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Storms and torrential rain precluded any further action for two months. Eventually, between 23 and 27 February, Wellington cut off Bayonne by crossing the mouth of the Adour west of the city. Leaving Hope to seal up the 17,000-strong French garrison, Wellington relentlessly pursued Soult and the rest
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the previous month, went over in their entirety from the French to the Allies. A third battalion from Baden, which did not join the defection, was disarmed the following day. This event subtracted 2,000 infantry from the French army. The defection was orchestrated by the Prince of Orange, through his
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Both sides lost around 1,600 troops before Soult called off the assault. Of these, the Anglo-Allies lost 500 captured, the largest total of any one day of fighting under Wellington. Clausel turned in an unusually uninspired performance on 10 December. Sporadic clashes occurred over the next two days
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The picket line on Hope's left flank was quickly gobbled up by Reille's attack and 200 men captured. For the most part, the Portuguese held sturdily, but one unit was broken by French cavalry. Fighting their way back to Barroilhet, the Portuguese held onto the village and awaited reinforcements. The
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Soult's strategy was masterful. Twice he fell upon isolated allied forces in greatly superior strength. As usual, his tactical direction left a lot to be desired. Wellington can be criticized for not anticipating Soult's moves and being away from the critical point in both battles. Wellington spoke
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On the night of 12 December, a temporary pontoon bridge over the Nive at Villefranque was washed away. This isolated Hill's 14,000 men and 10 guns on the east bank of the river, just as the French were reorganizing for an assault. The nearest bridge was at Ustaritz, which meant that the Reserve had
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advance soon came upon the ridge of Arcangues, topped by a chateau and a church. After one attack was beaten off with ease by the 4,000 men of the Light Division, Clausel settled down to a futile artillery bombardment and probing attacks against the very strongly built structures. Aylmer's brigade
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The rivers and the Bay of Biscay near Bayonne form a rough Greek letter Pi (π). The left vertical leg is the coast, the right vertical leg is the Nive and the crossbar is the Adour. Bayonne is located where the Nive joins the Adour. Initially, Wellington's army was confined to the area between the
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However, after the arrival of reinforcements under Wellington, the French troops refused to continue the attack. The French near-mutiny forced Soult to reluctantly retreat into Bayonne, having lost 3,000 men against Anglo-Portuguese losses of 1,750. The Allied army commander rode up to his
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Foot) with him. Soult outnumbered Hill's corps by three-to-one. Defending a line between Petit Mouguerre (Elizaberry) and the Nive, the Allied corps held on for hours in a bitter fight. The capable Hill performed superbly, feeding in his few reserves with skill and exhorting his troops.
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Seizing his opportunity, Soult rapidly switched six divisions and 22 guns to the east bank of the Nive and attacked Hill. Though delayed by congestion at the bridge over the Adour, Soult's attack against the British positions on the ridge around
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Bay of Biscay and the Nive. To gain room to manoeuvre, the British general had to establish his army on the east bank of the Nive. Wellington's dilemma was that by separating two wings of his army, he would leave himself open to
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As it happened, the French troops, hardened by years of plundering foreign civilians, began to despoil their own citizens. Actually, despite their French citizenship, the inhabitants south and east of Bayonne were
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brigades north of Barroilhet. The ravine-filled terrain forced the French into these three corridors of attack. The 5th Division lay three miles to the rear while the 1st Division and Lord Aylmer's independent
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Soult launched a counter-attack with eight divisions against Hope the following day, and despite several fierce actions the British line held until reinforced by more troops coming up from
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truthfully when he later said, "I will tell you the difference between Soult and me: when he gets into a difficulty, his troops don't get him out of it; mine always do."
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against Barroilhet. The four divisions leading the attack were fresh while the supporting troops were tired from skirmishing with Hill's troops.
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Wellington's army had successfully pushed the French army out of Spain, over the Pyrenees, and into south-west France. After his defeat at
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The Légion Hollandaise d'Orange. Dynastic networks, coalition warfare and the formation of the modern Netherlands, 1813-14, Dutch Crossing
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Wellington greatly feared an outbreak of guerrilla warfare against his soldiers by the French people. He was mindful that after the
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That night Soult's army was weakened when two Nassau battalions and the Frankfurt battalion, having learned the result of the
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Unusually, for most of the battle, Wellington remained with the Reserve delegating command to his senior Lieutenant-Generals
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The defence by the 500 men holding the bridgehead against an attack by about 700+ French was settled by a discharge of
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The Light Division's outpost line alertly detected the coming attack, though 50 men were cut off and captured. The
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defended the centre near Bassussary. The left, under John Wilson, was held by Bradford and Campbell's independent
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brigade were ten miles away. Though Wellington ordered the line to be fortified, Hope failed to do this.
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was powerful enough for one British lieutenant colonel to flee the field, taking his battalion (1/3rd
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The right flank of Hope's line was held by one brigade of the 7th Division at the bridge of Urdains.
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It was on this day that General Hill was heard, for only the second time in the entire war, to use
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Ignoring the impregnable position at the bridge of Urdains, Soult committed five divisions under
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The bridge crosses the Urdains brook (a tributary of the Nive) just north of the
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to march three times farther than if the washed-out bridge had been intact.
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and 7th Divisions. About 630 casualties were suffered in these operations.
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5th Division arrived, but, due to a staff blunder, was low on ammunition.
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on 9 December. Meanwhile, the remainder of the British force under Hope (
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Despite poor weather, Hill led five Anglo-Portuguese divisions (the
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if Hill has begun to swear, they all must mind what they are about
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though neither side was willing to initiate a full-scale attack.
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Battles before Bayonne, or Battles of the Nive, Dec, 10–13, 1813
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Map showing the Battle of the Nive. (North to the bottom-right.)
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subordinate and congratulated him, "Hill, the day's your own."
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A History of the Peninsular War: August 1813 – April 14 1814.
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