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LIEUTENANT W. SWABEY, R.H.A., IN THE 
PENINSULA. 
EDITED BY 
COLONEL F. A. WHINYATES, late R.H.A. 
(Continued from p. 604, No. 12, Vol. XXII). 
PART III. 
Cyaprer IV. 
Battle of Vitoria. In the purswit the French lose thew last guns. 
Movement against General Clausel. Siege of St. Sebastian. 
Promotions for the battle of Vitoria. Arrest and release of 
Captain Norman Ramsay. Battles in the Pyrenees. Con- 
clusion. 
19th June, 1813.—The infantry still took the lead, dislodging the 
enemy from the enclosed and intersected country, which is here so 
favourable to a retreating army. Our brigade marched late in the 
evening, and when we overtook the columns in our front we found 
them engaged and the enemy retiring before them; no great ex- 
ecution was done on either side. It was a terribly wet and disagree- 
able day, we halted for the night, encamping in a ploughed field at 
Subijana, crossing the river Bayas. Towards night about 600 prisoners 
were sent in, increasing the enemy’s loss to nearly 2000 men up to 
this date. 
20th June.—The enemy having concentrated his whole force within a 
league of our posts and taken up a position there, we halted to assemble 
ours, Lord Wellington being determined to attack, let the circum- 
stances be what they might. For my own part I was of opinion that 
there would be no general action, though I was quite certain that it 
would take place very shortly, if at all. I took the opportunity of a halt 
to write to Hngland. . 
21st June.—On the army being put in motion we found the enemy 
had taken up a position about two Jeagues or six miles in front of 
Vitoria. I must own the sight of his lines surprised me, as I had not 
anticipated his fighting this morning. The leading divisions were 
halted till Lord Wellington’s arrival. On his reconnoitring the French 
position, it was soon seen that their left was strongly posted on a long 
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