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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



Kruse, came over to the posts of 

 major-general Ross's brigade, of 

 the ith division, which were formed 

 for tlie support of the centre. 



When the night closed, the 

 enemy were still in large force in 

 front of our posts, on the ground 

 from which they had driven the 

 piquets. They retired, however, 

 during the night, from lieutenant- 

 general sir John Hope's front, 

 leaving small posts, which were 

 immediately driven in. They still 

 occupied, in force, the ridge on 

 which the piquets of the light divi- 

 sion had stood ; and it was obvi- 

 ous that the whole army was still 

 in front of our left; and about 

 three in the afternoon, they again 

 drove in lieut.-general sir John 

 Hope's piquets, and attacked his 

 posts. They were again repulsed 

 with considerable loss. 



The attack was recommenced on 

 the morning of the 12th, with the 

 same want of success ; the first divi- 

 sion under major-general Howard, 

 having relieved the fifth division : 

 and the enemy discontinued it in 

 the afternoon, and retired entirely 

 within the entrenched camp on 

 that night. They never renewed 

 the attack on the posts of the light 

 division after the iOth. 



Lieut.-general sir John Hope 

 reports most favourably of the con- 

 duct of all the officers and troops, 

 particularly of the 1st Portuguese 

 brigade, under brigadier-general 

 Archibald Campbell ; and of major- 

 general Robinson's and major- 

 general Hay's brigade of the 5th 

 division, under the command of 

 the honourable colonel Greville. 

 He mentions, particularly, major- 

 general Hay, commanding the 5th 

 division ; major-generals Robin- 

 son and Bradford ; brigadier-ge- 

 neral Campbell ; colonels De Regoa 



and Greville, commanding the 

 several brigades ; lieut.-colonel 

 Lloyd, of the S4th, who was un- 

 fortunately killed ; lieut.-colonels 

 Barnes of the royals, and Cameron . 

 of the 9th, captain Ramsay of the 

 royal horse artillery ; colonel De 

 Lancy deputy quarter-master- 

 general, and lieutenant-colonel 

 M'Donald, assistant-adjutant-ge- 

 rieral, attached to sir John Hope's 

 corps ; and the officers of his per- 

 sonal staff. 



The 1st division, under major- 

 general Howard, were not engaged 

 until the 12th, when the enemy's 

 attack was more feeble ; but the 

 guards conducted themselves with 

 their usual spirit. 



The enem}' having thus failed 

 in all their attacks, with their 

 whole force, upon our left, with- 

 drew into their entrenchments, on 

 the right of the 12th, and passed 

 a large force through Bayonne, 

 with which, on the morning of the 

 1 3th, they made a most desperate 

 attack upon lieut.-general sir Row- 

 land Hill. 



In expectation of this attack I 

 had requested marshal sir W. 

 Beresford to reinforce the lieut.- 

 general with the 6th division, 

 which crossed ihe Nive at day- 

 light on that morning ; and I fur- 

 ther reinforced him by the 4th 

 division, and two brigades of the 

 3rd division. 



The expected arrival of the 6tli 

 division gave the lieut.-general 

 great facility in making his move- 

 ments ; but the troops under his 

 own immediate command had de- 

 feated and repulsed the enemy 

 with immense loss before their 

 arrival. The principal attack hav- 

 ing been made along the high-road 

 from Bayonne to St. Jean Pied de 

 Port, major-general Barnes's bri- 



