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^cleof British infantry, and the 5th 

 Portuguese brigade, under briga- 

 dier general Asliworth, were par- 

 ticularly engaged in the contest 

 with the enemj' on that point, and 

 these troops conducted themselves 

 admirably. The Portuguese divi- 

 sion of infantry, under the com- 

 mand of JMariscal del Campo Don 

 F. le Cor, moved to their support 

 on their left in a very gallant style, 

 and regained an important position 

 between these troops and major- 

 general Pringle's brigade, engaged 

 with the enemy in front of Ville 

 Franche. I had great satisfaction 

 also in observing the conduct of 

 major-general Byng's brigade of 

 British infantrj', supported by the 

 ith Portuguese brigade, under the 

 command of brigadier - general 

 Buchan, in carrying an important 

 ' height from the enemy on the right 

 ' of our position, and maintaining it 

 against all their efforts to re- 

 gain it. 



Two guns and some prisoners 

 were taken from the enemy, who 

 being beaten at all points, and hav- 

 ing suffered considerable loss, were 

 obliged to retire upon their en- 

 trenchment. 



It gives me the greatest satisfac- 

 tion to have another opportunity of 

 reporting my sense of the merits 

 and services of lieutenant-general 

 sir Rowland Hill upon this occa- 

 sion, as well as of those of lieut.- 

 general sir William Stewart, com- 

 manding the 2nJ division ;,major- 

 feneralsPringle, Barnes, andByng ; 

 lariscal del Canipo DonF. le Cor, 

 and brigadier-generals Da Costa, 

 Ashworth, and Buchan. The 

 British artillery, under lieutcnaiit- 

 coloncl Ross, and the Portuguese 

 artillery, under colonel TullocL, dis- 

 tinguished themselves; and lieut.- 

 generul sir Rowland Hill reports 



particularly the assistance he re- 

 ceived from lieut. -colonels Bou- 

 verie and Jackson, the assistant- 

 adjutant and assistant quarter- 

 master-general attached to his 

 corps ; lieutenant-colonel Gold- 

 finch, of the royal engineers, and 

 from the officers of his personal 

 staff. 



The enemy marched a large body 

 of cavalry across the bridge of the 

 Adour yesterday evening, and re- 

 tired their force opposite to sir 

 Rowland Hill this morning towards 

 Bayonne. 



Throughout these various oper- 

 ations I have received every assist- 

 ance from the quarter-master- 

 general, major-general sir George 

 Murray, and the adjutant-general, 

 major-general sir Edward Paken- 

 ham, and lieut.-colonel lord Fitz- 

 roy Somerset, lieut.-colonel Camp- 

 bell, and the officers of my per- 

 sonal staff. 



I send this dispatch by major 

 Hill, aide-de-camp of lieutenant- 

 general sir Rowland Hill, whom I 

 beg leave to recommend to your 

 lordship's protection. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 Wellington. 



I inclose the returns of the killed 

 and wounded. 



General TotaL 



Killed — 2 lieutenant-colonels, " 

 majors, 9 captains, 13 lieutenants, 

 4 ensigns, 1 staff, 15 Serjeants, 4- 

 drummers, 599 rank and file, IfJ 

 horses. 



Wounded— 4 general staff, 8 

 lieutenant-colonels, 14 majors, 64 

 captains, 891ieutenants, 45 ensigns, 

 9 staff, 215 Serjeants, 25 drummers 

 3,434 rank and file, 21 horses. 



Missing — 1 colonel, 2 majors, 5 

 captains, 5 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 1 

 staff, 14 Serjeants, 6 drummcr«, 

 4fl7 rank and lile, 1 horse. 



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