The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-03-16 00:00:00

ovoid peas the bilgele of si c ‘ *angel Aelimuty. kit • mg, qopeembly to iinitruetisek *ea termed ou tla sth, rz e tiotte se seeing On the contintade comnirmisig is the, seam, the alums advances' with 01:.tit pace down the street. be enemy on oar advatere skseduned fear yieres adeasuon with which they were apparently retreating Vote the right It was ascertained that they bad spilordlbst guts, said is&.it the buena precious to lealitug tbetm. Tlieeolimu reached the river without opposition. I then looked about to olvserre *Mit Mouses ur, e Kuper to be tidiest possession of, accordant% to our plan of 'thick, and I retired the column shoot fifty paces for that purpose. 'I he bring twin flora cimiussuccd, I thought it le r. scary to load, and thee broke opens bowie, the top of which I took porset.sion uf, and on which the reiimental colour,' of the sth were diaplard, I detached parties to take r s.ser.ion of different hon-es and thurik near By this time a very galling tire einumeneed Seim the Plaza del Taurus, which commanded the home upon which I ttuud. Betseen nine sud ten o'clock, the Ariag from the Plaza del 'faisroe ceased, and the British colours were placed upon it. 110 - tag remained till near II o'clock, slum of the risen pointed out a French colour upon a house to the right, expteasing a desire to take it. I then pro ' cooled to attempt to take the home where the French dug Iris flying ; Gs advancing, I Artemis' such hoe, that I felt it imocorery to retire to a bow I had previously broke open." TWENTY-TIM' DAY—Fat. 25. The 11.. Lieut.-Cdoael H►.o ay KING was called in again, sad to shard Air Aarraike. " I (Meted the court-yard of the hover, and detached an elimer with the wounded to where I lord left the anrgeun. I &so requited a reinforcement trout Cutout Davie. I was pima by s few more toes ; at the same time I received a wee. bop from Ilrigailier-Genes! Loialey, stating that I covered his tight The men climmising a great deal of ardour, I , meta determined to attires this boas:. On advancing for the peeptee, 1 tuuud the offensive and defensive email% of the slay m Misch superior to mine, that notwithstioding my eepputiog, from the peculiar CaCatllaallte of a French Nag *Tay epos this 1104311 ti that it might be occupied by some • aims of impurtaace to the eutuiy, I was obliged egain retire to the courtiard of the house which I had broke open. reszenty had two pieces of cannon at the upper end o the which, they *ere prevented woiloug by the Lee of air muskertry. The tops of the houses were cum plstelly covered by the today, stud it was ilt their power to de stroy our men with very htthe danger to themselves Ws could only oteasioually her with effect when their beads wive ems above the pulpit. Aide! ta which, the ddliculty of betaking open the doors ass retreuiely pest. ()harrying my attempt to get iutu the above-inentiosied ham Waa totally impracticable, and thet the itiesty alight rut pie olf by oopttior matehcro ii I remained where 1 wss ( h a*- lttg prsciously sent off the wouiolcd), I retied to a *hint, where I fousal a cletarbine6t of the otith. Shortly aßer (Anhui Ridge, of the sth, informed toe that a body of the enemy were advancing to chard, them. (hi approach ing them, I observed an officer with a white handkerchief its his limit. I ordered the inell to and to minas ready at the tharxe. My front Asteti.lid *cruse the street. Ry this time the enemy were rely close. I advanced to the wirer, who had alto halted his. nul, front shun I 'nuke stood ht had sorresidered himself and his party es prisoners of war. I &mired theta to lay down there arms, and for that yarrow seiwll two or three of their fiteloeks from the wee treat use, and threw them ma the grouud. At this time the . enemy had isecourtlatid s greatly its ',umbers, inenasiog my party, and Sourirbiar Cora surds and pistols. Just at this mew: iced eirrirj N Brtrit.'ittr-Geotrret! t., v as 'O.! is. m 1 led the light wing of the 3blb kr.4. es, nt, wlsieh Conn d it part of say brigade, consigning of tsst regiment and the NIA. bow after our euterang the street, a partial in: of ill•aketry comeseseed neon on. but a. succeed e d i s p ene - IMAM to the last ems street mo ron Ma; the river. The me:- Ws were swim is lin eking up .. o Ow inning mosey mows 'Mad wisdoms; but, by the united efforts of the soldnry, we broke .pro • few searest G. the rivet; use large house par tirolsrly, sear the hearts, two: winch I titreeett the colours the :bah to be planted, as a ingest read encouragement to he other *hum of the brigade. Therms street iu thr rear of my potation was now enfiladed by two gous from me eaarsoor 112. the square ; ilw street sot esbutssolg Is the lame Weill M Os mantise enfiladed by two gnus, (ruin that pad of the square anumslietely ender the gut; as skin by three gams lbom the feet itself. The ire of come of these gam was is any directed with geese previous and edict modest the kthe hour before-mestiesed. A rotates' and heavy Art of musketry was also pinged sputa as al every dragasion. witkont our bc.ug able to perceive thuve who AWII ars ag l so compltlvly were they kid by the para pets 0.. tkie bream. We were thus situated foe some tune; Immesh Mx met of the obits regiment, together with some grenadiers of the Jolts, • ho had advanced sod we copied as itsteretriliste house, but bad bees driven back, making Clint way over the lops of some of the homes, re ported that almost the whole of the moth r giowid are pri soners ; *bleb was arterersrds confirmed to ate by t'oloael Elio, • Spanish officer with a flag of truce, w w ho immured or • that above • dimmed of our men were already primness, and pettprsr.d to at. to surtesaler. This I preemptor:ly re . All opposition to the rerun. having lOU Ceamil the port alb, oath regiment, the bre of both artitiery and tonaketry way wholly directed stratum the ,sith. About 'hi.: period !Worth-red up the left wing make :loth regiment to me support, and *early at the same time Maj.:. king, at the !oh, appeared with the left wing of that regiment to my rear, at the further sad of the irreg.., awl at the very point . where the enemy bad ascattoksl in great aarallaN, ra , i , lartiar Ike taa guns lArtire-nseutiversi. dints he opposed a oust K.4llaat rata.lalarr, pessessitc bon net( of their guns for a short time I twlteire. I tore sent to Liest•nant-Cuduciel D..vie, of the stb, W IPPCONIMeIIi his *drawing to Ow support of the left wing of his regiu m uut Calomel Ellio Want :IntrlVanis again earn, tow sale me, with {Witte ity front Ir.c:wral Bairn, to re "aim an useosaisicsa s i ClMMlttlf within • goofier of a.. hour ; I ircia ague .pally peremptory in my refusal. The guns on the Menai had bees marls advanced; aid it ere cowered b% atom t of t he e.t.a'''. I had sow received infortustiou thatSar Sstoui I :trims*, was is possession of the Plat, del Tamers, anti gleam lie no esanisembeel. my retiring urge him, vrliich, after mime time, .ding 1 was likely to be overpowered by minstice, I dig t• 4ith the mutate of the sth tied seth regiments. tilite's pure is ahem tweentike front tbe Enolets, and *Lout fiver teens the (lake Pees Ihe intermediate rued. might hare been taken up by we truer*, se as to prevent the iatioduc film of any imptity of petteniute into t i lse town eat that side. alubietmeat tu the faints on the sth, 1 conceit e the troops were equal to Anther operations against the tows " Live -co:PA, n OF.AT Bunn r, beige Nolen, t see an ac count of his being detached from the rigid it iug of the atitli, his taking a r ues close under the elude!, and linens arils joining S.: Samar! Achmuty at the Plasa del Tnious. The enemy protecting the guns amended to about ;Jon. The British party did oat exceed no. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Dr overt--Gave an scrawlt of the operations of the eglit wing oldie ssth regiment on the morning of the attack. Being very a oak, sent fur lee com panies. They joined without Hints yn thor 31.111% ; was told that Gen. Gower ordered the flint, to he taken uut ; . Witness ordered dints, but could not get enough ; wits told two wen actually feline the act of putting in their dints in the streets; Witness had so bad au opinion of the attack, he left he co loam at bead-quarters, feinting that they might be taken ; at. tempted to get into a church, could Trot tweak ripen the doors with the implementi given to !isms. hineelf me. erely galled by the dre of the enemy, having lost so many own in the streets, the four grenadier oflicers being wounded, the Major, the Adjutant, the Asaistant Surgeon killed, and hav ing lost, in killed and a °mulct, out of hi.. small column, fruru so to 100 rank and file, he detilvd tu be left, and took possession of three houses, and funned the own on the tops; was at length obliged to surrender, being blltmtrAtil by a or 4000 men ; on reaching the citadel, found thst Major Van. delver had been also obliged to surrender; %Vitoria did not know where General Whiteloeke was. .Ifajnr RICHARD VAS DMl,r.ua being SWI ma, rive an ac count of the operations of the left wing 44 the ristli regiment on the day of the attack. He was ordered to p, uel rate to the water's edge. ii - -- moment, (me of them haring pi ciente:l at we, one of the Stti started fortis and made a threat of a bayonet at the 44 seer I was talking to. He started aside, and it did him so Mier,. °Weren't they did nut lay dmmi their arms, I thought it merseary to demand his iword, whirls heiress. draft gave re. At the same in maid the °dicer who eeriest thermic informed re, toot the enemy had attempted Se rim it. I iininediarly mitered the men to charge, and lir ems, turned and eats as fast r possible, tering a few Orbehind them. Nothing matertaLnecerred after Sits. promoded to break writ dir hot*, according to or- , din. When we were ia tlw set of brei;kiug one open. I ditg essid . ' as order from litelg,mdier-fierseral Liankiy to form a with Hies, Wing ef the Sth , awl retire to the Wa11.17201814/14 obeyed, and -dm Illosa del Throe." ADANA Hum maw Hairs eollmi le go*. ''' esirraistrd the right wag of the sth regment on the Sr et Sheered. The right cinema of the ergtinent pre- sorted, et Writ* us *Week on the nsereiog of t!ie oth, Soot the Writs that Dad lima previously pout, d out His eve** War by BeigrieriGeneral her Senior! Achmut ,y std It arrived at a quarter past toren on the 4i1,141 of the Arm, withour saretiog with the 11.L i gtit.l.t oppritlon. I its- isediately posted the !ism's crow- with apart of the tilers ea the tope of the homes in the slums" nearest the fives, and placed troops st the drerent angles of the streets, intersect- mg each other. hiartly after, in euojrnetturi with two maw pears of the left mug, I took pueseriew of tlm church of Rt. Crams, frets the tower of Asia, about nine o'e!.iek, I ob- served is white Is; Imaging nut of the l'aii.ois. I priori! Ikea the Strad, to weir orris how BrigedieritiMueml Sir Heroal Achmety, who tame to the church about eh ten Velurk, sad after making his obrivatlons from the tower, gave re orders to retain the Position I was in, and if prerecti by the enemy to retire on him to the Taurus. About one scion I received a message firm General Lumley, by a serjeant of the sOtla regiment, rec.uestiug one to orbiter to Isis report to the right. I inienclimely procee,kil with three composites end found, on joiner hint, that the midi lad received orders to retire. 'I , en companies of the Irtlt wing, tinder M•jor King, thin iiiiwil NW, and we iv i o ..yit along the Strand, in the rear of the sotto regiumot. We arrived at the Irmo sheet halt past tau. " ..__. _ _.. . . TWENTY-SECON 1) DAY—Fr n. c 26. major • Lit R remtinued nunatir•—.ls we advan red through the streets, we weir continually assailed from ' the windows, un both sides of the street, with musketry, hand-grenades, stink-pota, and every iluseriptioet of coa l - Inestlbles. When we arrived at the last roman , of hums a in that street, there was a hreast.work throw. up +pretty across the front, made of bags of hole?. (died with rot M. Dim ap. preaching the wept side of the citadel, I was merlons (red, end obliged to stirrenoPv 11 , 11111 called "le (be writhes ails:notion which 1 received fiw the attack orate tows, it was directed that toy brigade should enter it oa am right or the centre, ie two caldrons, the left column to tourist of fire compointes of the light botulism, and four of the !15th, making about tioli rank sod tile ' anti the right co llate of four of the light b a ttalion, awellfonr of the !wit, making &root 544 rank and tile • the left column to receive its orders from Lieutenant-Col o nel Pack, and the right from myself We were directed to penetrate, if preable, quite down to the river, and there to occupy any of the high beildinp an near 413 possible to the market-place. The bri gade bring farmed early in the morning on th e t wo roa d s ' which ha d been pointed out fie the colonies to enter upon, I began to advisee with that under my orders, as soon am the signal guna were fired in the centre. The enemy, as it had been reported at head wieners on the 4th, bad conceit:zed their principal force in a position forming a square, hawing within It the and thy fort is the middle of us ~easeern race ; and aa we entered the Man sin our right I - attar position, the kit esileinn of suy brigade, under Lieute nant-Colonel Pack, was of insure the nearest to the *oath face of the enemy's position, and Caine dint tuba action with the right column ; passed quite tlirmigh the tutitsi, suet ar rived with the head of it on the heads, *almost meeting with say obstacle, or teeing any Wog but sot dhstraggling pasties of the enemy. When I arrived on the Wadi, I %WI, the swab-east bastion of the fort liar that:mice of about yards/ImM me as aearly es could judge sod beige; ot pi nto* Met y ;retainiwg Where I then teas,lshoutd sot have falfilled the object of the dispositiins, I deterMineet to:advance upon the font. I knew that the 4;th regioneut was direetoel, by the written dispoaltfou, to enter the town by the too stem*, imnediatelyt _tos_ tlght. Ihe regiment was oat plated wedve toy milers c the di-pueition did out 'tide that it was te a ,o to the Itesidesedis,lPlel tad' I-bern that C:ilinsel Guard hid received any verbal order to that 4. ten. I supposed, tinacfm c, that the sttli war at Mei %be slum span my right ; oast at the tier I det e r m i ne d to ith wince aloe? the beach towards the t, I 4414 my Major Campbell to order Lieuteuant-Colonet Guard to ii "mere in the same direction w ill the lath regiment, by the strtct whirl' a nearest and parallel to the beech I had net gone far before 1 flirt Lieutenant-Colonel Pack, who had al ready made eery vigorous, but unitieetsful, attempt to pe netrate through the corany'a principal position. Conn chat Colonel Peek hod Kee, and his general liumelelge of th e town, he war induced to urge me to go to to, it esideotia, • which is on the extrvair. skirt on the sonth side of the town. This as. bet-sten mien nod 1....ght o'clock is the morning, and although I had the gresivid p esibk cultheieute is Col t :met New t trialittat as an otiirrr, ,4/4 I did sot think that I 'hunk' have been justided tu retreakitig of this early hour to the Iteeidentia, which I certainly, at that time, might have effected without any loss or Marshy whatsoever. This email - maim passe.' close to the con ven t o f St. Domingo. I asked Colonel Pack whether this was not the Convent of St. Domingo ; aid, upon his informing me that it was, I told hint that that was one of the poets which I had ahray• considered it to be intended fur me te occupy. At this time I was joined by Lieutenant Colonel Guard, with the Grenadier Company of the 47,th et-gluiest. I told him that I Amulet take pots. ssion of it in the mean time, ilt the hope that the sorrow of ionic other attack might enable me advance still further; mid in my opinion of the propriety of so doing I was eimileoted by that of the truly brave Major Trotter; and I little thought *hen I thie-, to the best of my judgment, obeyed the coins I had received, that I should be abandoned, without any effort of nuy Fort la ing moth' to einniouuicate with roe. I hod been directed to take certain polite and there to wait for furl her order"; and this was oat of those posts. Almost immediately afar Me took pmsissimi of the wh:els was very Rose to the clumsy a main position, •considerahle fee was directed Ginn the surrouuslieg bonus against all thine ports of it from which we could annoy the enemy ; and the roof of it not being flat, it eimacipar i nt, was not so advantageous' as the buddrige of :he tows in grams! are. Until near twelve o'clock, 1 hod as reesou to soppese that any considerable diameter bail befallen any oar. of .14 army and a hen shout this time a Spanish Officer with a tbg of once appoint the Convent, I mattered my self that the other columns having istsbliabed tie, emeives as I mar to the enemy's position us I had dune, General Litters wee disposed to validate,. and that it was for the peeper 2 'lf ' meininnieating some such Intention to the Cemaeowder-i4- Chief that he sent this otlieer to me. When he ceps. into the Court of the Cesiveut, be Informed me that tit) meth es gi mped, and seine other ran lei, whirls he did nillellanteosere tekeis primitives; that all our attacks hail failed, 01111 th it are was charged by General I iniris to 11.1171411 0 14 Ihr to sue render, sfiteh I peremptorily rejected, and the egos er wren away without aus further couversation pausing. Setae,. twelve and one o'clock, a considerabk column came in sti ra:l ea the veer aide of the ('.went, with an iutention iit taking a three-pounder, wh;ch waa standing in the 'beet, east which, from the narrowinrs of the o airtime, we had see ben aisle to bring I immediately dryad all the rifle corps to come down from the dif. ferret situations na which they wire placed in the tapper parts of the building, said likes. or took down the colours of the 71st regnorot which having fused iu the church on our eatemee, we lead Misplayed on the top of it ; and whilst I was preparing for ovaimatiog the post, the ene my, being on the point of miring the wart, tree:• altarkri with very great bravery by the gvenailier couipsoy attic Bath re4isnent, headed by Licutenfist Colonel Guard, and a =ash party of light infantry, with Mkpar Trotter as their h e ed. The enemy lint gave way, ',unlike tore from the helms (liner to dot Comment was sui Is, that atom& Lay asst of the 4;th, who bat the .fuck, wete killed or wounded el the space of two or three minutes. )lajor Trotter um also, killed; sect toeing that it was imperaide to do any thing, I ordened the remainder to retiou into the Cowen', which we continue:l to defend till 'hoot half natter three o'clock. .liter the attempt to es ermtate it, a hith I base j u st described, 'I was folly corvine' d :hat we were as alit: to intricate intschett by ear own exertions, sod as no long 'fur dais it appeared that the Arnie had ceased hi all other parts, seed moue of our one troops coniiii-t near us, I ofrouree. that the attack had generally failed.— About half at Lone before three o'clock, I assembled Lieu tenant-Colonel Park, Lieuteuant-Cokinel Guard, and Major hPLeod, who commanded the detachment of the ride carps. f told theutthat, in my eminent, a retreat was utterly it:spoi lable; that it was completely in the ensiany'e poser to Si. miltilete the feULLIIOILT of the brigade, we beam then berme where about limo men, in the very heart of the town ; out of %Lich it wee clear to n.e that all t h e rest of the army bad been obliged to retreat. In these tircumatauces, baying media about eight boars in a post which that been ordered to occupy, in expectulaou of those orders I had Wen taught to rape et 1 should receive, I did not thick that the sacrifice of those:Mut nanained was Ileretitilery,either fur tire honour of His 3lnjesty's alloy, or could be of any advantage; but I added, that although I should feel myself justified ha acting upuu my own opinion only, yet I should do nothing with a vies to put an cud to the action, unless I had the entire cue ' reference and sanction of those Yield Officers whom I have named, they being the only ones in the Cuuvent who acted us such. There Oa.: a Brevet Major, whom I did not consult. After mature deliberation, Lieut.-Culunel Pack and Lieut. Colonel Guard did positively and unequivocally give it as their opinion, in cuocurreuce with muse, that oat Mhos ' tion was each as fully justified me, mad made it adviscable that I should hold eat a flag of truce, for the purpose of putting au end to the action on the last terms I could oh tain. " Lieutenant-Colonel Ilulliand (who was on the Stall of the army, nod had bees Deputy-Quarter-Master of my de tachineut), who was preseut, was nut consulted by me; my ii/LtOII wits, that he was my brother-in-law. Major 111.Leod, of the frith, when I first asked hie opinion, appeared to hesi tate, from %thick I thought, at find, that be possibly was of °Minim we could extricate ourselves. If I may interrupt ley narrative, I weight say, that I ruppeise as to the point of the weressity of the surrender, it ski he considered as essential to know whether the opinion was °minimum I tried, therefore, the Court will call in Major APCleod. It is essen tial tit phew that the opiniou ass Immunities, which I poet. tier!y swear it was. 1 tbeu said, • Miejor 3PClend, if yua think that we can get out of this place,. although I do Not think so, I will, at thus moment, place myself with you at the head of the coluinn, and we will be the first to had it out. tilajor M'Clcod did out accept this proposal, but did concur in opinion with the other I tell (Mlicere. At length an officer cause, with wham I had a fomentation in the pee seiner of Lieutenant-Colonel Peek, and, I believe, of Lout . t'ol. Gusted; i.tal finding that tot other terms could be obtain ed, 1 thought It toy 'duty to surrender the reutaiudee of my bri gade as priamiers of war. Lieut.-Cal. Guard bruised wed. him somewhere about too; and the number of Colouel Pacla's division which joined me, was, I thick, 70, from the best nifirmatiiin I could get from the B rie Major. 'I he number of killed and wouuded I cannot exactly state ; hot of the latter, we left, I believe, nearly too on the dour of the Couveat, wo severely woueded as to be unable to come out. To save time, I wonted merely ask the Court whether they think it is material I should sista the conversatiou ahirh I bad with Goalie:11 Linters Aft , : I came iMo hie house, uu the ordeject of tlw conventiou There is souther eireuntstsme, which will take up but a Abet time, which l ;appose it is essential hr me to nientioa, to prose that nothing which I . said to Geueial Gower, before the convention wile catered Into, with r, street to the *Rootlets of the pr:autiers, could PaiatiOli - be .be motive for euteritg into it. after oar sue render, so were taken into the tot t. flit the alterumm of the oth, Major-General Goner cur *tutu Liniene house, where I then was. Nut a aunipasted between us until some hours etre' this, wheu Major Genet:ill - lower seat for WO to mule to him into Linters' room; am' sheen I came there, the Articles of the convention m at least a pa r r, shish certainly contained the artlelee of comentiou Jtawn up, waa ly- Mg on the table, sad plasm were impioyeel in copying it, I think it material to state thus, in order to show that the maim otitis) was agreed mein before any thing passed fisna me on the sitleect of the prisoneis. Senuctutue did Pass afterwards, which I will iteration. The . .ifttjur.tretteml. told me, thit Geogral Linie, a Ail recciviug &velment reports of meet ceueltios committed by our *oldies*, which kept the it people 111 a state of great irritation, wll, might pro. doer serious eueuiequesces In the preemies hi their power ; , to which I replied. that I believed, and I do MOO baker., that so 614 B . Ackepoisa 1 .9 e. kept tap by , such repaint,. I%arditlM r , Mson appesherell that thelirkiisers were mutt de. The Meaux-General desired me to go with General Mho, with an seder which he bad written, to Colette% ehrille, at the aceidttitiarT. I said I 'did not cousider that s Riigailier-General is my sdnatims was a proper person to r with a written order; bat if he wished tile to go with it. I would go, and did go. I think there certainly w danger; our of the people proposed to put Hie to death. I mould beg have to state, that I believed that 1111 . buoir as that irri tido,' was kept up, there was diayter M' 'the prieoners being pet to death. Major-Gcceral Gower wrote an outer upon this subject, and avionl me if I u 0%14 accompiniy the Spa nish General lElliu to tlw itCtidenini, in order to &liter this order to theutfieer commanding there? which) (lid. I elos not know whether it is tweetamy for Mr lib IlieJioin any (if the eircumentaces which induced use to believe that that elat.ger did exist; our of which wan, that whilst we etre at slimier at General !dukes' table, a greed awl, came into the hi.tim, and wanted to take out Colonel Pack, or tsiosamei him Bird elide 1 was goitre to the Reanentia, I knew enough of Spanish to underateud souse of the people to propose putting me to death; they tallied about them of truce, and said the Imes are equal, they kill our parka_ nu Maria., and we will du the same. I beg have to add, that I am convinced that the Spanish offices had sufficient command over the people to pretest' the slight est risk of any such thing happening if this rause was removed, that is lit sr.:, if the army for inseam* had bees a mile sad a half from the town. I beg leave tui mention one circumstance ; I have stated, that nut lung after the attempt we made to evacune- the Convent, the tiring lisd ceased every it here. I hope I may be allowed to state, that I have wen a 'a pert made at the time, wires people would recollect MUM eteundely than new perhaps; au official report made: by Brigadier-General Lumley, elating, that be joined Sir Sa muel .Iclianitty at the Tatum, about two o'clock; 1 do stet know what Brigadier.fleneral Lumley may Moe stated aim -e, but he may have stated the hour pet Imps lama accurately then, than lie may have done ova, sal the report itself Might perhaps be produced in evidere; be states, that he jobsed Sir &outset Achusuly 'time Vicki* so that by hie o'clock, every matt who had mitered the town, was eine taken a prisoner, or had retreated to soave situation. I calk d together the couirmading olkets of corps to eonewit them; Colonel Ihilleael I del not commit ; there was a Beetle Mayer of dui)nth there ; hat he acting only as a Caplet* I did not think it n.• y to comma him. Adjutant- Gemnil has stated to use, what :a very c itr= that my rim sun foe nut consulting Coltmel Holten Id appeaser the minutes, Of it may afterwards be to his disadvantage. I raid insert, Lieuteotist•Culustel Ifollaad, being my bro. ther-inelaw ; I, oat of delicacy, did out choose to ask hiss for an opiuius, as I might afterwards have ocemian to make ase of it in toy men jnatilication." I niu. rutted only the commanding oaken of corps. If the .oni-brigs, or any considerable number of pia-boats, model have approached rwar enough to fire with their 1:n eperation *mild lime bees very woeful. Two or three gtin•hoste did fire upon the tows Ott the morning of the Mb; wow vi' the shut went through Liniers'a Loam. The erntrwl reserve consumed, I nuelerstand, of above a thousand rank and tile. If a part of this rooter hot marched round the there M the Residentia, I have nut the anaallest doubt that !lo y ould bate extricated no fruits the 'situation in which • erre. We could see the Residents from the top of the and it did not appear to us that there was an, firuir there the while of the day. I do not knew where t'olusel reaps was; hot if it was near msough hm te , he „ rc i;:7 l... p i i e o i led the f . i.w iwrat this ice pie pt er n ose .we , that eai , iy. uf x ce o u p. m b e in , t w u o i rl e lel whirl., In case of failure I was is retreat, wee ever named to roe, nor did I ever recent- any ialormation remeethig the situation in which the l'outniaader-hi•chiel would be to he brand, birth, r thin that which 1 hare :eta ndy hosted to have been eemumiihstisl to we in come rr.lruu by toill m inc ral Gyff as c y vt a n ta i lc g d °4 ;t i l he iat n h ub e . sla ll otTi t a n' e l v t is ' e " tl er ie t'unimandar-io-Chief to tate hi, SiMlitOl if the morning is the Correll, where I nude recant! he felniOliell the abide ..t* the day. I do not know whether it is proper for me to Men. 0011 it, but es a stigma may lie thrown On the British Mint, ehunid wink to say, that minden' ass; ci.miseitted, ,but I b e n t kerl i e.,. were ro•ninifi ere Ity ror hantitti of (to gyaLoOl force On l y e j j w mons and child were furllad AMU &red is a houw. near me, but 1 ant perfectly cams hoted tu x the um acre were not rononti ted by the British maldiema. Ilk firm comriciim ta, that the murders that went camaawithwi. were commuted by a taw lewi larrahtty whach turmoil a ran of ILc Spaoi.,la force." TWENTY-THIRD ey, • Itreuher-Gasend Ca • U el alb Allied is ogim . t' I hail as official letter, signed by tie Commasider of the Forces, inclining the Ent artier. It is ratio material to nientioo that my tarlpisiing to have m a letter in my possession when I was taken prisoner, ass id considerable use for the enemy bad h eard reports that instructions had bum given by Gem-ral IVliltrhseke give no quarter; and nay abewing obi letter to Generals Littler* null Balbiatii, appeared to convince them that flew, rat Whitelocke had beets anxious to prevent any unnecessary effusion of blood. My opiition is, that it "amid lame bean better if the muskets had Wes loaded , as rather unlined to thick, that, considering be inability of the enemy, frank the nature of his troops, to contaiM with us in the field, se 'night, with safety, have takes' such a positi o n as seam have. rendered it ilikeult for the town to obtain considerslite sapplies of provisions from the country. it the army had taketi a pu.ition on the north aide of the tow', embracing the btigl,n of the Taurus, we might hale communicated 01111 the tl et, and Rave tried, with advantage, the of of boinb.uiling the town. I certainly think that a tesanade fium heavy butteries uo the heights of the Tun*, and Crum the *Lipping, woahl have bad considerable effect in preparing the way tie au assault. Tb. havers are moue of them such as to resist titter' shot or shell*, 114 wily shuts saw mane tam the town wcut ;abut, from than beim / very hide wood in the construction, they , eertaiuly art at toady set tire to. Gaudin' Linters martittal to mart e. with fort thousand men. The second ste coStfilnd ut the Spume army luld we that dare wane dour thusisand men.. TwENTY-ForkTH DAY..'ew ty. Colawl Pm's: coati he. . . • • "T think a bninbanhaent of the tiswnofliMittin Ames must certainly have endangered, and very strongly, the liv es the prisoners ; but I do nut think, as I stated 'laud is niediately, w her Lieutenant Genend Whitelocke 64,4 yu • similar question, that the lives of the pr,senters could have been in danger from Hie inhabitants. I tin nut think. thin the inhabitants world hate put thena to death ; tot the Plat Um. , there save WIWI'S whose judgments, peal:laps. to' Mime, that were of • different opimon. The jUtotvitui Latter sea then read. July 9th, 1807. "' It a my decided opinion that the Bosabasdnieut of 13/1.11U5 Ayres nimbi have bess attended with fatal am. eiquencts, solo the British primmer —I lure the homur to be. 4:c. " L. PAt:h." " Lieutenant-General Whitelncke, dee. die." "Gene. itemeke, the morning , after 1 came to the Plaza del asked my opinion on the subject of the preceding letter, and whether I hod any objection to give thee opi nion in soiling. I said, Nu, certainty nut ; but at the lira et writiog ill thought, is emotion-, I owed 11 to myself, pot 'madly to ttppriKe General It hatelocke that my opinion solely 'Maki' to the bombardment. That letter was written •by the desire of LienternintsGeneral Whitelork e a ft er t h e exchange of prisoners. There is nothing in the climate sr bad at ,any tame, as to prevent troops keeping the field; but there are particular periods when there falls a &lugs of rain, rid which was just then approaching." The lies. f.i. Pt • • Causti HENRY ( A DOG A N morn. "I commanded the division of Ilse left wing of the light brigade, °lithe day a the attack ma Buenos Arra,' be de ncribed its operations; " mists/tee was vain, f serrenikral, with the concurrence of Ms rest of the eflimes." Listit,-t 'nl . 'Wilda** 4.11 U tag swono—Cemniamied the t:dli regiment, tool described its operations on the Uh of July. " I advanced towards the et-titre of the tura, I found the tops of the loam" crowded with the enemy, *ad they opened a *wart Ire of umaketey am us as we pamed.— When I had gut about half a lady, I drew off my rued to • stave en my right, and seeing huh Meth, with mum of rise light Bidtalion, appcoaching timbals that ehareh of it. lha soingo, I cruised to consult him as to the pi urticobility ague further adeattce Omagh. the soca* laschag tows* tles squwent Wahl an that tt would be isspeeelhee de ea so reach the amour, without the loss oldie made: part of ma detachment. I therefere stink oed to it, and Onind General Crraturi, with emceed ampanies alight infantry sad nee men, Mother v its a held-piece in the mine street with sty men. I .ironed netters to pommy the Resideweis from Ge nera/ Gower, as sell as I can recollect. On the Nis the At% sidentia appeared to Me tube a very strong Mottling ; b at as I did not enter it I tuning give • any 'reunite 4 / a nimism of it. General Whitdurkeand auk are my opinion, mil I gala it, that the prianiets would hare been in • eery dangernos satiation. I have *Lc my pueket ; this Is a cur) of it :—ft wo. read. " sth July, ton. " Sts—ls simmer to your inquiries this inorniog,- canuot hale the kept hesitation 11l mein lug, Mat It la nay upinioa, as well from libel I ens, as limo the reports ',ft.-7d white I was a prisoner with the enemy, that bad the tows been bombarded sulaseiment to oar rupture, so little Welt the troupe of tbe enemy, cr the inhabitants of the taws, inkier (matront oaf then utilisers, that the British primmer* would but., fil:eu a 112ClifiCli tat such a mealtimes-4 bate th e ho. !Mtn" to hit, der. tV3I. Gli;Adt/J, Itigt,' Licit.-Geared Wkitekclq he. he. - . Licutentsat-Coluaei NiC;tirls;;lteel in again. I coniutanded Ma k 4 wing of the mAls regisseut on tie day of attack. 1 he wings of the regimeot osverionieit uetil the ar rival of both 31 tie ltisedsistaa. Of the strontium, t ta the noddle of thwfolkes iteg dal, the bth, to !Wylie letter to General Whiteluekt will give on account. I have a ropy of that letter. It was read and concludes thus Major Tolley tool mat If beet held very frequeut consolation. at to adesonng ; but, from the in:certainty us to Itngsdkv- Centrist t'raufard's sititotisto ; the ClbCguy'. furor ; the streets bring lined ; the waslusase sod lowers. of the intermediate buildings, with the gent 'Moog, k of the large churches IVO e not yet thouAht It advisable to qua the. peat, talkie would net be legUbir, la OW opinion, it tine. uhaudencit try the chef part of this disirium-4 Itsta the honour, &e. " J. NICOLL.; Major sah Regt." " 'tidy 6, 11107." 'upturn 1V hittittglotto offered to leave the 411tIt grenadiers with me, but 1 ducliand it, as I thought it of more importartee that he should get safely beet to eternal Whitelocke with the intelligenee winch he Intl been able to collect of-the t.ittiattuit of affairs iu our quartera lu about boll au hour after his departure, the amity collected again, and seemed to threaten a second attack, tut their own ammo beittic discharged upon them.. they retired. About four tu the evening, aeons! Ciao * trot two hoes to titling't me that hod been ste.- peniled till further orders. About 'seven to'rlock Cruitteird none nith a similar notification. hi the moritiog of the Bth, I received a Vertttli message front Brigadier-General Craofurd to evacuate the Itesitlentia, and join the main body of the army at the Retire. The Reai dentia occupies a square about 1.50 lards one way. by 100 or 110 the other, not n regular moue • in it were one or two very large chapels and souse very . large tine wards in the hoipital : it is • charitable institution; row-third of the whole area. or nearly, was au open spate or yard ; the half al this presents a loly deed retail to the street, the other half is surrounded by a sli4lttef one of abroir ten feet high; it hint front Wild retn• entrances.— The roof of the Itlandentia was Not coirtimaadad. by any ailjoining 14,1;41'aigs. A tominizeicotenv with the shom of the Plat* from it is perfectly prreticalile : it borders on the river, era thefi erre teat any intervene% buildinga. Rear-Alitir4ll.;c4aft; 3i omit tailed its agrnio. .No re4itlai plan was ever propnakd of an attack upon the men; but tie tteneral °fawned, that he meant himself to attack into: the westward of the hi ear P 1 . 11 ope had and bit wits tot, t/41 . 1 ea. ors 'At t 1