Star. — London, England, 1807-11-13 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE I BRITISH ARMY AT BtIENOS AYRES. NUMBER U. In the morning of June 29th, the army affembled in marching order, and between nine and ten o'clock commenced its march by the left flank, having, a 'detachment of the Rifle Corps, the 36th, 88th Regi• lents, and 17th Light Dragoons in front, and the Other corps following in fucceifion. The ground occupied by the army the preceding night was exceedingly flat and fwampy ; but the track over which they had now to pals, on account of eery deep bogs near the river, was circuitous, and almoß impaffable to the troops, who were in gene ral heavily loaded with ammunition, neeeffaries, and three days' provifion ; and, if it be remembered that about one half of them, who had arrived only a few days before with Brigadier General Ceawetreo from England, had been ten months on board Sip, the attacks they had to furmomit will appear the greater. For three hours they were obliged to wade through bogs, mire, and fwamps, often above their knees, and in the utmoit danger of falling every mo ment. In the midst of there difficulties, the troops in open column preferved the moll regular order, and although many ran a confiderable rifle of being drowned, yet we do not believe that more than one man was loft. Had the enemy had fuifieient fore. fight 'aid courage to attack our troops in their pal; rage through the bogs, aided by their fuperior know ledge of the country, they might have, doubtlefs, tintioyed them greatly, and perhaps prevented them froM advancing further, particularly as the Nita could not have ferved their artillery in the deep marikes ; and, finding it even impoffible to bring on iheir cannon, they were compelled to difmount, fpike and abandon them all, except five light 6 pounders, which the ooldiera, by excel Eve toil, dragged through the martho. But the enemy were not any where to be feen About four o'clock in the afternoon, the army, after marching ten miles, and having gained pretty favourable ground, filed off by corps in (Me rtz direitions, and lay on their arms all night. Be foie they halted, feveral (mall liraggling parties of the enemy's horfemen were obferved about a mile to the left of the line of march, but they loon difap peired. It being uncertain whether any confiderable body of the enemy were near, the piquets and guards of every regiment were ordered to be on the alert all night. The Light Brigade, under Brigadier Gene: sal Ckawrven, continued on the advance during the march, and halted about four miles in front of the main body of the army. In the cootie of the day they palfed the ground which, but a very Mort time before, had been occupied by a party of Spanifh bode, which immediately Made their retreat on the appearance of our troops. It was Much to be lamen ted that, from the want of the neceffary a.tfl9ance, it :was found impoitble to bring on all the gur:, and ;ammunition, thr..ugh the marches : the want efgont lirould have been dreadfully felt, had the enemy made la attack ih any confiderable body. The fervices of , ly 36 feamen, Who iolunteered, with many more, from the Pnlyphemor, of 64, were accepted of by General Witirs cocas. There men were found of the greaten ore in dragging ammunition, and be haved in all refpeds like tree Brittfh feamen. About eight o'clock in the morning of the 3oril, the different corps ,were in motion from their re fpeCtive ground, and marched through a moil beautiful country, diverfified with extenfive fields of clover, and rivulets which the troops were obliged to ford. About two o'clock they halted, and remained during the night in the open air, the Light Brigade being about two mile; in advance. In the courfe of this day, feveral irregular bodies of the enemy made their appearance ; but as they made no near ap• proach, they were difregarded. It appeared to be their intention to cut off our baggier: in the rear.— Today, General LUMLEY'S brigade was next in ad vance to that of General CRALETURD. Early on the ill July, the army mnved forwards, and matched over a track funilar to that of yeller• day, until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they baited at the village of Redullion. General LuM. tit, with the Light Brigadc, 36th and 88th Regi• menu, advanced two miles forward, and baited in ight of, and within eight miles of Buenos Ayres ) on *Wing ground, with their right towards Reduaion, ' sad their front towards that city—their left flank king bounded by a fmall village. During this day's march, the enemy hovered very much on the flanks and rear of the advance, as well as of the main body of the army, and made many attempts to cut off the (hagglers in the rear, who were very numerous, both from the great length of this day's march, and from the fatigues and priva tions they had undergone during the three preceding :days; for their provifions had been already &mutt ell, and, from frequent alarms in the night, they had beta deprived of re(, and expofed to rain. We do Set learn, however, that more than one Plan was attacked by them. This man was not a (muter of a mile in the rear of General LUMLEY'S brigade, and was left by the enemy with few figni of life. In the comic of this march, General Cumt.sv thought it prudent to detach four companies of infantry, under a Field Officer, to fupport the rear guard, and bring up loch men as had fallen in the rear, from fatigue, accident, and licknefs : this detachment foon after joined the main atnts under General WHlMlLuegar . . . . . and continued with them that night at Redultion,' from whence they proceeded early in the morning ? , to the advance. During the whole March of this day, the main body was in the rear of the advanced brigades about five miles. On account, howeier, of a probability that the enemy would difpute the ground with our troops at Reduaion, it was intended that the army should advance in a more compaB body, as they approached to the neighbou►hood of Buenos Ayres, in order to be prepared againfk oppolition from the enemy, which was now more likely to be met with than on the preceding days ; and with this view the main body halted within two miles of the advanced divifion of the atmy, which confifled of the Light Brigade, 36th and 88th Regiments. No oppofitian was met with at ReduCtion, although the enemy had colle&ed there with the apparent intention of making a nand, yet, on the approach of the Light Brigade under General CRAWFURD, who fired a few shots, they fuddenly fled in the direaion of Buenos Ayres; where, it feemed, all their flrength was now concentrated. During the afternoon, two (hips were feen burning in the roads of Buenos Ayres, fuppofed to have been fired by the enemy, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Navy, which were now difcovered approaching, along with the tranfports, with the view of cannonading the city when it should be deemed advifeable, and of co operating in any other manner wherein they could be ufeful to the common caufe. The picquets of the advanced divifion of the army were frequently alarmed daring this night, by irre gular parties of the enemy's horfe hovering near their pofition, and endeavouring, as it teemed, to pats between them and the lines ; bat the firing of the advanced fentries obliged them to difperfe. It rained heavily in the night, to which the troops were com pletely expofed : this, Added to the connant 'late of alarm which they were under the whole night from the enemy, and the fatigue and hardfhips of the pre ceding days, rendered their titration truly handling and uncomfortable. The pleafing anticipation, how- ever, of a period being put to all their fufferings by the fall of Buenos Ayres on the following day, of which not the moft remote doubt was entertained, fupported their fpitits amidft tl a preffure of fatigue, cold, and hunger. From come caufe or other, no fpirits were Mud to the troops, neither could any regular fupply of provificns be obtained : Some of the troops had even landed without any provifions at all, and were of courfe under the fevere necetfity of trulting to precarious chance for firbfillence. Some of the corps were, however, fortunate enough to procure occalionally a fupply of bullocks and (keep, when the enemy bad not fucceeded in driving them all off. Thefe were cauroit and flaughtered by fome natives who acconipft-...‘d the army for that pnrpofe, and were found ear y attire and ufeful. Jr is , perhaps, ncceffary to mention that the guide, who ctirerfted the route of the army from the time of its landing, was a Gentleman who had refided many years under the protettion of the Spanifh Govern ment at Buenos Ayrec, and who was intimately ac quainted with the country, and fully competent to the uadertaking.—(To k continued ) As it muff afford great fatisfaCtion to thofe who have friends on board of Mips returning from South America, we have authority to hate, that the Hero tranfport, No. 294., having on board three companies of the tit battaliou 95th ( Rifle) regiment, under the command of Major Mact.son, arrived at Fa!mouth on Friday the 6th intiant. The names of the Officer s on board are : Major Mend, Commanding ;—Major Noreott, Captains O'Hare, and Elder ; Lieutenants Ward, Smith, Come, M.Leosi, M'Culloeb, and tries ;—Surgeon Robb, and (barter Maßer M'Donald. His Grace the Duke of MANCH IS TER proceeds immediately to Jamaica. Lieutenant General ARON Vit.Larls, late Gover. nor of Malta, goes out as Lieutenant Governor to Jamaica, to relieve Lieutenant General Sir Eyes Coors. Sir EYRE Cana, our Readers will recoiled, was one of the Heroes of Egypt. Lieutenant Ge neral VIL LETES, it is laid, goes to Jamaica with the brevet tank of General in the Army. The 2d battalion of the 34th Regiment has arrived in Cork. The 63d, with feveral cther regiments, were em. barked in Ireland for this Country, to join part of the Expedition of which Sir SYDNEY SMITH has the naval command. General BERVSTORD is in town in confultation with Lord CASTLEREAGH. There two diainguithed regiments, the Old Bull's and the t yth Foot, expeet to he emplojedin the Ex. pedition now prepaying, and will embark =Plymouth. • That fine old regiment the Queen's has been completed to loco men, from the b , filitias: being per fcdted in difcipline under Lieutenant General Sir JOHN Dor L 6. Bart. at Guernfey, it is preparing for icrvice under the Hun. Colonel RAMSAY. Saturday 1a 1 a detachment of the Forfar militia, under the command of LieutenantMoLii son ,marched into Greenock, to replace the Royal Veteran Ba• talion, commanded by Lieutenant CLIMMING. On Saturday laft, three foreigners were appre hended at Newcallla, on feSpicion of being (pies.— ' They had previoully made off from the officers of the imprefs, to whom they had been offering their Cervices, through fear of deteaion, and ware in treaty for the army, with a ferjeant of the artillery at that place, 'when deteacd. Du ea.—Friday morning a meeting took place at Tor Point, near Plymouth D wok, between Mr. An drew', Puller, and Mr. Hamilton, late Surgeon of l'Atar.t, accompanied by their feconds. After an ezehange of fires, the feconds interfered, and a recon ciliation took place: . N4tyricA ISTELLIGENCE 1.: -161 7i , is 0;71, ,-.•, • . . _ LoisWetotrit tettitiVii.cii)p OF *AL • "!'.. On 64; cittirUg the.gale, the ta; vain : iruck upon the Lang gaud, and loft her rudder w and:came off with 7 feet water in her hold, and drifted towards the Gallopper, when the rumps gaining upon them, the crew were obliged to aban- don her, and were taken out by a veffel belonging to Ipfwich, and are all &fay arrived at Harwich— the crew conGfted of roo perfons; including three women. FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER To. Arrived, his MajettY's (hips Astsou and DRAG •N, from off Rochefort ; alto the Caledonia, Captain Pe rsia:a, which failed from hence about three weeks fence, with a fleet of veffels in banal', under convoy of his Majegy's fhip MINSTREL, for Oporto, having been off that port, but not permitted to go in Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER u. Came in the Riling Sun, Bust, from Tonningen, detained by the Phcebe privateer. PORTSMOU TH, NOVEMBER u. Arrived his Majeny's {hip!, STRENUOUS, finth a cruize, and the Ms LPOI4EN e, from the Mediterranean, which is put under quarantine. His Majelly's {Lip THUsa is appointed convoy for the Downs.—Wind DOVER, NOVEMBER tt. Came in this day the brig Hann:sh, Capt. Davis, of Teignmouth, with hemp, iron, Fee. bound to Dub lin, having loft in the late gale her two anchors and cables, boat, and windlafs.—Arrived in the roads, the brig Daphne, Capt. MITCHELL, of Aberdeen, from Dublin with beef, bound ro London ; 141 an anchor and cable.—A large fleet from the 'Nuns, among which were feveral !hips of the line, paired by here this day, with a flreng wind from the N.N.E. Arrived from a cruize the KANGAROO and CALYPSO (loops, and BOLD gun brig ; all;) the ICING Gaoler cutter, fromYarm4ruth Roads.—Sailesl the brig Mary, of this port, Capt. IRON, from London, with fundries, bound to Cork.—Paffed by the chip Herfchell, Capt. PARROTT, from Nor folk, bound to London. DEAL, NOVEM3ER is. Arrived the Alfred and Agamemnon, of 74 guns each ; Ccquett (loop and Pidgeon fchooner ; Oden, Waldermaar, and Fuen, Danifh (hips of the line, having on board troops (which arc expated to dif embark here), from the Baltic. Sailed the Centaur, Rear Admiral Sir SAMUEL HOOD ; Superb, Rear Admiral Kum ;—Pompee, of 8o guns ;—Maida, Gz.nges, Valiant, of 74 guns each, with feveral Da nab line of battle (hips ; Frederickflein and Venus Danifh frigates ; alfo a number of tranfports which arrived from the Baltic,. and a large fleet r f outward bound velfzlg, COA tiers and colliers, under convoy to the weßward ; Pelter gun b►ig with a convoy for Ireland; Trompeufe and Royalill 11 , inps, on a cruize off the coati of France.—Wind N.E blows ha►d. HARWICH, NOVEMBER it. Sailed this evening, the AGGRESErIt gun brig, with the fleet of tranfports, which have fo long teen detained here, fur the Downs. Sailed the Dan ifh frigate Fredticklladt, for Chatham ; the Defpera te, Sparkler and Flying Pith gun brigs, and Lor d Nelfoi cutter. The fhip Hardys, HARDY maizter, which in a former letter I mentioned as having put in here leaky, has funk on the beach, and is now lying on her brnadfide with only her yard arms out of water : her cargo, confilting of pitch, tar, tallow, malls, &c. will moll probably be neatly all Paved, but it is feared the (hip will be totally 1011. The brig Fa. vourite, of Shields, HOLLIDAY mafler, from the Earl, with iron and deals, is brought into this port in a finking Ante, having been nn fhnre on the Whiting Mr. Risr and finite, Charge d'Affaires to the Danilh Government, arrived here on Tuefday evening, but owing to contrary winds has not yet failed. The Auckland packet, Capt. BRIDGE, is to take him, under a flag cf truce, to either Gluckfladt or Ton ningen. The packet will likewife land a Mail at Heligoland.— Remains the VIXEN gun brig. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER sz. Yefierday P. M. the WALDERMAAR, of 98 guns, and another Danifh man of war were coming in from the fouthward, but the wind changing and blowing a gale, they were obliged to bring to is the night: the WALDERNA AR was obliged to cut away all her malts and rigging for the fafety of the (hip : the was tiding near Corton Sands, and has on board up wards of Soo feamen and troops.—This morning failed the LEDA frigate, and a gun brig to her affitl ance, to bring her into there Roach.—Sailed the DICTATOR, of 64 guns, Captain CAMPHILL, for the Nore, and a large fleet of tranfports with troops, &c. from Copenhagen for the Downs, with a fair wind from the NOT th. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 9. A !loop or knack (without any living creature nn board) has been cal! up, on Duddon Sands ; alfo two boats, betides other articles. It is reported by the Pilot that brought the Barbad-es in, that two veffels are 101 l near Holyhead, names not known ; four dead bodies have been walhed on (bore. The JelEes, HUDDL EST N, from Dublin to St. Vincent, was captured on the 18th September by the French privateer Qftane (late his Majefly's (choosier Netley) of i 6 guns 24 pounders. The privateer was captured on the 2-v1 of September by his friajetly's ihip BLOND!, and carried into Barbadoes. Capt. Lewis of the Bat badne:, fpnke on the 28th of 08ober, in 50. 20. N. long. 39. 43 W. die !hips Duke ofi A en , and mam a, • from _ _ bound to Portfmonth; oat id days, all well. On the 29th, (poke the Chip Liberty, from London to Newfoundland; out so days, all well. GREENOCK, NOVEMBER 9: • • In our laft, we mentioned the Lots of a yetiel near . Ayr ; (he proves to be the Mercury, Bond, of Gree nock. Her cargo co-Miffed of :6+ pipet of wine, betides cork wood and fruit. The following addi tional particulars have been received : Ga as NOCK, N0v.6.---A letter was received laft night from one of the partners of the Mercury who has gone to the frit, to his owners here, mentioning that the hull of the Tafel bad come afhore bottom up; that 3 t pieces of wine had been,catt on Chore with the Mate's chat, and Tome whet' 'articLis, but noon. of the - dead bodies had as yet c -ft up. The owner was to go off as this morning with a ftrong carpenter's crew, ti) endeavour to feuttle her for the purpore of getting out as much of the cargo as poiGhle: There are raid to have been eleven palfengers, chiefly Ladies and children." Tuefday fe'nnight, a (loop bound from Dublin to Wexford, laden with merchandize, flrnolt on one of the (mall iflands in Dublin Bay, near Dulkey, called the Mnglins, and almon inflantly went down, when two of the three men of which the 'crew confined, unfortunately perifhed : the other (warn until he got upon the rocks, where he remained all night, and in the morning when his unhappy fituation was dire°. vered he .vas brought on (bore. Although there was no: a violent gale on Tuefday night, yet the fea ran high, with a heavy (well, to which mar perhaps be attributed 'lie caufe of the above melancholy cita• firorhe. The Jean, Bannatyne, of this port, is on fhore in the Bay of Riga , on her voyage from St. Peterfburgh to this port, and unloading her cargo, confining of hemp, iron, deals, &c. The Woodfide, of Ufa*, from Glafgow to that port, fprung a leak on Tuef day, and was obliged to run alhore at Girvan. The following letter was received here on Fricay " Cullom Heure,Londondt r-y, Oetober 3t. 66 Sir—On Thuriday 22d intl. a veffel was wreck ed on the cotit of Innifhowen, near to Man Head in this diflrid, and in confequence of the lois of all her crew, I could not afcertain from whence fhe came, or where bound to, until this day that intelli gence has been tent to me of her name being the Mary Gore, James Lang mailer. from Stockholm, bound to Dublin, hut belonging to your port. None of her paper., and only a very trifling part of her cargo, confining of tar and deal boardt, have been favcd. I am, &c. (Signed) M. S. HILL., Colleiftor. " Colleaor of the Cultorns, Greenock." FROM THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, APRIL a;, iSo7. Yefterday morning acecitints were braugbt to town, of the Taft arrival of the thin General Canrain Pergtifon, at Dia mond Harbuur, from China. The Wel( ficy left Macao on the tft of Marsh, touched at Malacca. where the remained a day; arrived at Prince of Wales's !timid on the 22d, and left it (hied for Bengal, on the 28th of March Head; of ncors from the Eattward received per We!lacy. Opium had rifen at China from cot* to I'm dollars per ebeft. At Pening, the nominal price of opium was 600 dullai - s, and in no demand. W)''e the WeWiley remained at Penang, the Bottibay Anna came into that port from China, which the left fix days later than the Wt.litfley. The Company's ibip Albion, Captain Richardron, from Cal cutta. had lately arr.vcd at China, prtosious to the departure of the Welic/1-1.. The MarChionrfs of WelleCey, alto from Bengal, had anima at China in February. We are lorry to find that no accounts had been received at Penang of the Skelton Cattle. The [hip Nancy, Captain Kincaid, with a valuable carpi of Opium on hoard, was unfortunately loft off Rbio, dst a reef of rocks, the crew fated. ' Previous to quitting the veffel. Captain Kincaid fet her on fire to prevent the Sip and cargo tailing into the hands of the Oradea' Malays. His hlajefty's 1'6,4 'ca Flower, Captain Owen, was on her PA don off Point Romania. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVE SE un. Nov t t.—Sailed the Berwick, Well, for Barba. does; Britannia, Mitchell; for Trinidad ; Eliza, Hari is, for Duh.. lin; Vertumnus, M Arthur, and the Blenheim, Mull, for Grenada; Prince George, Bayley, and the Burden, Smith, for Jamaica. ARRIVED. At Falmouth, the Donn, Doughty; and Fame, Stowe, from Virginia ; and the Bell, Stahe, from Oporto--At Dartmouth, Queen Charlotte, —.from Oporto; Brothers, Dunby; Specu lation, Bully ; Unanimity, Norton ; Dart. Bodlakc ; William, Hol man; and avonildre, Prowfe, from Newfoundland —At Briftof, Hibernia, --, from ?.ante—At Portfnicuth, Thames, Todd. from Oporto—At Lochrian,hiontrcsl, Harvey, from %thee...-. At Dundee. Miler, Howe. from Petcriburgli—At White/men, Favourite, Corner, from ditto—Off the Frith of Forth, Nava, Pritrrofr, from Gottcoburgh—Off Oporto, It itnewood, Prowfe; 10, Hall; higell,Correll; Hope, Tnomas; Gofport, Ford; and Thomas, Swallow, from Newfoundlat.d—At Stockholm, Sally, Jackfon, from Londoo-.-At Lifbon, Diane, Wylie, from Cork. L'lnventiort. Le Brizon, from Lordon, for the South Seaa, was all well on the acth of Frb:uary, round Cape Horn, in lit. go. S. lore ! 17. 30. W. The Diana, Aubyn, from the River Platr, for jPrfey, partcd from the Ardent man of war on the 1911 ult. in la. 41. N. lon j. 33 W The Minerva, —, from Newfoundland, is run down on the emit of Portugal. _ _ The Mermaid, Symes, bound to London, i, put back to Llibmi, leaky, and is expedted to be co: . denined. The name of the Indiaman which ha,' the rencontre with the French privateer in the Channel, as men tioned in the STAR of Wednefday, was the Lord Eldon, Captain YOUNG. The coodull of Captain YOUNG and his crew was very heroic, but we are forry to learn, that the privateer got off by fuperior failing, but not until fhe had received a fevere mauling from the Lord Eldon, the Lord Keith, and Ocean Indiamell, and his Majefty's flip ARDENT. The French boatfw•iin, who first boards] the Lord Eldon, was cut down by Captain YOUNG, V:,10 WAS sightly wounded in the hand. The letters from Charteflon, received yefterday, are to the ill of oClober, at which time the yellow fever continued to rage with unabated fury. Moft of the Europeans latety arrived there had fallen vic tims to that malignant eileafe. In Georgia the rattle dileafe raged with equal violence; and the letters Rate, that the Etitifh Conful at Charleflon had re• fufed clean bill. of beal:h to veffds bound to Eng- land. And the Government of the United States had taken precautionary meafures to prevent the fpreading of the infection at New York, Philadelphia, &c. &c.—Our Govetnrnent, it is Laid, have been equally cau ious ; and all veffels from America are to be placed under a ftrid quarantine. The novelty of a Little Lottery Scheme of only 6oco Numbers, yet containing 63,e001. in Prizes, headed by the Capitals of 20,0001. aid to,oool. ap. pears to excite both general attention and attraction. Such is the actual (late of the Supplementary Scheme, that is determinable next eek ; for adventuring in which there is little doubt that acre will be thou fands of more applications for purchafinff Tickets and Shares, than the Lottery market will be able to fuPFIY.