For the several actions in the _Pyrenees_ from the 25th to the 31st of July, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and behalf of His Majesty, was graciously pleased to grant medals to Colonel the Honorable Robert William O’Callaghan, commanding the brigade, Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Bruce, commanding the battalion; and to Captain Duncan Campbell, of the THIRTY-NINTH, in command of the light companies of the brigade. The THIRTY-NINTH also received the royal authority to bear the word “PYRENEES” on the regimental colour and appointments, to commemorate the services of the first battalion in these actions. The enemy having been driven over the Pyrenees, the British remained in possession of the several passes, the THIRTY-NINTH occupying those of Maya, Roncesvalles, and Alduides, alternately, until the 9th of November, when the battalion entered France by the pass of Maya without opposition, except driving in the enemy’s advance-posts, until its arrival at the river _Nivelle_, the passage of which was contested by the French army. The battalion, however, succeeded in crossing with trifling loss on the 10th of November, and the enemy was afterwards driven from all his strong and fortified positions on the heights of Sarre, where the THIRTY-NINTH remained for the night. In commemoration of this service the THIRTY-NINTH subsequently received the royal authority to bear the word “NIVELLE” on the regimental colour and appointments. Captain George D’Arcy, of the THIRTY-NINTH, was promoted to the brevet rank of Major on the 22nd of November 1813. The battalion subsequently moved forward to the _Nive_, the left bank of which it occupied until the 9th of December, when the army crossed that river,--the THIRTY-NINTH by a ford at Laressor, under great difficulties, as well from the depth of the river as the opposition made by the enemy. The passage having been effected, the enemy retired to the heights of St. Pierre, near Bayonne. In crossing the _Nive_ the battalion had one man killed, and twelve rank and file wounded. On the morning of the 10th of December the division took possession of the high ground in the neighbourhood of _Bayonne_, the THIRTY-NINTH occupying Ville Franche on the left of the line, and on the right bank of the _Nive_. Early on the morning of the 13th of December, Marshal Soult made a most desperate attack on the second division with all his force; but the battalion being on the extreme left of the position was not materially engaged, having only one serjeant killed, and Ensign John Burns and thirteen rank and file wounded. The enemy, being defeated in his attack, retired to Bayonne that night; the division still retained its position and continued therein until the 13th of February, the THIRTY-NINTH occupying the village of Petite Moguerre.