

 reconnoitred the right of Jhe en- 

 trenched camp under Bayonne, and 

 the course of the Adour below the 

 town, after driving in the enemy's 

 post from the neighbourhood of 

 Biaritz and Anglet. The light di- 

 vision under major-general Alten 

 likewise moved forward from Bas- 

 susarry, and reconnoitred that part 

 of the enemy's entrenchments. 



Sir John Hope and major-gen- 

 eral Alten retired in the evening 

 to the ground they had before oc- 

 cupied. 



On the morning of the 10th 

 lieut.-general sir Rowland Hill 

 found that the enemy had retired 

 from the position wiiich they had 

 occupied the day before on the 

 heights, into the entrenched camp 

 on that side of the Nive ; and he 

 therefore occupied the position in- 

 tended for him, with his right to- 

 wards the Adour, and his left at 

 Ville Fianche, and communicating 

 with the centre of the army, under 

 marshal sir William Beresford, by 

 a bridge laid over the Nive ; and 

 the troops under the marshal were 

 again drawn to the left of the Nive. 



General Morillo's division of 

 Spanish infantry, which had re- 

 mained with sir Rowland Hill, 

 when the other Spanish troops went 

 into cantonments, was placed at 

 Urcuray, with colonel Vivian's 

 brigade of light dragoons at Has- 

 parran, in order to observe the 

 movements of the enemy's division 

 under general Paris, which upon 

 the passage of the Nive had retired 

 towards St. Palais. 



On the 10th in the morning, 

 the enemy moved out of the en- 

 trenched camp with their whole ar- 

 my, with the exception only of what 

 occupied tiie works opposite to sir 



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Rowland Hill's position, and drove 

 in the piquets of the light division, 

 and of sir John Hope's corps, and 

 made a most desperate attack upon 

 the post of the former at the cha- 

 teau and church of Arcangues, and 

 upon the advanced posts of the 

 latter, on the high road from Bay- 

 onne to St Jean de Luz, near the 

 mayor's house of Biaritz. Both at-» 

 tacks were repulsed in the most 

 gallant style by the troops ; and 

 sir John Hope's corps took about 

 500 prisoners. 



The brunt of the action with sir 

 John Hope's advanced post fell up- 

 on the 1st Portuguese brigade, un- 

 der brigadier-general A. Campbell, 

 which were on duty, and upon 

 major-general Robinson's brigade 

 of the 5th division, which moved 

 up to their support. Lieutenant- 

 general sir John Hope reports 

 most favourably of the conduct of 

 those, and of all the other troops 

 engaged ; and I had great satisfac- 

 tion in finding that this attempt 

 made by the enemy upon our left, 

 in order to oblige us to draw in 

 our right, was completely defeated 

 by a comparatively small part of 

 our force. 



I cannot sufficiently applaud the 

 ability, coolness, and judgment of 

 lieutenant-general sir John Hope, 

 who, with the general and staff 

 officers under his command, show- 

 ed the troops an example of gal- 

 lantry, which must have tended to 

 produce the favourable result of 

 the day. 



Sir John Hope received a severe 

 contusion, which, however, I am 

 happy to say, has not deprived me 

 for a moment of the benefit of his 

 assistance. 



After the action was over, the 

 regiments of Nassau and Frank- 

 fort under the command of eol. 



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