About ten o'clock
Hill , with a like force , was to attack on the right , through the defile of Puebla , and so , entering the basin of Vittoria , to threaten the French right , and obtain possession of the bridge of Nanclares . In the center , Wellington himself , with 30,000 troops , would force the four bridges in front of the French center , and attack their main position . At daybreak on the 21st of June , 1813 , the weather being rainy with some mist , the troops moved from their quarters on the Bayas , passed in columns over the bridges in front , and slowly approached the Zadora . About ten o'clock , Hill seized the village of Puebla , and commenced the passage of the defile , while one of the Portuguese battalions scaled the heights above . Here the French met them , and a fierce fight ensued ; the French were reinforced on their side , while the 71st Regiment and a battalion of light infantry joined the Portuguese . Villette 's division was sent from the French center to join the fray , while Hill sent up reinforcements . While the fight on the heights still raged , the troops in the defile made their way through , and , driving the French back , won the village of Subijano de Alava , in front of the French main position .