APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



187 



Baucaut, April 14. 



My Lord, — It is to my infinite 

 regret that owing to the unfortu- 

 nate circumstance of the capture of 

 Lieutenant General Sir John Hope, 

 the duty devolves on me of inform- 

 ing your Lordship of a sortie 

 which the enemy made this morn- 

 ing at three o'clock, from the en- 

 trenched camp in front of the 

 citadel of Bayonne, with false at- 

 tacks in front of the posts of the 

 5th division, &c. at Auglet and 

 Bellevue. 



I am happy to say, that the 

 ground which had been lost on 

 this side was all recovered, and the 

 ])icquets re-posted on their origi- 

 nal points by seven o'clock. 



The injury done to the defences 

 is as little as could be well suppos- 

 ed, in an attack made in the force 

 this one was, and will, I hope, be 

 mostly repaired in the course of 

 this night. The casualties are 

 what we have to regret most; on 

 a roasrh guess Lieutenant Colonel 

 Macdonald estimates them at 400 

 men. 



I much lament to have to men- 

 tion the death of Mnjor General 

 Hay, general officer of the night. 

 His last words were (a minute be- 

 fore he was shot) an order to hold 

 the Church of St. Etienne, and a 

 fortified house adjoining, to the 

 last extit^mity. 



Major (jen. StO(iford is wound- 

 ed, not, I hope, severely ; among 

 the killed, are, I am sorry to say. 

 Lieutenant Colonel Sir H. Sulli- 

 van and Captain Crofton, of the 

 Guards ; Lieut. Colonel Townsend 

 is prisoner, as are also Captain 

 Herries, Deputy Assistant Quarter 

 Master General ; and Lieutenant 

 Moore, Aiilc-dL-Cam|) to yir John 

 Hojie. 



Not wishing, however, to lose 

 any time in sending oft' this report. 

 I have requested Major General 

 Howard will detail for your Lord^ 

 ship's further information the cir- 

 cumstances of the attack, and its 

 repulse, having been myself at the 

 time with the 5th division. 



Sir John Hope's horse was shot 

 and fell upon him, which pre- 

 vented his extricating himself. — 

 We hear that he is wounded in the 

 arm, and a French officer speaks 

 also of a wound in his thigh ; but 

 we trust this may have reference 

 to his former injury. The boot of 

 his left leg was found under his 

 horse. 



To a flag of truce, the proposal 

 was rejected of Lieutenant Colo- 

 nel Macdonald's being admitted to 

 see him ; but we now expect that 

 Captain Wedderburn, and what 

 other assistance he may require, 

 will be admitted to him, upon the 

 condition of their not returning. 



The arrival of the 62nd and 84th 

 regiments on the other side from 

 Vera this day, will allow of my 

 strengthening the force on this, by 

 withdrawing from that in front of 

 Auglet. 



I have the honour, &c. 

 (Signed) 



C, COLVILLE. 

 To Field Marshal the Mar- 

 quis of Wellington, 

 K. G. &c. &c. 



Camp near Bayonne, 

 April, 15, 1814. 

 Sir, — hi consequence of Lieut.- 

 General Sir John Hope, having 

 been wounded and taken prisoner, 

 it falls to my lot to have the ho- 

 nour lo detail to you, for the infor- 

 mation of his Excellency the Com- 

 mander of the Forces, the result of 



