His address to the troops 219 Critical situation of the allied army 220 Soult’s movements for the relief of Pamplona 221 Battles of the Pyrenees 222 Siege of S. Sebastian’s resumed 230 Preparations for assaulting the town 233 Soult moves for its relief 234 Assault of the town 234 Sir James Leith wounded 238 Sir Richard Fletcher slain 239 The town taken 239 The French defeated in their attempt to relieve it 241 Siege of the castle 244 Excesses committed in the town 246 The garrison surrenders 247 CHAPTER XLV. The remains of Romana’s army return from the North 251 Lord W. Bentinck invests Tarragona 251 Suchet raises the siege 253 The French abandon Tarragona 254 Plans proposed to Suchet by Soult 254 Suchet surprises the allies at the pass of Ordal 256 The Anglo-Sicilians retreat 257 The command devolves upon Sir William Clinton 258 Position of the armies in the Pyrenean frontier 261 Levy ordered in France for Soult’s army 262 Speech of M. Regnaud de S. Jean Angely 262 Of the Comte de Beurnonville 262 Lord Wellington’s orders upon entering France 263 Passage of the Bidassoa 264 The Bidassoa 265 Attack of the French position 266 Conduct of the French peasantry 270 Pamplona surrendered 272 Soult’s position on the Nivelle 274 Battles of the Nivelle 278 The allies cantoned between that river and the sea 287 S. Jean de Luz 288 Discipline observed by the allies 289 The inhabitants return to their homes 290 Bayonne 291