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himself cut off, and on the roirt of beirg overpnw-
etc.!, he serienJered, with his div:si m, at 4 ~'clock.
;The result of the day lilt General WurriLocac
in possession of the l'hiza 'de Toros, on the
eoemy's right, and of Resi.tencia on the left,
while he occupied a strong post in advance or-

Posite the enemy's centre, and these advantages
•he found had been purchased at the loss ot
2300, in killed, wounded, and prisoners. This was
the action of the army on the morning of the Gth,

when the French General Lititz's, who corn-

in 'third in the town, proposed to give up all the
prisoners taken in that affair, and formerly under
General 13611E5/ORD, aml char the British forces
should be withdrawn from the town, and the other
pla.res which it occupied on the Rio de la Plata,
reach terms were accepted. A treaty to that effed
was neordingly signed on the next day, the ith,
stipulating a inirttal restitinion of prisnners, in day s
for the rvemharkatian of :he British forces from
Buenos Ayres, with the arms actually in their power
for Monte Video, and two months for the final depar-
ture from that place, which is to be surrendered to
the Spaniards in the state it was in when first taken
by the English. An apprehension that the Spa-
niards would murder their prisoners, and a strong
conviction of the impradicability of the enterp•ize.
are the causes assigned by the English Com-
manders for acceding to these terms The
whole male population of the place was in arms,
the streets iuterseded with ditches, lined with can-
non, pouring a destrudive fire upon our troops. and
every house a fortress. Besides. so implacable
was the hostility of the inhabitants against us, that,
even though we should have carried the town, Ge-
neral Will rEi.ocice is certain it is impossible that
South America ever could be English. A gentle
man, arrived last night from Portsmouth, has favour-
ed us with MorrLav's Portimonth Teter apri, of Sa-
turday, which, in describing the opposition made
by the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, says:—" A
most destrudive fire was opened from the upper
parts of the houses, the lower parts of which were
so strongly barricado4 with sand, timber, and other
cumbrous materials. that they could not be forced."
We are indebted to the same source for the fol-
lowing particulars:—" Our troops began to embark
almost immediately after. They met with every
attention from Colonel LINICItS. who prevented the
assassination of our men by the Spaniards, whose
hatred to us is implacable, and who would other-
wise have fired on our troops after the white flag was
displayed. The Spaniards in arms in the town
amounted to 20,000. Their principal loss was in
the quarter carried by Sir S. A count v. The
Spaniards had burnt all their trading vessels, at
Buenos Ayres. to prevent their falling into our
hands. Our troops, we regret to learn, had suffer-
ed much from dysentery ; and the want of provisions
was felt exceedingly, the Spaniards having driven
the cattle up the country."
" The Sarai-en left Admiral MURRA y's squadron,
nine weeks since. all well. The efreltni, of 64 gun.,
Capt. CHANIZIL•r/IN sailed far England a fort.
night before the Saracen. Two of the regiments in
the River Plate are to go to India, the rest are
coming home."
General Sir SAiIVtL ACHMUTT. General
Ca au r USD, Colonel HOLLAND, and Colonel
Bonen', came home in the Saracen. A party of
200 seamen, commanded by Captains BAYNTUN
and Joyce, were formed to assist in the operations
on shore, but did not land."

6. The b;):11 Regiment, which sailed ham Ports-
mouth with Ganeral WHITILOCICZ, in March lash
tinder convoy of the Cormorant and Haws sloops of
war, had not arrived."
Among the wounded officers, lieutenant-Colo-
nel Kteiorchr, of the 6th Dragoon Guarch, is
wounded in the leg, close to the bone, by a musket
hall ; Dr. Squtaarv, of the Royal Navy, slightly
in the knee ; Captain Baoocv %?4, lA, mortally ;
Hon. Major H. Kino, Sth, slightly in the arm;
Ensign troste.c. severely ; Volunteer H. Da
;VA•I.• severely ; Captain PATlgit through the
breast; Major Mitt ea , badly, but not dangerously,
in the thigh ; and C tpta in Ross, badly in the eyes.
Shortly after the dispatches were received on Sa-
turday, the following communication w. 3 made to
the city :

" Dawueng.otreet. Sept. 12, 1907.
" Lord Castlereagh has the loWl6llr of acquaint-
ing the Lord Mayor, that dispAtches hive ben
received this morning, from Lieutenant-General
Whitelocke, dated Ju;y 10, by which it appears
that in an attack upon the ;own of Buenos Ayres,
His Majesty's troops errtieiiced so much resistance
from the tumultuous force of the enemy, that
after gaining possession of part of the town, with
severe loss, on the s:h of July, the Lieut.-General
thought it prudent to enter into a negociation with
General Liniers, who commanded the enemy's
forces, by whiA he agreed to evacuate South
America within two months, upon condition that
all priinnars t.';en in the attack, as well as those
captured at the surrender of Buenos Ayres, &mad

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