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w rat liatkearters. OS My terleal.- thief, the fle-
eced informed e.e, that the principal officem of the
army bad been waiting for me about two hours : oa Mies-
tigetresn. it proved, that General Gower's *id-de-CR..l'p had
hens scat to sae at day-light, hut had-never reached foe-, he
had been takes prisoner on the way. I bond the Culeseels
and Field-Officers in posetesion of the plan of attack, which
was to be earned into sinecution at twelve o'clock,: it was
explained to me by Column Bonder, who bad the phis of the
town b afore him. 1 °banned to thee:venni, that the regiments
of my brigade weretutally traacquaiittcd with the intended at-
tack, and I apprelebsired there would not be time to tow
wietticate it to them, and snake the neceseary arrangements
fee carrying it into executitt. I alro eleserred, having pee-
r notoly conversed with snow of the ',irineipal officers, that
mididay was, in my opinion, as improper time to march
through the streets of a popular city ; and I twinned we
should penetrate farther, untwist animus lees' if the attack
was delaved.till day-light sleet morning. The Geared mem
nutted this proposition to General Rower, the room being
pevrioasly cleared of all the Minors, except the Generals and
Colocel Pack; and Gemmel Gower acquiesced in the pro-
priety of its being deferred till day-liOst the nextmoruing.
An officer was copying foe use the general orders for the
• attack; buy General Gower observed, that there wsa an
alteration in them, and be would *end me a correct copy in
an hour. 1 eventual it in the coat se of the artermou. I
lett head-gamins with the Deputy-Qsarter-Master-General,
who was to point out to me the beads of the streets the cm
lenin of my Iwigader were to °soapy the next morning ; but
intelligence being received that the enemy were going out of
the town iu force, I rirtuniesi to my bregatle, and soot after-
wards had orders to retire to the rear, in hopes ef enticing
the sneaky to advance ; we reasabicd under arms the princi-
pal part of the day, and when the brigades remeenpied their
ground, the Deputy-Quarter-Master-Gravel pointed out to
ate the different streets through which the 'columns were to
penetrate. I then explained to the field-officers the route of
their culumne, and gave abortions for their being properly
eta time the next moraing; awl I desired them to read
a touts that had bens ordeted : by this time it was
s•-* and frequently during the Mein it was reported to sue,
attempts bad been mole to "Waits the tools without
allibtess: I übbnotd, however, a few from the houses I was
M posasesiou of. In ley connouniestions with the General,
immediately upon his arrival, I acquainted him that the in-
lidntaris were so mimes; to us, I could gam little isforma-
boo from Jimmies Ayres, and tint little was not to he depend-
ed on , that t,euerat Bermford had better means of informa-
tion than it ass its my power to tibial°, and be had issformed
me, that the number of reviler troops the em my possessed
were few and their Geri:oral by no mans a man of aisilitics-
that they bsd a large body of mei, in arm{, nd • v ry pawerfol
tram of artillery. I was enacquainted with their intentions or
plans fur the defence of the town, nor em I acquainted with
soy particular infunnation tbu Gospel afterwards obtained.
The ,troops marched on the allthwith there days province',
though I apprehend must of the inecuit mast have been de-
stroyed in wading through the water on the malt and *lb.—
On the Guth in the morning, there was some biscuit keened,
though not I believe a day's consumption ; and agate on the
2d, iu the afternoon, we had same biscuit issued. From the
evening of the 80th, teethe 25; there was no bow of peon-
sloes from the contasimariate. My hriehde lootiver 'New
either the igsh or aoth, 1 do not precisely recollect which,
and at uo other time: I cannot speak so particularly about
the spirits leased to the men, as it was not of so much COlnte-
titmice se malty other things. Previsions might entainly
have bees obtained from Quitter, lent out without IlliSCUl/i.,
188 they meat have been Clifilell over a 10011111.. When Gene-
ral Whitelawke ordered the drum to beat to arms 4111 the 2d,
I told him that the mope were without' provisions, and
his reply was, "Do yen DM one it is riles le taut ?" The
first order I. *eta sae bees the ,It, * the direction to-
wards the advesseeemps.biliolheelee eleeeti we were told
that the route was ellmegmi, and Me temeitod Erni ear left
about to o'clock. I lequiraltheeweeeolf tbe Deputy
_Quar-
ter Master Gooiest, sod was We lir him OM, the g** had
proposed to lead the General a heeler owl to delefweptte, to
a ford rather above the Clairolkee. • .4. ' - • t-- '
"I know sot low Elf it woe* have Use bileteelille *bete
ietaehell a coups to the &maim t weriekern a
we olith's**.
ties eseit-set hoes howt.itteileppiv sift* er di* hoe
was noosed man to the 4•11-.. The etelia Id 101.11 the
Commander is Chief wee to I. &mod tierieg the setadt up**
the 314, notified Madan, we etlenwise, to the delevels and
other often-oldie May, was net notified to me. The into
of retreat, if retreat harass searreary, is the Geelerds and
other °Miters of the way, were set settled to sec—Feel
eosl4 may he powered at the feria-benses, and the marches
and halts appeared to me to he regulated by their venation.
—I do not think the troops could have marched to Reduc-
tion sooner than they did without dietresaing the men; per-
haps they might have come sooner to their ground on each
days march, if the army had suit been freqnearly halted.
—rhe General frequently expressed apprehension as to the
rain setting in; and I have on doubt he expressed also his
' anxiety to get the tern under cover in the vicinity of the
tow., though 1 cannot recollect that. There et no doubt
that cattle might have twee had iu abundance with proper
precautions. As soon as we bad taken Hnenos ;terve, we
could have immediately remccapied Collins. Colosite from
its sitaatioa and Defence, did not require a large body to be
left them at that time. If the advanced corps hod-marched
on the apth, . they might have arrived at Iteductkei early
enough to have reconnoitred the river es the let; mid the
army might have bees iii readiness to march from thence
(Reduction) on the id, but not with the principal part of
their artillery. Much ineonventroce was undoubtedly ex-
perienced daring the march, from the nature ef the
country we -inarehed through ; and other inaniveniencies
were CM/CrieSeed from the want of regular provide's."

TWELFTH DAV—Few. 11.
Se SAIIUZL ACIIIIDTV rotted ix ogees.
" Men I game ray opinion that it was advisalik to halt, on
the ed of July, I was fully persuaded iu sty own mind that
we could sot vapport the untamed corr. I recollect the
Ciesend saying that lie thought it advisable t. halt Colonel
Mahon at Reduction, till we fumed out where we were see-
mien." Thew ituess withdrew.
CO,'C'S AtAMITI3 FRASER rolled is mod mews.
"I had the humour to command the Artillery employed lo
the expedition 'pelmet Buenos Ayres. The deberhatiow off
the army, awl of the first piemsof artillery was, 1 under-
eland, after day-tweak. on the morning of the loth of June,
11107. Thom even two thivespounders, and were assisted by
seamen, of whom two huseind were fornisheil fur the general
service of the artillery ; four hundred seamen had hero ex-
pected; but, by en arranguient with Admiral Illustay, *day
or two previous to the debarkatioss, two hundred wive fur-
uuhrd : clone two field-pieces were tarried through the
I swamp, and advanced to the tetemeis oa the heights over
that swamp in the course erf the troth four six-ponoders,
forming the remainder of the kadiug brieatie of artillery,
were ranied thiough the swamp in the course of the follow-
ing day: the remainder of the sixteen field-pieces were not
carried through till the 30th: I bed inyailf rut tower the
ream, on the ...Tann of the sgeh of June the two six-
powders, with %Inch I was, were amiated by nearly three
handled of the 35th infantry; without whose exertions we
should have been unable to get the field.pieci a through.
Fire Spanish lino-pounders were, by my orders, destroyed
in the insect,. My reasons were them r—tlin redettiag, after
haring crawl the swamp on the 09th of June, which
scamp was one mile end three-qaarters in breadth, sad
was in many plarep so deep, that the men could with ex-
treme difficulty stead, and in which ti,, assistmice of bones
was nearly uselem ; coiseitiering also, that limey bones bad
been lest, awl fearing that many mere would be lost in
brine debarked ; end further reflecting, that it ass essen-
tially tegaisite that the men awl horses that should get
aero.s, should be miniheuelied with fitiene, I judged it to
be decidedly for the benefit of themeewire to sarritiec sums of
tlia bast edicieet pieces, to apply their .streneth in men
and hawses to the licence of the remainder. 'the whole of
flee reinaisnier of the artillery were carried through the
swamp, and on oche artillery carriage whatever was lust.
The total member of gum and aaninunitionmarriages of all
descriptions landed at remands were thietoso ; of those
Ib~rty•tee, 111...P•A were &beteg.eel, and twelve were attached
to the leading brigade, there rd males therefore thirt.mi. I
saw Geneva Whitelorke immediately after the deborlintio•
at Faiseada ; Lis erten had base befiwe that time hewed
farAis immediate ne.raore of two field-pieces with the ad-
mimed carp ; I saw General Whitelorke, after it was lake
, de*, ue the eveisiug of the mils ,tia die either, of Bannon.