Good morning,
Is anyone please able to shed any light on whether Wellington actually witnessed the passing of troops over the Adour in Feb 1814?

Captain Thomas Henry Browne has him elsewhere, with the right of the army at the time of the crucial crossing. This would suggest he never actually witnessed the bridge of boats in operation? Please see the quote below.

Browne – page 262: “Everything being prepared for the passage of the Adour, and the weather proving favourable, Lord W after inspecting all the preparations on the left, and giving the necessary instructions, proceeded to the right of the army, leaving Sir John Hope in command of the left…his presence on the right was the more necessary, as the obstacles in front of the Gaves d’Oleron & de Pau, which Lord Wellington had reseolvd to pass in order the more effectually to divert the Enemy’s attention from Sir John Hope…These two gaces, which empty themselves into the Adour were vert deep, the roads to them very bad, and the enemy showed a determination to oppose the passage. On 23rd Feb, the fleet which composed the Bridge , protected by two Frigates, and some Sloops of War, appeared off the mouth of the Adour, and about the same time Lord Wellington began the advance of the right of the Army, making his HQ Hasparren. He crossed the Gave d’Oleron with the Troops, and established himself at Sauveterre, pushing the advance to the banks of the Gave de Pau, almost opposite the town of Orthes, and remained with the army in this position until the 26th Feb.”