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By all accounts of prisoners, and 

 from my own observations, at 

 least two divisions of the enemy 

 were engaged. Their loss in kill- 

 ed and wounded has been very 

 great, and we have above one hun- 

 <lred prisoners. The enemy's line 

 of retreat seems to have been by 

 the right bank of the Adour, with 

 the exception of some part of their 

 force, which being cut off from 

 the river by our rapid advance to 

 this town, retired in the greatest 

 confusion in the direction of Pau, 

 These troops have left their arms 

 in every direction. 



I cannot omit this opportunity 

 of expressing to your lordship the 

 gallant and unremitting exertions 

 of Lieutenant-Geueral the Hon. 

 Sir W. Stewart, and the general 

 and other officers of the 2nd divi- 

 sion ; of Major- General Fane's 

 brigade of cavalry, and Captain 

 Bean's troop of horse artillery, 

 throughout the whole of the late 

 operations; and I must, injustice, 

 mention the gallant charge made 

 yesterday by Maj. -General Barnes, 

 at the head of the 50th regiment, 

 commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Harrison, and the 92nd, command- 

 ed by Lieutenant-Colonel Came- 

 ron, in which he was ably second- 

 ed by his Staff, Brigade-Major 

 VVemyss and Captain Hamilton. 



Major-General Byng's brigade 

 supported the movement of Major- 

 General Barnes, and decided the 

 advantage of the day. 



Capt. Macdonald, of the horse- 

 artillery, distinguisiied himself 

 much in attempting to rally the 

 Portuguese troops. 



I trust our loss, considering the 

 advantageous p05.ition occupietl by 

 the enemy, has not been severe ; 

 but I have to regret the loss of 



a valuable officer in the death of 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Hood, Assist.- 

 Adjut.-General to the 2nd division, 

 who was unfortunately killed dur- 

 ing the contest of yesterday. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) R. Hill, Lieut.-Gen. 



Total British Loss from the 28<A 

 of February to the 2nd of March 

 1814, inclusive. 



1 Lieutenant-colonel, 2 lieute- 

 nants, 1 Serjeant, 16 rank and file, 

 5 horses, killed ; 1 general staff, 1 

 major, 4 captains, 7 lieutenants, 9 

 Serjeants, 2 drummers, 112 rank 

 and file, 11 horses, wounded; 2 

 rank and file missing. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Downing-street, March 11. 

 Dispatches, of which the follow- 

 ing are copies, were received last 

 night from General Sir Thomas 

 Graham, K. B. 



Head-quarters, Calmhout, 

 March 10, 1814. 



My Lord, — It becomes my pain- 

 ful task to report to your lordship, 

 that an attack on Bergeu-op-Zoom, 

 which seemed at first to promise 

 complete success, ended in failure, 

 and occasioned a severe loss to the 

 1st division, and to Brigadier-Gen. 

 Gore's brigade. 



It is unnecessary for me to state 

 the reasons which determined me 

 to make the attempt to carry such 

 a place by storm, since the success 

 of two of the columns, in establish- 

 ing themselves on the ramparts, 

 with very trifling loss, must justify 

 the having incurred the risk for 

 the attainment of so important an 

 ohject as the capture ofsucli a Cor- 

 t ress. 



