Beyond it was an outlier separated by a valley, and called ‘La Petite Arrhune,’ though itself a mountain of very considerable elevation. This the French occupied; and their advanced sentries were posted at the foot of the slope, and ours on the opposite slope of the valley, not more than 200 yards apart.
FOOTNOTES:
[117] ‘Adventures,’ 143.
[118] ‘Supplementary Despatches,’ Appendix xiv. 108-9.
[119] See it in ‘Wellington Despatches,’ ix. 582, Nov. 28, 1812. Leach and Kincaid both mention this regret and dissatisfaction.
[120] ‘Wellington Despatches,’ xi. 153.
[121] Surtees, 203, 4. Costello, 153.
[122] See his private letter to Sir Thomas Picton, ‘Despatches,’ x. 529. He says, ‘The Riflemen of the Light Division were the first to ascend the hill, and I went up immediately after them.’ He mentions that these were the 95th.
[123] Letter from Field-Marshal Sir Hew D. Ross, G.C.B.
[124] ‘Wellington Despatches,’ x. 456.