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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 coal-
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 battalion, awellfonr of the !wit,
making &root 544 rank and tile • the left column to receive
its orders from Lieutenant-Colonel 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 the two roads
' which had 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 tea,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 determined 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 the
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
Colt:met Newt 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 convent of
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 eimaciparint,
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 11.1171411014 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 heed.
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 just 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 the 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 Brie 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 par 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
citr= 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
hmte,he„
rci;:7l...piieoiledthef.i.wiwratthisicepiepternose.we, thateai,iy.uf
xceoup.mbein,
twuoirlelel
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
toillmincral Gyffas cyvtantailcgd°4;tilhe
iat nhube.slallotTitan'elvtis'e"tlerie
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

bentkerlie.,. were ro•ninifi ere Ity ror hantitti of (to gyaLoOl
force On lye jj w mons and child were furllad AMU
&red is a houw. near me, but 1 ant perfectly cams hoted tux
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 ma
letter in my possession when I was taken prisoner, ass
id considerable use for the enemy bad heard 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 position 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 lives
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 Whitelorke after the
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; bat as
I did not enter it I tuning give • any 'reunite 4/animism 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 oafthen utilisers, that the British primmer* would
but., fil:eu a 112ClifiCli tat such a mealtimes-4 bate the 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

tarn, and wished for awl Matinee *e could give
him when there.
A combined attack upon the town would have
been practicable and expedient. 1 think gun-
boats, and such armed vessels-of easy draught of
aster, would have been of essential service in the
attack, in co-operating with the army. Time gun-
boats, on the 4th of July, were got in near the town
of Buenos Ayres, but not near enough to act ;
boats were directed toaound during the day anti
night, to endeavour to as the depth of water;
awl Captain Thomson reported to one, that he ;Mo-
oed had sounded, and found the channel very 111-
tricate, and the depth against the town fruu a:veit
to eleven feet water, and in twice the teligth of
the boat seven feet again' so that vessels draw run
mere water could hot be depended upo.e to act.--
Ott the. sth, he ha.l with difficulty got the gull-
brigs and gun-bouts in that situation above the
town, to enable him •to move down the gun-bouts
and two of the armed schooners, to as,:st
the attack, if uecessary. That he lad on the
..;;;ti bran employed in landing provisions and spiiits
for that part of the army commanded by Sir
Samuel Ay:minty; that he lad likewise landed
eni4et-balls; that the situation of that part of the
army commanded by Sir Samuel Acinnuty, by their
marching into the town, prevented lam then from
niaLitig *sea the gnu-limits, lest he should tire upon
our own people; that tue next morning, four of the
gun-boats were placed, and opened their tire in a
situation that appeared likely to have affect, and
andinued tiring till a teeter' was made. The boats
Isere kept there at the time the truce was made ;
mad, I think uutil the preliminaries were 'noted.

11VENTY-FIFTH it. 3 cos.
GEORVI AltlaltaT calkti in apart.
'l' he following Letter visa read.
Mandel 'relief, July 6, ism.
. .

" lirdenr Adatira4--1 armed here about an hour since, In
order tos escertaia what wore ego be done by the gallantry sad
es taus of the waiy ander lay consinwd, show suiferiap in
arm way si..re I Iliad thee p.e.eure of seeing you, have wl-
ilsdo, udder aux circumstances, beet, exceeded. Of one thing
1,41 me.) be stowed, and that is, that South America never
re , Luelisle the inveteraty ha heyoe.d belief of every claw
lubabliauts. I hope you a 11l conic bete without a tau-
usent's oos of tube, as lam scodiagGeteral Gowertu Liaters,
ioutiqueuee of a letter I reeeivcd from hint this inoraiug.
" I eta truly vita,
" 1. WHiTELOCKE,."

" ("1 a 'third it priqoner. The fuse awn-busts have heel]
In.rks,.g ~,th yeat etieet, sad if the bust uses Isom us, Illay4S.
r'at'io, In 'Wet, anti go a (teat way tuwarda the occurs-
pLahoosit of our plans.'
la coase•turoce of the letter I received, I was
ring frum the StatincA gun-brig, where I then
was, on shore to the General. Captain Thompson
of the Fly, come from the chore, audiufouned me
he had been obliged to have a guard from head-
quarterc, to protect him to his boat, which guard
was returned; it then being dark, and many of the
recrny's horse see,, near the place of landing, it
would fist be safe fur me to land that night, as
beaG-operiers ware some little distauce from the
shOre, and or) tuard on the beach. I therefore
retuned to the itiereiiie, and went to the General
the ut st morning. I found him at the Plaza del
'i auro7, at the top of one of the houses ; General
Gower, Sir Samuel Achrouty, and General Luta-
lew, wtre there likewise. 3 be General informed
x.e of the situation of the army, and the ansfor-
t 'Jeri chat had befallen it- that belled received the
preliminaries of a treaty from the Stealth General
Liniers, by obich the great point was agreed to,
that of *tog; back ail our prisoners taken in
lieutik.kaierica this war, which was a great object,
and veltnoat whi..ii, according to his mairuetions,
nothiog he could da would be complete; that
hooter terms could Got ke poseared ; that. if the
business vi eat on, he would expect every assist-
ance from me, which I assured him he should
have ; he continued . to obseive that it would an-
weer or perpose to Ko on with it, as South Ame-
rica never could be conquered by the English, as
we had not a friend hi- the country, which the in-
veteracy of all dosses against the English had
proved. 1 told the General, before these terms
should be agreed to, I thought he had better cou-
aid( with the General Others ul:on it. Ile told me
be lied already their opinions, which was the same
se hi., which was, that the terms should be signed.
at 'wring n:r could answer no porpote, as he was
assured front good authority, that if hostilities
one renewed, the prisoners (meaning General
4:mantel's brigade) would be pot to death. I told
the Generd duet he must know more of the :iota-
tam of his army and what he could de than I pos-
sibly could, but that I could not agree to these
tenni', without first-consulting the next officer in
command to roe, then at Buenos Ayres. Admiral
:'''i:hrig being left in the coannand of the line oh
bottle ships at Monte 's Oleo, Ca; ruin Bayritun,
who was the next, and with me at Buenos Ayres, I
immediately communicated with; he was then at
the rep of the same house ; I told him what hurl
passed, and asked what his opiiiiou was as to
the netarsesity of signing those terms. lie told
me he thought Ji could not possibly do
otherwise than sign them, for Cott time General
must be the best judge of what Cie army could do ;
thatif I did not ergo them, I must, of course, take
all responsibility urea rayself, for any thing that
might happen afterwards, although I could only
have to do with the navy. General Gower then
explained to me more fully the terms that were
proposed, as they were written in Spanish, and on
ackiag him if better tenni, could be procured, he
said iiio ; that he had endeavoured to get bet-
ter, but the Spaniards would not hear of it : and
Atilt it was e'en with very great difficulty that
he had prevailed on them to let us keep Monte
Video for tsvo mouths instead of one, which they
had at Brat proposed. Under these circumstances,
and believing that from the disposition of the inha-
bitants we shoul I not lie able to keep that country
io
with the force then in it, I signed the treaty. Iron
,rnos might have been furnished from. the ships, if
they were required; but 1 had.no application for
that purpose, nor did I know that they were want-
ed. The sloops of war were never nearer than five
rsix miles, as they then were Icing in sixteen foot
water; and on the night of the liiNh, or the morning
eif the 6th, early. 4 gun-hosts were placed very near
the to en, between the Plat r del Tauros, and the ci-
tadel, and or II within point blank shot of the citadel.
Captain HENRY WILLIAM DivENEOIIII arum.
The Thin! Charge was read.
Emulated by the Jitelge Advocate.
N I am the senior surviving officer of the Sixth

Mares Guards. cat rely state as to the ope-
rations, for f received oe orders. Co!suet Kington
received the orders, and I neve heard them (rem
hine--Ou the Gth of July, the pith dregoen guards,
under the coin:need of Lieutenant Colonel King-
ton, evacuated their centotimente at six in the
morning. Some delay was occasioned, owing to
Colonel iiitteton misting his way, and we did no.
arrive in the rue ance to the city till seven, where
we found twe troops of the nitt light dragoons. in
whose charge were two field-pieces. Lieutenant
Colonel Kitigton took the command of the whole
of the troops mentioned, and entered the city, one
of the field-pieces ix Mg advanced in front of the
column, the other left stationary, in the rear, with
' thirty men of the 6th dragoon guards, and an offi-
cer. We advanced as far us the second eqiiare,
without theenensy Grin:, upon us ; and until we
a:rived there the silence of the town struck Mt' for-
cibly ; front thut point we advemeed under a gradu-
ally itieriosine the, it iucree'inl at we advent:id.
About the second square. Colonel Bradford, the
Adjutant Getters!, cattle up with orders to Colonel
Kington, with the purport of which I am not ac-
quainted. 11 hen we urrived at the fourth square,
I think, but I cannot In. certain, whether it was
the fourth, I uneceierin it was at least the fourth,
the enemy's tire becaine more heavy and tiestcnc-
' tiee than it bail berm at any former period. The
tith Dragoon Guards attenneed to advance beyond
the poiat. Lieutenant Colonel Kingtme Ned
Copteineßereell fall ; after which klejor Pi got,
of the 9th Light bragoons, cause up to the head
of the column, and finding it impossible to adrunce
beyond the point, was reti eating to the right, sup-
posing the streets to be intersected at angles. I
suggetated to him the propriety of our retrretieg to
the rear, if *e retreated at all ; in consequence of
which he pursued the hitter uretatire. At this
period Captain Forster, General ‘Vhitelocke's mid-
de-camp, came to the retreating column, to whom
I toesniunicuted our transactions he imturdietele
reconnu ended our advanei it g rejoin to the first square.
wh..ch 1 had represented to him, and there to take
up a position in the houses; this being effected,
Capt. Forster. from the house which I occupied,
which was a eery commanding situatien. recon-
noitred from its top, and it was there Wit first saw
the British colours frying on the Plaza del Taurus,
to the left and to the right, in a position which we
then conceived to be the Resislencie, but that
hitter point was by no means ascertained. Co-,
lonel Bradford then came to the post, which he
expressed to me he conceived as termlne. We re-
tained that position two days."
Captain FRAZLI/ again called in.
Lieutenant-General W'hitelocke was in the Coy-
rani* de Miserere during the whole of the sth (ley,
except for a very.ehort interval ; when, us .1 unite-
stood, his Excellency retired to Mr. White's house.
for a very short interval, about two o'clock in the
aftenionn. The Correllip de hlisereee is nuderstood
to be shout SOO yards in length one way, and about
600 the other ; it is alto a term which applies te
(pruner of lesenos Ayres; it is an uncertuin open
space. His Excellency was at fi.rt oqhorediaisk,
istiblequetaly dismounted, and remained nentily
dismounted, during tle: r. unit mider and
in general within 30 yards of the
been the head-quarters of the second in onousiand.
he immediate entrance into Buenos Ayres, at
the distance of about 350 yards from the particular
house which I bare last mentioned, tif at the im-
mediate end of the Corvallis de Miserere, is higier
ground, so that you cannot see the
seotrance into
the town, nor, excepting in such eu open space as
the Conullis de Miserere, can you, in any part of
the imbed*, see above 150 yams, owing to the in-
tersections of the squares, and the high hedges of
the orchards. !new early part of the day, his Ex-
cellency sent forward* in the centre some of his
personal stuff, to bring him infortuatiou of what
was going on : towards the middle of the day, a
communication was opened with the brigade on the
left; the officer who opened that communication 1
think, returned between one and two °leek, mud its
consequence of that communication from Sir
Samuel Auchmuty, n smell party of the artillery
men were sent to the Plaza del Taurus. I think
that very soon after my joining bins, his Exeellency
sent some of his staff, as 1 have already stated, into
the centre : their orders, I ttt klerstoode geuerally
were to hringinfonnation from that particular quer-
terofwhat was goi rig on. In several repeated instance...
In the earlier part of the day. his Eacelleucy occa-
sionally ordered some of the dragoons, who were
immediately about his person, to pursue some fu-
gitive horsemen. who were escaping from Beene'
Ayres. With the exception of those pertieular
orders which I have stated, his Excellency was
walking backwards and foi werds, oceasSoeally is-
sitiog those orders, and aneionsly waiting the issue
of the assault during the sth. I should imagine
that 'the ground out which Mr. White's house
stands is rather higher then out part of the Core
'anis, but from 'wither is there any view of the
trim ; the country is intersected by hedges st every
I;0 yards , there is no view any where. Yon can
see the tops oc the Louses and tire churches, bat out
the streets. 'No itinwniatiou had been received, or
sue received, in the course of that day: the first
information was received on the mo eof the fol-
lowing day. I did remain with I.ieutteiant-Genc-
ral ft'hitelocke, aunt did remain, with scarcely ally
exception, at his side tilt his arrival at the Plaza
del Tauros, tit one o'clock on the aftenteoit of the
6th. On our arrival at Mr. White's house, eerie
orders were given for the more than usual safe-
guard ant protection of the femme. The ordere, I
think, were that some of the staff should, with part
of the men then in the court-yard, he stationed du-
ring the course of the night oil the that roof of the
house. There were no other orders that I can re-
collect. Hia Excellency sat silent and reserved.

TIT ENTY- SI XTH DAY-31.4 le CIO 3.
Captain P. tIA R feed IN again.
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...
On the night of the sth 1 slept 1.1 the adroit-0c
room to the one in which General ‘Vhitelocke was.
I think that once or twice io the course of the night
Gen. NVhitelocke came front that room to the one
in which I was, but I do-not recollect baring spoken
to him, or baring heard an thing particular, till
near dity-brawk of the tnornim; of the 6th.

•
Captain SQUIRE was called'in, and gun his opi-
nion that the Plgza del Tauros was a favourable
position for the errs t,on of batteries,
Lientenant-Colouel TEMPI'', spoke in nearly

the ante! terms as Captain Frazer, relative to, t:tt
cotulnet of Lit Lend W hitelocke ut White's lionfrt
on the sth.

No inform ition whatever was received of or front.
Colonel Mahon in the course, of the sth Lilt it
was presumed that lie %VI A porttd to the eastward of
the bridge, in conformity to the orders which had
been sent to him the preceding evening.
On the night of the Stli, General Whitelocke
rcpress.d ,rest anxiety about The right; the im-
pression of comilkte sue:!ese was not in the of
stay person pree-nt, as we bud heard of the cardure
of the with .; Lut great were ,nter-
tamped ti.at a favoitrable position had been taken tip
on the enemy's left flank, in consequenee.of the
colourthat we hal seen flying on our right.
• Colonel Msunx being called in, stoted, that had
he known the sittaition of the 4 Itle, on the inglA of
the .ith, he could have co-opErated with them from
the village of Barracke, where he was posted.
Captain JONN A. FORSTER, Aid-de-Camp to
General Whitelocke, w (lit into Buenos Ayres on
the sth, yaw the defeated state of the Czth I1rn; Deus,
and the 9th, and 'reported the saute to titneral
Whitelocke that night. Witness then repeated
part of preceding evidence.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY-7441'cm 1. •
Captain ORSTER Valid re-examined. Must of the
evidence, thi, day, was rei:etitien.

1 WENTY•EIGHTH PAY-W**ru 4.

In colc.rti-ueiireotChe receipt of r lett( r rroui the
.% 11010.1./1.:., itat;Ug I ii brio{ tumble to at-
tend, front indhipn4ition, the Ptcsitleot adjoualed
the Cuort to Mood ay morning, tru o'clock.

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