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V JOURNAL OF TRE OPERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY AT BUENOS AYRES. e mitinued from the STA& of Saturday laft. NUMBER IV. While the Light Brigade were thus engaged with the enemy (fee No. II.) the 36th and Bgth regiments continued to advance with great rapidity through the lanes, which were difficult to pafq on account of the badnefs of the road. The found of the cannon in their front animated the breath of the foldiers, and, fired with the noble ardour and anxiety of (haring in the danger and honour of the conk% they in a moment forgot their fatigues, and eagerly rufhed forward to wards the fcene of aaitm. Before they had reached the place, however, the Light Brigade had boldly pufhed onwards in the dark, in the direction of the ftreets of the city, the riflemen fcuuring the fields on either fide of the lanes as they advanced. Under cover Of the night, fame of the enemy, from their hautes and gardens fired on the columns as they gaffed throirgh the lanes, which were in general thickly en 'doled on both fides, but their fire was attended with little effect. There is, neverthelefs, much reafon to fear that, owing to the many and fudden windings of the lanes, the fire of our riflemen in clearing the flanis, proved sieftrative to Come of their own bri gade ; but in a night attack fuch accidents are often unavoidable. At length the light brigade, now joined by the 36th and 88th regimeats, arrived at the extremities of the ftreets, whith they entered, and occupied with the utmoft filenee. The troops then halted, and, forming in the ftreets, with their front prefented to the town and citadel, thc whole remained with fixed bayonets in a difpofition ready to ad at tiit fhorteft warning. There was now no Aring, except occa llonally by the enemy, in the direction of the bitadel ; and orders were Med through Brigadier General LVULIY, who now commanded, that all firing, in future, was to be prohibired, and that the troops Were to truft to the bayonet alone. Various reafons have been affigned for the fudden halting of the Britifly on the fkirts of the town; after haring, in the moll gallant and judicious manner, effected a paffage acrofs the river, and defeated alarge body of the enemy dole to the city, and filled it with 31arm. The latenefs of the hour, and the darknefs of the night ; the want of fufficient guides to conduit them through the fireets ; the great fatigue of the troops, who had now marched about zs miles with out tunenance ; and the uncertainty of fuccefs, added to the probability of being overpowered by the enemy, and cut off from the main army ; are fop pored to be among the reafons which induced General GOWER not to attempt the (forming of the citadel that night, and, (Loth a motive prndence, proms's fed him to order a retreat. After occupying the ftreeti with the utmoft order, sad in profound filence, till about nine o'clock, the itoopsreceived an order to retire,which was done with the lime good order and filence which had been pre. raved throughout. In about half an hour they had rttreated to the ground on which the enemy had been defeated, and where they found GeneXal i3owElLt who has halted after the aaion. This was a kind of plain; open towards the city foi the fpace of about a quarter of a mile, but bounded on every other fide by hedger, and other cover, which rendered it by no Means a fecnre pofition under the prefent circum ftancet Or the army. The ground, moreover, was Brewed with the bones and half confumed tamales of tattle in all diredlions,intermixed With the bodies of the ll.tin of both fides. The troops, with their front towards the city, lay on their arms the whole bight, hating polled pickets and (entries advanced to a confidcrable diftanee in front, as well as on their flanks and rear, to guard againft a furprite, in the event of which they had pofitive orders to ufe the bayonet alone.— Generals GOWER, LUMLGY, and Casor tan, occu pied a houfe at a fhort dillance in the rear, under the protedion of a Ruing guard. The Rate to which this part or the army was at this moment reduced, can be better imagined than dcfcribed. Oar Readers will recollea that the army: was now cxpofed to the air in the depth of winter., Overpowered with fatigue, cold, and hunger, anal benumbed in their wet clothes, they threw them felves on the ground, and patiently awaited . the retort( of day. About midnight, the left of the line was alarmed by the firing of tome of the (entries In their Mont, and Rood to their arms. • The firing of cannon And mufketry was occalionally heard in the direaion of the citadel ; and the city was in a Rate of general alatm the whole night. It was afterwards learned that the confternatien of the inhibitants was uniterfal; the beets were illuminated, and the peo- ple were Rationed with their arms, on-the houfe tops, in apprehenfion of an attack in the night. The alarm is the Britifla lines, however, foon ctafed, and the troops were unditturbed • for the remainder of the night, except from a heavy norm• of thunder and rain which commenced three hours before day-light, and Continued inceffamtly until the ground on which they lay was perfectly inundated. This teemed to be the completion of their misfortunes; but the approach of day revived their hopes and fpirits, and Rimutated *theta to new exertions. From information which Was afterwards comma nicated by force of the enemy, it appears that the body of their troops which were routed by the Light Bri gade at El Mifercre, was compoled of Tome of the choice of their regeler army,andhad formed part of army of 80,000 men under Lrataas in perfon, which had been Rationed that day at the bridge, to oppofe the ;mirage of our advanced brigades. Lail's, how. ever r‘erceiving that it was not the intention of the Britifh to crofs the river at this part, immediately withdrew his army, with nearly the whole of his ar tillery, confiding of upwards of fifty pieces of cannon for the defence of the city and fuburbs. They formed into three divitions: the firfl, under Ltaisa, took up their pofition at El Miferere. In the courage of this divilion, LIWERS is Paid to have placed much confidence, infomuch that when it was unexpeaedly defeated, the rapid advance of the Britifh cut off 'his efcape into the city, and, however fingular it may ap pear, the Spanifh General paired thewhole of that night within the advancer/ toils of the Britilh, and efcaped be fore the dawn of day, favoured by the darknefs and badnefs of the weather. The fecond divifion of his army retired into the city ; and the remaining divi fion was left, with fume heavy cannon, to defend the pairage of the bridge, and to oppofe an attack upon the town in that quartet•. It is now neeefrary to return to the main army un der General WHITELOCKE, which had been unac countably difpofed of during the preceding twenty four hours, and which had been waled to join the advanced divifion of the army, previous to the latter crolling the river Chuello. It appeared, from fub fequent information, that GeneraIWHITELOCKB had commenced his march from the village of Redudion loon after the advanced divifion had quitted their ground : inßead, however, of proceeding by the fame route towards the ford, which this divifion had par. fued, the main army took a direCtion confiderably to the left, which led in a very circuitous manner to a part of the river feveral miles higher than the ford. Having here crofTed the river without oppofltion, they halted for the night at the dißance of more than ten miles from the advanced divifion, at mite rere de Matadero. We are unacquainted with the true reafon which prevented General WarrsLocrta from croffing the river nearer to the city. The want of a fufficient guide, and the difficulty of difcoverieg a fordable parr, are Paid to have compelled the Gene ral to crofs the river higher than he fir a intended. The deneral had with him the 6th Dragoon Guards, a detachment of the gth Light Dragoons, the sth, 38. h, asth, and 87th regiments, and a part of he 95th, the *hole under Brigadier General Sir SA MUEL AUCHMUTY. The gth, the tyth, and detach tnents of :he soth and 2 [ft Light Dragoons, the 4.3 th regiment, and five pieces of cannon, Rill continued at Recialinn, under the Honourable Colonel Meuse, who had received orders from General WRITSLOCKE tb remain there until further orders. (To be coutiaved.) 1172.1"M0U1H, NOV t 4. The public dinner and ball given a few days fence at the Royal Hotel, Glefier.row, was of the moll fplendid kind. All the Fatkion here, the Officers of the Garrifon, as well as feveral diflinguifhed na val charaeters, were prefent ; and Rosssu. never gave g reater fatisfation than in providi ng f or t hi s fete. The choice(' wines, and every delicacy that could be found, were ferved up. The band of the 13th Light Dragoons attended, and played feveral pieces of mufic iii a very fuperior Gilt ; the claming was kept up to a very late hour ; and the company parted, highly gratified. The weather has this week been tempefluous, and the walks and tides have been very dreary.— The gloom was difpelled by the opening of Haays Y's public Card Altembly Rooms, built and fitted up in a moll elegant and exper:five manner, for the amufe. went of the Nobility and Gentry. The public opinion of liasvcv's endeavours to pleafe, could not be better conveyed, than by the re fpeelability of t::e company who attended them ; among whom were— Lord Hawke., Hon Mrs. Hawke, Sir George and Lady Pref. cott, Major General Cotton ; Lictuethint Colonel Head, and Of ficers of the r3th Light Dragoons ; Lt. Col. Bingham; and the Officers of , he 33d; Mrs. and Mifs Grtenley ; Mr. G. Cbarri• berlain ; Mils Dings, Mrs. Collins, two Mifs Bethells. Mr. and Mrs. Prlte, Mr. Rich, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, Mr. Brooke, Mr. Bligh, the Mifs Willem Mrs. Dagky, Mr. Purling, Mita Joyce, Major Dudley, Mr. and Mifs Richards, Mr. Bradthaw, Mr. Ca ptl Curie. The increafe of arrivals at this feafon of the year, together with the great number of families that have taken lodgings for the winter, furpanks every thing before known at this watering place. Lutes fitl ball at the King's Head hotel on Thurfday evening, was genteelly attended, and our Theatre was alfo (in confequence of the funnels of the town), re•upcned this evening, for the winter, un• der the management of Mr. Las, with the perfor• mances of Forty Thieves and Of Age To morrow. Mr. Las has engaged feveral Performers from the Theatres Royal, Edinburgh and Dublin ; and the whole acquitted thearfelves with much credit before a very relpeetable audience. The fpirit of building keeps pace with the linflux of vifitants : upwards of one hundred bottles are building on the Weymouth fide of the water, and will be finitbed by the next (ummer. A new chapel is alfo in contemplation to be built by Lady Bath, conformable to the plan laid down by the late Sir W. PULTEXEY. Her Ladythip, on every occafion, fpares no ex. pence in fulfilling her father's intentions that were made known previous to his deceafe. Admiral DIGIT left us yeaerday p Lord Bauca follows immediately. On Monday UR, Sir FILIIDERICI Ft.nov, Bart.tonk the ufual oaths of qualification, as by law prefcribed in the Iri(h Court of King's Bench, as Cultns Kntu lorum, and Chief Magiitrate of the County of Wes. ford, in the room of the late Marquis of Eta,. lA TELLIGENCE: MAILS....Wiod N. E. Ala. DIM AAR. DUt. Dublin - z i Cortenburgh o I Waterford I a Lithou - 0 0 FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 74. Arrived the Sally, Witte FLY, from Cnrk, for Gi. hralta►, with the lois c f an anchor and cable; Flaxley, TREN CRY ; Tov:an, Cuany ; and tl.e Minerva, from London. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 74. Yeflerday Rear Admirals Sir &must HOOD and Ktrrs, arrived he e, .with ten fail of the line, part of the fleet lately employed in the Baltic ;—and the Norge, Heir Apparent Frederic, Princefs Augufla Frederic, and Jullitia, Dana (hips of the line ; and Venus, and Frederickflen, Danifh frigates. Sir S. HOOD !truck his flag this afternoon, and went to London, on leave. Difpatches for the Government at Madras and Bengal were received this morning from the EMI India Houfe, which the Georgiana Ean India packet failed with this afternoon. • The crevrs of the Danifh Chips w'iich have been detained and fent into this port were yefierday taken out of the (hips, by the Co . nsainders of the Prifon Ships here, and fent on ivard the Prothee prifon (hips to be treated in future as prifoners of war. Each (hip had its matter and one mate left on board. On Monday evening laft the Dorothea, Robert Taylor, John, William, and Ceres tranfports, under the orders of Lieutenant Mort Garr, arrived here from the Cape of Good Hope, with a few invalids on board,and Lieutenant LAVEIty, and Enfign ROBERT. SOS, 83d regiment, paffengers. They failed from the Cape an the 31(1 of July, and from St. Helena, on the 3d of September, under convoy of the Ardent, 64, Captain CHAMBERLAYNIN The Harrier fioop was the only (hip at the Cape ; the homeward bound China fleet was daily expetted at St. Helena. Nov. O.—Arrived his Majefty's (hips Minotaur, Hercules, Alfred, Linnett, Agamemnon, and Sur vcillante, with four or five Danes, and feveral tranf ports, under convoy from the Downs. Wind N.E. DOVER, NOVEMBER i 6. About (even a clock l:►tt night three French luggets were fo da►ing as to come wi►hin gun flint of our pier head, and captured a brig that was going down Channel ; one of the batteries flied a few guns at them, hut without d;:ing them any mifchiel, ark! they fhaped their cou;fe with their prize for Boit logne—nonc of cur cruizrrs alcut lyre. Palled 1-y this day the Chip Liberty, Cap.. You etc, from Am Iterdam. Wind Eatt and blows hard. DEAL, NOVEMBER s 6. Sai!ed yeflerday afternoon, for Ramfgate harlymr, the Amphitrite tranfport, with feveral others.—Wind N.E. blows hard. I.ITFT, NOVEMBER t 4. Arrived in the Roads, the NIGHTINGALE (loop of• war from a mize ; the Rrvc Dove (loop of war, from Yarmouth Roads. Sailed the BAVLINIC :gun brig with the fin:them bound fbips under c ynvoy, for Yarmouth Roads ; the AHARANTHi, vith the trade for Gr.trenburgh. LOSS OF THE JAMES AND REBECCA TRANSPORT. IFURTIIEII PARTICULAR•. Truro, November ti. About eleven o'clock in the night of the 6th intl. the James and Rebecca tranfoort, ROCHESTER matter, from Buenos Ayres, with a iquadron of the gth Light Dragoons on board ,not knowing where tDey were,from a miflake in their reckoning, and it being very dark, ran plump ashore upon the rocko, under the high cliff called Halzefon, in the eaflern part of the Mount's bay, about three leagues N. W. of the Li. zard. Her fignal guns of diftrefs brought a great number of people down to the (bore. A boat with fix men attempting to reach the Chore was upfet, and five of the fix drowned. A buoy being then floated on (bore with a rope, enabled the country people to draw the end of a bawler on (bore, which they (ali ened round a rock, while the people on board fallen• ed the other end to the mizen top. A noofe (celled by feamen a traveller) war then fafiened round the hawfer like a loofe collar, with flings affixed to it, by which a great many perfms were fafely drawn on (hot e. But, at eleven o'clock next morning, the vefTcl went to pieces with the violence of the waves, and about tto men, women, and children, who Hill remained on board, were plunged into the lea, which raged with the greateft violence. At this awful cats, every exertion was made by the people on Chore, at the imminent rill; of their own lives, to fave the un fortunate fufferers, and far the greater part of them were laved, though many with fevere bruizes ; being npor. the rctcks by the violence of the waves. But it is painful to add, that 28 dragoons, to failors, and three children perifhed. Their corpfes, whici. were collected In heaps as the lea vrafhed them on (ore,prefented a dreadful fpeftacle. All the oflicers viz. Captains; RavnsoamE and SAVAGE, Lieutenants HENLT and HORSBOROUGH. and Mr. JoaDAN, fur geon) were faved, as were alio Mrs. Joabart, and Mrs. LANDER, widow of an officer who fell at Buenos Ayres, with feven other females, being all that were on board, and fix children. The inhabitants of Hellion and its neighbourhood have done themfelves infinite credit, by the relief of every kind which they have given to the unfortunate fufferers: and the la dies and officers will ever remember the delicate at tention (hewn them by the amiable family at Penrofe, who generoufly feat their own carriage to fetch the ladies from the wreck, and whole hofpitable manfion has afforded them the kindest confolation and pro tation. The foldiers are billeted at Hellion, where they wait for further orders. The number of per. Cotes on board when the veffel ftruck, was nearly zoo, mofily natives sf Ireland. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. • Ca avl s t ND, Nov. t.---Paffeel by the Ocean, t Lord Elden, Young , Lord Keith, Martin ; and the Fortune, Moore, from the Raft Indies—Mary Ann, Reitston, from Monte Weo—.: Princes of Wales, Turner, and the Eddyftone, from Hud- Nip Bay—the Diana. Sanderfon, front Sevannahlier(chel. Parrot, from Vir;il ia—Dromedary, Scutt, from Copenhagen— Fair American. Whire: and the Young R.egnius, Mint, from Gibraltar—Sopitia, Taylor; Pl.cehe Guidon and the Ann and Mary, Taylor, from Malta—Rufus, iviertin, from Pererfburgh-ss Margaretta, Munn, and the Altman& r, Brown, front Rigs Daphne, Mitch.ll, from Dublin—Chriffiana. Her.detron, and Phcenix. Stick 'nit, from Memel—Neptune, Bowman, and the Sophia, Mar •lena,--, from Archangel. NOVE”M a a6.—Sailed tbe Nally, Sughrue ;Caroline. Hodfon ; Cornwil Canzphcll. Friendlip Smith; P.incefr. of Wales, Mac kirda• : Nautilus. Ofwman; Dorothy Forikr, Saunders; Pripe t Drown ; and Olive Br Sp :incr., for Jamaica ..-..Samuel, Sur*.rue, for Trinidad; lady Ann, War4rl, for Grenada; Met a l`der, Kilgour, for Totta• b o ; Robert, Nicholfol, for St Domingo; kuby. Moneour. for tetisiee ; Robert and Sarah, Teafehtle for Malta; Ranger, Haller, for Surinam: Mercury, Rogers, forCharief ton ; Vine. Hughes. for Newry; Halcyon. Brags, for Dublin; Pla net. Langley : and the Grenada Brown, for Demerara The Branfter, Cook, from Hull for Whitby (not the Sophia. as fisted on Saturday) is on (bore near Wl.iti y. The Nancy. Wickham, from Marina for Liverpool, is on (bore near Braumaris—but is ezpc4ed to be got off. The 13rtdgewatcr, Edmunds, is lott near Holyhead. The General Smirarrow, ---, of Cork for Liverpool, is loft near Biddeford. The Alciaudria, M'Kenzie, from Virginia for Itatter!am, is loft off Gorec. Th e General maiim s fi e m, —, from St. Croix, 13 detained WA fent into the Downs by his 1101sjefty's flap Tb;fbe. Tie Neptune, Wilfon, from Liverpool for St Domingo, is put into I.iftton th diftrefi. The Ceres, from Gottenburgh for London, is put Into Vermouth in did refs ' , having been run foul of. The Queen. Archer, tram London for Peteriburgh, is re- ported to be loft on the north cmft of ZePland. The William, Tucker, from Virginia, la put into Ramfgate with damage. The William, Foriler, from Memel, is on fnore near Helllng bourg. The Lark, Conk, Yarmouth to Serstl , nd—and the Mat thew, Codling, from NewcafUe, are on fhore near Eridlirgton. The Eliza. —. from Gottenhurgh—Jernima, —, from Sun derland—and the Utry, of Scothsnd, arc on thorenear Shield& The Cornelia, —, of Newcaftle :min Liverpool, is loft on the Herd Sand. --- The Bell, Hutehinfon, of and froin Newcaftle, is run down off Stockton. The Advehture, Boyd, from London for Briftol, is on fliare at Little Hampton. The 1./44es, —, from Tonningen, for New York; and the Induitry, Day, from London, for Brasil, are on fhore near Deal. The live Oak, Winftro. from Newfoimdland, for Oporto, Is captured and carried into Vigo. ARRIVED. Off Portrmouth, the Woodland Caftle, froth the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Mary, from the South seas—At Plymouth, the Helton, Down, from NeVirotindlind—Allnerva, Barrett, from Riga—Flora, Roulfton, from PeterlburghProil deuce, Store, from Stockholm—Orion, Young, from (Ocher-. and the Eliza, —, from Oporto. At Jerfey, the Hazard, from ditto. At Cork, the Charlotte, Hay, and the Betfey, Chap man, from St. Übe's At Liverpool, the Auguftus, Sangiter, from Riga—and the Fifher, Atklnfon, from A retarget Ac Eitel, the Oak. Hall, from ditto. At Newfoundland, the Ann, Hill, from Liverpool. At New Brunrwick, t! e lohu, Moore, from ditto. At Savannah, the Alexander, Hamilton, front ditto. Arrived at Wernnutli, on Saturday !att. his Majefty's tips Pluto, R. YANVI: R IN, from a cruizc ; and Bonet!, R. Sco - rr, with the f.ntinling cutter Mary Ann,of Guernfey, with a 76 half ankers fpirits ; Greyhound (-Ater, R. WUXI !MM. front Guernfey ; C. Dorchcfter,l.,:XD, and Richard and Sarah, W. be EveroN, front Loudon wl ' groceries ; Melcombe, R. GRAY ; and Adlive CAR- La. frt with coals; and Elizabeth and Sarah, Cole, from - mouth, with herrings. Sailed his Majefty's 114 Pluto, on a cruize; Bweas, on the Gormley ftation ; Leopard, J. SMITH, ar Drlite, FER 'xis (revenue cutters), on a cruize ; Prorpe ri. James cacti). for Alderney ; Rover poft office packet. T. %le K, with mails and paffeniers for Guernfey and Jerfey ; Wss. lnozT, and Princers Augurea, C. CLARK, for Duero.. fey , with eattle ; Integrity, H. BUCK, for Exeter; and Alert extra I packet, D. Fut . aote, with paffengers for Guernfey. The foll3wing is a more authentic ace:mint of the late attack made on the Lnrd Eldon Indiaman than that 6r( ptibliihed " On Thurfday the Strenuous gun 'errel brought into Ponf mouth a boat belonging to Ia C)-rte, French nalonal corvette, with a Mi.!filipman and ten men in her. it appears tkat la Cygne early or. Mnrday morning Lift, fell in with the Lord Eldon, home ward botnd itatt Indianian, at the back of the !fie of Wight, and lire began to fire nthrquetry into her. La Cygne foon atter fell 1 on board the Locd Eldon, when Pierre Growler, a midthipman s and the boatfwain of la Cygne, jumped on board. the Eldon. The veffels at this moment cleared tech other. The rrenchmen found only one man on the deck of the Eldon, and he ran and hid him. I (elf. The boatfwain took pofferTion of the wheel, and the mld. I:lir/tan got on the poop of the Eldon. Shortly fume of the mea of the Eldon ruched upon deck, and wounded the midthipman In the thigh; when he jumped overboard, and was picked up by la Cygne 's boat, which was at this time corning to affift them. Eu the Ardent appearing In fight, la Lygne ftretched towards Cher bourg, and left the boat to her fate. She followed the corvette till the Stvrionus met with her, in a gale The boatfwain of the corvette was kiilcd on hoard the Lord Eldon. This account is much at variance with the fame tranfaCtion as related in the Lon don papers but we hare no doubt of the truth of there clredm ftai.ces. We have been told that the Lord Eldon had not a car tridge filled when Ia Cygne fell in with hcr, and the vents o( the guns were obli.:ed to he forced with gimblets. 'the Fitenehmen obtaining fo cafy poffellion of the Eldon's deck, is explained by the crew fufpedting the corvette was an Englifb Chip of war, whole in tention was to imprers them, and they had all gore below. If the Ardent had not hove in fight, there is too much reafon to appre bend that the Cygne would have made a prize of the Eldon. La Cygne was formerly the Swan revenue c0m1.." . 80-NESS, NOVEMBER tz. The herring fifhery has commericed oppoine to this place, with boats belonging to the town, which are getting from two to five barrels each. The herrings are of an excellent quality, fuppofed to be little in ferior to thole caught in the Highland lochs.-Ihis flitting ought to engage the attention of the Welt India merchants, fince the importation of herrings frosm Gottenhnrgh, permitted by a late aet of Parlia ment, has failed, that fpecies of food being of much importance to them. Thurfday, a telpire paled through Glafg,ow for Peter Millong,ll. who was fentenced to be hanged the next day at Inverary, for the murder of his wife. Thurfd-ty fe'nnight a fire broke not in the liable of Mr. SHARP, at lt.orcf , mbe, which dearoyed the fame, with a quantity of harnefs. Three horfes were with great difficulty Caved, being much tinged. By the exactions principal)! of Mr. SHARP'S fervants, the filmes were confined to the liable, and prevented from communicating to a barn and three wheat ricks, a few yards only diftant. The prerhifes were infured. The accident was cccafioned by dropping the fnuff of a candle in the hay lift. Yetteiday afternoon, three fellows went into the White Honk public houfe, in Warwick lane, and perceiving the landlord out of the bar, they took from it the tilt, which contained a confiderable fum of money, and endeavoured to efcape. They were, however, obferved to run down the yard of the Ox. ford Arms inn; and after a lid& fearch, were difco. vered in the paffage of a houfe there. One of them immediately advanced flourifhing a wine bottle, threatening deatutlion to any pet fon who ap. proached him ; but they were, after great refi fiance, (scared, and conveyed to Le Compter.