The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

602 'cation the late defeat had induced the French General in Chief to solicit, instead of doing so a continuation of hostilitic.., was principally founded on the great importance of time, Iv hich the season of the year rendered peculiarly valuable, and I% hich the enemy could easily have consumed in the protracted defence of the strong place they occupiod, had terms of Convention been refused them. When the suspension of Arms was agreed upon, the army un der the commaud of Sir John Moore had not arrived, and doubts were even entertained whether so large a body of men could be landed on an open and a dangerous beach ; and that being effected, whether the supply of so large an army with provisions from the ships could be provided fur, under all the disadvantages to which the shipping were exposed. Durim: the Negociation, the former difficulty was overcome by the activity, zeal, and intelligence of Captain Malcolm of the Donegal, and the officers and men under his orders, but the possibility of the latter seems to have been at an end, nearly at the moment it was no longer necessary. Captain Dalrymple, of the 18th Dragoons, my Military Se cretary, will have the honour of delivering to your Lordship this dispatch. fie is fully informed or whatever has been done uh der my orders, relative to the service on which I have been em ployed, and can give any explanation thereupon that may be required. I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) Haw D4LITI'MPLF, Lieut.-Gen. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Sc. Bcc. tfic. _ _ SUSPkiNsio v of ARMS agreed upon between Lieut.-Gen. Sir Aurthur Welle4ley, K. B. on the one part, and the General of Division Kellermann, Grand Officer of the Legion of Ho nour, Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown, and Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Bavaria, on the other part, each • having Powers from the respective Generals of the F►•encb a►d English Armies. Iltad-Quarters of the English Army, Aug. 22, 1808. Atts. I.—There shall be, from this date, a suspension of arms between the armies of his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial and Royal Majesty. Napoleon I. for the purpose of negociating a Couveutiou for t h e evacuatiou of Portugal by the French army.. _ _ IL—The Generals in Chief of the two armies, and the Commander in Chief of the British Fleet at the entrance of the Tagus, will appoint a day to assemble on such part of the toast as shall he judged convenient, to negociate and conclude the said Convention. II I.—The River of Sirandre shall form the line of demarca tion to be established between the t..‘o armies ; Torres Vedras shall not be occupied by either. . . _ . . I V.—The General in Chief of the English army undertakes toconclude the Portugue'se armies in this suspension of arms, and for them the line of detnarcation shall be established from Leira to Thontar. V.—lt is agreed provisionally that the French army shall not, batty ease, be considered as prisoners of war ; that all the in dividuals who compose it shall he transported to France with their arms and baggage, and the whole of their private propert), from which nothing shall be excepted. DEFINITIVE CONVENTION FOR THE EVACTTATION or PORTUGAL BY THC FRENCH ARMY. The Generals commanding in Chief the British and French armies in Portugal, haN.i:.g determined to negociate and conclude a treaty for the evacuat 101 l of Portugal by the French troops, on the basis of the agreement entered into on the 22d inst. r;r a suspension of ho,tilities, have appointed the undermentioned officers to negociate the same in their names, viz.-01) the part of the General in Chief of the British Army, Lieut.-Colonel Murray, Quarter-Master-General, and on the part of the Gene ral in Chief of the French Army, Monsieur Kellerman!), General of Division, to whola they have given authority to negociate and eon► lude a convex ioa to that effect, subject to their ratifica tion r-speetively, and to that of the Admiral commanding the Briti h Fleet at the entrance of the Tagus. Those two Officers. after exchanging their full powers, have agreed upon the Articles which follow : Aar. I.—All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the pret.ent convention. 11.—The French troops shall evacuate Portugal with their arms and baggage they stall not be considered as prisoners of SEPTEMBER 19. - - w;44 and on their arrival in France, they shall be at liberts to serve. lll.—The English Government shall furnish the means (Pf ronvevance for the French army, which sh;,ll he discintu.rk o l• in any of the ports of France between Rochefort and I;Orient inclusively. IV.—The French army shall carry with it all its artillery of French calibre, with the horses belonging to it, aid Cie 'um. hrils, supplied with sixty rounds per gan. rtill tith. , r artillery, arms and ammunition, as also the military and nit% al arsenal . •, shall be given up to the British Army and Navy, in the state in which they may be at the period of the ratification of the con vention. V. The French army shall carry with it 41 it:: egu4nrot., and all that is comprehended under the name of propel tv of Oft army ; that is to say, its military clost, and ear: . ia;;es ; I t' d( I n d to the Field Commissariat and Field ()dicers, or shall be allowed to dispose of such part c,f the sante on its account the C nm. winder in Chief may judge it untioce, , ;ry to etnhark. In manner all individuals of the army shall he at liberty to di•oo, e of their private property of every description, with full st-tliwity hereafter for the purchasers. VT.—The cavalry are to embark their horse?, as alsc the Cenerals and other Officers of all ranks. It is, however, fully understood that the means of conveyance for horst, at th e di : . posal of the British Commanders are very limi!d ; some ad ditional conveyance mar be procured at the port of Li-lino; the number of horses to he embarked by Ow troops shall cot e cevil six hnndred, and the number embarked by the stall shall t.. t exceed tw o hundred. At all events. every facility w !me given to the French army to dispose of the hums belo:Ong to it, which cannot he embarked. _ _ _ VI I.—ln order to facilitate the embarkation, it shall taLe place in three divisions, the last of which wilt be principally composed of the garri s ons of the places, of the cavalry, 00: artillery, the sick, and the equipment of the army. •I'he Ir-t division shall embark within seven da3s of the date of the raii fication, or sooner, if possible. VII I.—The garrison of El vas. and its forts, and of Peniche and Palmela will he embarked at Lisbon. That of at Oporto, or the nearest harbour. They Will be accompanied their march by the British Commissaries, charged with pm iding fur their subsistence and accommodation. IX.—All the sick and wounded who cannot be embarked will; the troops are entrusted to the British army. They are ill taken care of whilst they remain in this country at the es ponce. of the British Government, under the condition of the sanis being reimbursed by France when the final evacuation is effected. The English Government will provide for their return to Frioce, which shall take place by detachments of about one hurniftil and fifty or two hundred men at a time. A sufficient number of French Medical Officers shall be left behind to attend them. X.—As soon as the vessels empla)ed to carry the army to France, shall have disembarked it in the harbours specified, or in any other of the ports of France to which stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to Eng land without delay, and security against capture until their at ri‘ al in a friendly port. X I.—The French army shall he concentrated in Lisbon. and within a distance of about two leagues from it. The I.nglish army will approach within three leagues of the Capital, :A will he so placed as to leave about one league between the tw o armies. Xll.—The Fort , of St. Julien, the Bugio and Cascais. shait be occupied by the British troops on the ratification of toe Convention. Lisbon and its Citadel, together with the forts and batteries as far as the Lazaretto or Trafuria ou title side, ma) Fort St. Joseph on the other, inclusively, shall be ;',iven up on the embarkation of the secood division, as shall also the harbour and all armed vessels in it of every deseription, with their rig ging, sails, stores, and ammunition. The fortresses of Llyas, Almaida, Peniche and Palmeia, shall he given up as soon as the British troops can arrive to occupy them. In the mean time the General in Chief of the British army will give notice Of the present Convention to the garrisons of those places, " the troops before theta, in order to put a stop to ail further hos tilities. MlL—Commissaries:hall be named on both s ides, to regu late and accelerate the execution of the arrangements agreed upon. XlV.—Should there arise doubts as to the meaning of any ar ticle, it will be explained favourably to the French army. 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