While Wellington concentrated his efforts on capturing the strategically important port of San Sebastián, he sent 11,000 men under the Irish-Spanish General O'Donnell to blockade Pamplona.
Dok je Wellington koncentrirao svoje napore za hvatanjem strateški važnu luke San Sebastian, poslao je 11.000 ljudi pod irsko-španjolskim generalom O'Donnellom u blokadu Pamplone.