CHAPTER XVII.
French attack—Plan of desertion—Excesses of the French—A Basque witness—Sir John Hope—Movements of the army—Sale of effects—Wellington’s simplicity of character—A French emigré—Return of Soult to Bayonne 323
The private journal of Judge-Advocate Larpent : attached to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington during the Peninsular War, from 1812 to its close
French attack—Plan of desertion—Excesses of the French—A Basque witness—Sir John Hope—Movements of the army—Sale of effects—Wellington’s simplicity of character—A French emigré—Return of Soult to Bayonne 323