The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics . serve modest brevity in the recitalof the exploits of our own British hero, Lord Wellington,has added another victory to thecatalogue of his great the 10th Nov. our army inFrance broke up to attack thestrongly entrenched lines of Mar-shal Soult along the river Nivelle,in the department of the LowerPyrennees. The enemy defendedhimself with great obstinacy, but,after a severe contest, his left wasturned, and our troops establishedin the rear of his right by night-fall. Darkness enabled Soult
The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics . serve modest brevity in the recitalof the exploits of our own British hero, Lord Wellington,has added another victory to thecatalogue of his great the 10th Nov. our army inFrance broke up to attack thestrongly entrenched lines of Mar-shal Soult along the river Nivelle,in the department of the LowerPyrennees. The enemy defendedhimself with great obstinacy, but,after a severe contest, his left wasturned, and our troops establishedin the rear of his right by night-fall. Darkness enabled Soult towithdraw his right, with the excep-tion of 1900 prisoners, which, to-gether with 51 pieces of cannon,formed the trophies of this victory., Our total loss was as follows :—British and Portuguese killed andwounded — 2 general staff, 6 lieu-tenant-colonels, 4 majors, 44 cap-tains, 80 lieutenants, 42 ensigns,o stalT, 161 serjeants, 29 drummers,2320 rank and file. After this bat-tle, the French army retired intoanother entrenched camp under theprotection of Bayonne ; and out r~. DEATH AND BONAPARTE. 33 army took a position extending{ruin St. Pd to St. Jean de Luz, atwhich latter town head-quarters re-mained by the last advices ; heavy rains, and consequent inundationsand impassable roads, having ren-dered any forward movement im-practicable. DEATH AND BONAPARTE—A Parley. Written on occasion of the Transparency (of which the annexed Engraving is acopy) exhibited at Ackermanns Repository of Arts daring the Illuminationsof I he 5th and 6th of November, 1813, in honour of the splendid Victoriesobtained bv the Allies over the Annies of France, at Leipsic and its environs. DEATH. Goon Mr. Empror, lam come,While you are sitting on your drum,Not over pieasd with what is past,To say diis hour may he your last: Or fear vou not the conscript cryMay soon forest a 1 your elegy ?Say, proud usurper, dont you dreadThe power of justice on your head?Say, bloody tyrant, dont you tVel Nor shoul
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