The British troops resumed their positions in the Pyrenees, awaiting the capture of St. Sebastian, and Pampeluna, and the THIRTY-FOURTH were encamped in Roncesvalles, &c., until the end of October, when a heavy snow storm obliged the battalion to leave the mountains. On the 10th of November, the troops descended from the Pyrenees by moon-light, to transfer to France the calamities of war, and the allied army drove the forces of Napoleon from a fortified position on the river _Nivelle_, capturing many guns and prisoners. The THIRTY-FOURTH did not sustain any loss on this occasion: they passed the night in the huts left by the enemy, and afterwards advanced towards the Nive; but operations were retarded by heavy rains, and the battalion went into cantonments. The THIRTY-FOURTH were afterwards honored with the word “NIVELLE” on their regimental colours, as a mark of royal approbation of their conduct; and Lieutenant-Colonel Worsley received a second honorary distinction. The passage of the _Nive_ river was effected on the 9th of December; the THIRTY-FOURTH were at their post two hours before daylight--the stream was nearly five feet deep, and rapid; a mill stream of equal depth also opposed the advance; and the mill, with the village beyond the river, were occupied by the enemy; but the soldiers moved forward in defiance of all opposition, forded the streams under a sharp fire of musketry, and after some fighting, in which the THIRTY-FOURTH had one man killed and seven wounded, the troops established themselves beyond the river; the French retreating into an intrenched camp in front of Bayonne. On the following morning, the battalion took post on a ridge commanding the communication of the right wing with the river Nive; this wing was in position with its right towards the Adour river, and its left at Ville Franche, and it was not attacked by the enemy on the 10th, 11th, or 12th of December; but on the 13th a number of French corps assailed the troops under Sir Rowland Hill with great spirit; when the THIRTY-FOURTH maintained their important post during the day, with the loss of five men wounded. The enemy was repulsed with severe loss, and pursued to the camp in front of Bayonne: the brigade to which the THIRTY-FOURTH belonged, followed the French until it arrived within musket shot of the works, and took post in a ravine, where it remained until night, when it was relieved by the third division. The battalion earned another honorary distinction for its colours on this occasion, and the word “NIVE” inscribed thereon by royal authority, commemorates its gallantry; Lieutenant-Colonel Worsley also received a third distinction. [Sidenote: 1814]