 He defeated Marshal Soult at Orthez (some to the north-west) on his way into France from Spain towards the end of the Peninsular War.Vacationing British began arriving before the railway established the Boulevard des Pyrenées.The first full 18-hole golf course in Europe, created by people from Scotland, and in fact located at Billère, was laid out in 1856–1860 and is still in existence, and also a real tennis court.