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9 1ST AEGYLLSHIEE HIGHLANDEES. 53allies in possessionof most of the right bank of1813the river.The troops were exhausted, especiallythe sixth division, which had been marching andfighting for nearly twenty-four hours.The 91st's casualties during the action were :Captain David Mclntyre and three men killed, twosergeants and four men wounded ;while Macneil,the adjutant, had two horses shot under him.On the llth the allies advanced, and foundthat Soult had retired to take up a new positionwith his right near Arylet, on the sea-coast, andhis left in the entrenched camp of Bayonne.The rain, which fell heavilyin the mountains onthe llth, rendered the fords impassable, and asthe French in their retreat had broken down thebridges at Ustaritz, the advance of the allies waschecked. It was not until the 9th of Decemberthat active operations were again commenced.Wellington, finding that the enemyheld the riverNive at Cambo, which was on his right when hewished to advance on Bayonne, determined toclear the French away.He accordingly detailedHill to cross the river and turn the enemy's leftflank with his division. Beresford was orderedto take the third and sixth divisions, to cross atUstaritz with pontoons at the same time as Hill