CHAPTER V.

Battle of Nivelle--Fight at Arcangues--Good feeling between the Riflemen and the French outposts--Battle of the Nive--Outpost courtesies and discourtesies--Gave d’Oleron--March to Orthez-- Battle of Orthez--Battle of Tarbes--Fight at Tournefeuille-- Battle of Toulouse--Suspension of arms--Embarkation for England and arrival there--Expedition to Holland--Investment of Bergen-op-Zoom--Skirmishes before Antwerp; at Donk--Fight at Merxem--Failure of Graham’s attempts on Antwerp--Bergen-op-Zoom --Sorties from Antwerp and alarms--The companies in this expedition occupy Belgium, and eventually join the Battalions in the Waterloo campaign--Expedition to New Orleans-- Disembarkation--James Travers captures an American picquet-- Attack on the bivouack of the Riflemen--Hallen’s picquet-- Advance towards New Orleans--Attacks on the American lines-- Truce to remove dead and wounded--Dishonourable conduct of the Americans during the truce--Difficult march to the shore-- Re-embarkation--Arrival at Île Dauphine--Sergeant Fukes turns the tables on a Yankee officer--Fort Boyer surrenders--Return to England 154