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Battle of Garris
In the Battle of Garris on February 15, 1814, an Allied force under the direct command of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess Wellington defeated General of Division Jean Harispe's French division during the Peninsular War.
==Background==
After the Battle of the Nive near Bayonne, Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army tried to pen Wellington's Allied army in the extreme southwest corner of France. To do this, Soult positioned his divisions in a line running from the fortress of Bayonne on the west to the fortress of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the southeast. Facing south, three divisions held the line of the Adour River from Bayonne to Port-de-Lanne. Facing southeast, four divisions defended the Joyeuse River from the Adour to the village of Hélette.〔Glover, p 312. Glover is the major source.〕
Wellington's began his offensive on February 14 by sending Lieutenant General Rowland Hill with 20,000 men against the French left wing. In the face of this threat, Harispe's division at Hélette abandoned the line of the Joyeuse and fell back toward the Bidouze River at Saint-Palais. The next unit to the north, General of Division Eugene-Casimir Villatte's division, threatened by Lieutenant General Thomas Picton's 3rd British Division, also backpedaled to the Bidouze.〔Glover, p 313〕
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