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((INQUIRY, CHELSEA COLLEGE.

I

TENTH DAY, Dic. 14.

The Court resumed its sitting this moping at
I •
halt Iwot eleven o'clock.
The Deputy Jur>Dii; ADVOCATE rasa the sit.
rioui letters /bud dispatches to which a reference wits
-wade yesterday- iu the narrative of Sir Harry Bur-
rank They tirincipelly consisted of the hAterr of
Lora Castlereagh and General Stuart to Sir flurry
Burrarit, previous to his sailing from l'ortsinouth,
together with the dispatches of thee officer off
Pent che to Sir John filoore Alt Cape Slonilego,
Sir U. BIIitILARD expressed to the Board his
'wish to interrogate Sir A. IVelle.ley on certain

Friag- Question—Did not the )drench cavalry patrole
the night of the 19tli, and morning of the 20th,
'dose to the quarters ..f the British army ?
Anaper-1 do not recollect that the French ca-
i. wiry rolesl near the Uri iisli camp, on the night of
*gust 119. They certainly did so, very early on the
• gof the inch.. There was a division of the
• 'tall army which had been detached at an early
hoar, on that morning, under Gen. Spencer, to-
wards Lorinna, to facilitate the junction of General
Anstruther's brigade, which hail landed in a bay to
the southward of P.:niche. l'hisdiririota was posted
upon a height between 1,. rr iii eia and Vimeira, and
'the French cavalry patroied very close to it.
Question—Do you think it possible for itn army
of fimn sixteen to seventilen thousand mien, so
situated with respect to the French, to have
marched without the mutiny being apprised of its
tnareh within cue hour ? . • . . ,
Answer-1 think, undisecertnin cirgnostances of
country and of position, it was im.—ible for an
army to march, and the march not to be known
to the enemy, at the disdimee of urine miles, iu less
than two, if mu .three hours.
Questiou—Ja nut Tories Vedras nine miles front
"frimeira ?

ahoni

Auswer--Torres Vedias is it eight or nine
miles from Viincim. Tin. British army was always
under *ma au hour before daylight. There are
eross-eoads between the latter and fortes Vedras.
In answer to a quest from Sir Harry Barrard
with respect to the existence of mountainous tor-
rents in these roads, Sir Arthur 11'ellesley assert-
ed. that reels torrents took place, and treated very
difficult poses with steep hills on each side.
kessertion—ls Torres l'edra. much nearer to
Marra than Vimeira, and how much ?
Auswer—l slioal.l imagine that 'forres Vcdras is
distant from Matra, about nine mole. rod a half, and
that Vimeira cannot be less than seventeeu or nine-
teeio miles.
Question—Could the enemy not have 'been at
Mass is three to have been reinforced from that
and the other forts?
Answer—l conceive that the enemy could not
have been at Malta, if we had.rnarelwd before day
Su the morning. If we could have reached Matra
before them, their hue of retreat must have been by
(Sir Harry Barrard put onward; of twenty such
questiwasto Str Arthur, relative to the distaues 4
oiie place from atiotime., the vower of cavalry and
artillery to act, the qmootity of provisions provided
tor the army. &c. Lc. which, from the quantity,
and greaser importance'sf the matter which follow-
ed in this day's proceeding's, together with out nar-
row limit% we ciaiinot Talky deetai.)
We H. Boaasau isterrogated hst the Coiner.
' tiaestiotiSie Hugh' Dalisimple and Sir
,Icy have both, stled._ that tbs.-Freneh
ire pulsed the Tugus w;tle their whole
' usight'have iuvolvest the liritaili *Hwy in
'rise of doubtful operations, at the very'.
'iritish arcs mightit'ave acted with el-
• sou of the name opinion ?
recrtainly ain.
timi--Could not General Junot have
.1 his forces across the Togo* insmedi-
the ltd of August?
r—l think he might.
~urostloti—flow it this conclusion to Ire re-
...wed, that General Junot thought the conditioOs
of the Convention mere advantageous to the
Fvineb interest, than the protracting, in the tawnier
which has been represented to hate lawn in his
power ?
Auswer•-•-I conceive that General Junot had his
own motive. in not coluiug to :reboil.
like Court were of opinion that these three ques-
!Mats shield be put to the other two Officers. It
betug c,uee,ved that Sir Arthur fool already, in
Lime previous part of the proceeding., answered
the first of them, the second question was put to
him, to which his answer was—/ think he might.
As to the third, Sir Arthur auswerrd—.. lotion-
sidering the expediency of allowing the French to
evacuate Portugal by sea. I took a view of the
British interests and British objects only, situ the
olijerts of oar allies. as connected with those of
Great Britoil). I considered that the Freud, army,
from the ro!ative situatinn of the two armies in Por-
togal, audits having the military posoession of the
coaritry, had a few toslitery unlit to withdraw by-
WE I, with their arms and bogge ; and I do not
think it neeessary for me to account for the motives
of General Jaunt, in prefers. peg the evacuation by
sea, to another line of operation ; which, without
wishing to say any thing disrespectful of him, might
have been hid or unworthy motives, as weil as con-
ducive to his country's interest."
lb. two last quetetiosaa were also put to Sir Hugh
Dalrymple.
To the accotid question of the three he answer-
e.l—.• Most certainly."
To the third questi lie answered—,4 I have
already stated us the Court the reasons which in-
duced me to think the Convention to have been
ad vasitageoauth the cause of (;seat Britain end her
sillier.. Italian be also recollected. that I had par-
ti, filar instructious for repelling the French from
Lisnon. and b• prevent their retreat into Spain ;
and without pretending to say how far that might
have Iseeu in their intro. I had certainly no other
means of preventing such a movement. I cannot
be aware of the motions which induced General
Juirot to rumor with those measures. He doubt-
less thought he saw sone adiantage to the French
1:!,. ere,' , which I could not discern, in so doing.
eNchi.ii re of the great motive, upon all such of-ca-
sinos, to spare the useless r fusion of lin man blood."
The same questions were again put to Sir H.

Ttorro4l,;, to 'the,. first of which he answerod—
T• Certainly Janet might hare transported. his
tromp s aciosa the Tagus upon that oceluaou.". To
the second—" 1 d4I nut euude cow.icler what ware
the motive, which actuated the F reuch General.
I could not couceive what could iimluee him to do
that winch I thought was wiestitageour to this
coo it ry." •

Sir-il..DALiartir ittioatell by Me. Court.
Question—Might you nut have insisted upon
more favourable terms, before the Convention took
place
Answer--I suppcoe that from the change of cir-
euinstanees I "night hare so insiAird, particuhtily
upon the 49th mid 'the. 31st
,of A ngnst, when tea
landing of Sir John Zlitsore's corps WAS completed ;
but L did not then think that the cireum,tauces
permitted of the urgociation being protracted, and
the four Lieutenant-Generals with %limn I con-
sulted upon the occasion. scented to me to concur
in the same opinion. Thomi Lieutenant-Generals
were Sir Harry norms'. Sir John Moore, Lieute-
t-Geueral Hope, and Lieutenant-General
Mackenzie Fraser.

Question—How did it happen that the march of
the troops under Sir .101 in Moore was so tardy ?
Answer-1 do not exactly know ; but, in point of
fact, whew the army marched into siiain, tit opt-
mtiots waited for nothing. when I left Portugal, but
notice from Madnit The neces.ary arrangements
as to the movements of the troops had been made
in Spain, and I had reason daily to expect them to
be sent to me.

Question-1s it the.' to be understood, that tio
11117.uigement for that operation had been concerted
previous to the Ponce Minn ?
Answer—Not that I know of.

Colonel TORSI:MS Was the neat witness called,
and examined by Sir A. Wrt.t.r.st.EY.
Qnestios,--Were you preseut on board theßrozen
wheal I bad a conven.ation with Sir Harry Burrard,
on the evening of the sorb of August ?
Anawer-1 was.

Questioto—Siate what you recollect to have
passed.
Answer—Sir Arthur Wellesley mash' his report
to Sir Her, Burrard, upon the arrival of that
Officer in Sierra Roads; Sir Artlour Weill-lacy re-
presented to him the state of the army wider his
command, and the situation of that of the enemy ;
the object of, and principle upon which he had
conducted his operations since he had landed at
Mondege ; and farther stated, that he had
orders for the march of the artnr next morning.—
Sir Harty Thwart, replied, that he did not consider
it advisable to advaucc from that position, until
the army should be reinforced by a division from
Sir Johu Moore. Sir Arthur iVellcsley oloxistal,
that he thought it of the a•most Importance to
push forward by the way of Matra, with a view of
turning the enemy's left flank, said to endemetir
to bring the French army to the issue of a bottle in
the held, as near to Limon as possibie, that we
might avail ourselves of the short dist:awe from the
Tagus, by fbllswing up the victory,* • a= to present
the French from crossing that riser. He further
stated, that he was desirous of this (snout taking
place near to Lisbon, he having an actual survey
of all the country in the vicinity of that town. Sir
Arthur Wellesley adde I, that if Sor John Moort's
'corps shoUld be brought down to r c Sierra, Sir H.
alurrard must relinquish all the todvautage* to be
expected from his marching that body top to Sane
• tweet, with a view of cutting oaf the retreat of the
French army to the northward. Sir 11. Burrard
egain• repeated, that he thought it sothoisalile to
bring Sir John Moore's corp. to reader certain
those operations which appeare.; to him doubtful.—
Sir. Arthur then asked Sir 11. Burrard whether lie
Flail teceired his letters of the nth and lush of An-
' uet/ winch recommended the IlittirCil of this rein-
forcement upon Sarotarens• Sir Harry replied, that
he had received. those letters ; but hr did no:, in say
giresCuCC, snake env comment or oleitivatiolo upon
that statement. Sir H. Burrard then wrote a letter
to Su Jolla Moore, which 1 did not see, but 1 un-
derstood it to be orders to come up with his divi-
sion. I beg leave to state, that, to the best of my
recollection, this is the enlostanee of the conversa-
tion which loaned, although I cannot pledge iny-
self to its being the exact words.
Qatlition-,-Does Colonel Torrens: recollect my
stating to Sir Harry Barnard the prehabilitv, that
if we did not snore to attack the French, they
would attack us

Auswer—l do recollect that Sir Arthur made
that cilwiervation to Sir Harry ilurrant, adding, at
the same time, that a greut expenditure of pro-
visions would he occasioned by waning. till the
tune Sir John Moore could came up, as lie could
not he expected for some d tys.
Question—Do you recoil ct tuy stating to Sir
Harry &ward the probabl • increuied difficulties
of supplying the army wit!) provisions, when its
numbers should be increased, without any propor-
tionate increase of means?

Aisiover—l do perfectly rece.l.-ct tiiß making that
observation.

Question—Do you recollect me stain; to Sir
Harry Burrard the probability that, if the enemy
did not attack us, they would fortif‘ their posiuntis
between onr army and Lisbon, during the delay of
our marching ; and of my stating to him the diffi-
culty of our turning fortified positions with cannon,
in that country, on account of the narrowness of.
the roads?

Answer—l do perfectly recollect it ;he adding,
at the name time, besides the narrowness, the ge-
neral Initliietio of the roads, which would reader the
operation of t•trnin4 the enemy's Husk, in sny po-
■itiou which he might take up, extremely difficult.

Question—Do you recollect my sending you
with orders to General nine and General Anstru-
titer, before, or immediately at the commeneement
of, the battle of the 21st of August ?
Answer-1 do recollect Sir Arthur sending me,
with such orders, man the commencemetit of the
battle of the e Ist of August

Question—What we►e those orders ?
Answer—Sir Arthur desired me to ride, as fast
as I could, to the brigades of Generals Anstruther
and Emir, to communicate to them that they
should not move from the position which they int.-
copied in the front of the village of Vitiarita;wiilt-
out further directions from him. On my arrival at
that position. I found that General rape ; d ad-
vanced a little way in front, and was eligazed with
the French light troops. I folh•aed Lim, and deli.

vered sheet orders, end he consequently retired.
It was then, I ti.mk, about half past nine in the
summing.
Question—Did I state to you the reason for giv-
ing these orders ?
Answer—Yes, partly ; I understood from Sir
Arthur Wellesley that those orders originated from
Ore nature of the ground in front of that position,
which would render it ineligible to move forwards,
and particularly as lie had observed a large French
colnmn forming in the wood, evidently preparing
•to make a vigorous attack upon our centre.
Question—Was Colonel Torreus present ahen I
recommended to Sir Harry Burrard, on the held
of battle, on the e tot of Angia, to continue the
pursuit of our advantages ?
Answer-4 wus.

....--. _ .
Question—State to the Court what passed.
Answer—lmmediately after we had defeated the
right colanui of the French army, which had made
its attack upon our left, and were then retreating in
a precipitate manner, Sir Arthur Wellesley rode up
to Sir H. Burrard, and said, " Sir Harry, now is
your time to advance, the 'enemy are completely
beaten, and we shall be in Lisbon in three days.
We have is large body of hoops that have not been
in action, let us move them upon the right, upon
the road to Torres Vedras,and I'll follow the enemy
upon the left." Sir Harry Burrard replied, that he
thought a great deal had been done, very much to
the eretiit of the troops, but he did not think it
advisable to inure off the ground in pursuit of the
enem. Sir Arthur Wollesley rcinarked, at the
swine time, that the troops were perfectly ready to
advance, having
.provisions really cooked in
havresaeks, according to the orders of the day be-
fore.

Question—Do you recollect my mentioning that
the troops had also plenty of ammunition ; besides,
that there tetra twelve days' bread in the camp, lOr
the original numbers in the army, and a !ufti-
ciracy of every kind of strifes, in the reserve of the
artillery
Auswer—l recollect Sir Arthur Wellesley men-
tioning that there was plenty of ammunition ; that
the mules aid the reserved musket ammunition
were in the rear of the brisolles ; and that we hail
abundance of °Morin e stores, and plenty of pro-
visions ; but I cannot recollect, at this moment, it
lie stated the number of days' provisions we had
in the camp.
Quegiou—Did I order the inlay, on the 20th, to
march Upoll the morning of the 2tatP
Answer—You did so.

Question—Did 1 countermand those orders,
%Then I returned from the Brazen, on the evening
of the 20th ?
Aoswer—Sir Arthur Wellesley, countermanded
those orders immediately upon his arrivak•in the
camp, upon the evening of the 40th, in conse-
quence of the orders he had received from Sir Har-
ry Iturrarsl.
'l'o a question from Sir 11. TIURILAIIIN Colonel
ToR&F.Si answered—The French column arrived at
the point of attack upon outf left in about ten mi-
nutes or a quarter of an hoer after their left co-
lumn was defeated by our centre. I cannot speak
with any accuracy as to the length of the action
upon the left, it might probably be an hour, or
mere or less.

Questioa4—When Colonel Toren, said that he
Issard Sir A;rthur Wellesley ask ow, whether I had
received hni diapatchcs of the lth. loth, and litb
August, did I not tell the latter OtTicerthat 1 had
seat them thiiirJoho Moore, by Colonel Duncan.
from St. Nlartia's ?

Atmer—l do not recollect that Sir Harry Bur-
rard made that communication to Sir Arthur Wel-
!Miry ism my presence.
tolunel •Torrens then withdrew, and the meis
seaa'er was desired to call in Capt. Cooke. That
Officer was nut at the time in attendance.
Sir ARTIIIIII WELLUSLEY then addressed the
Board, htatiug his anxiety to offer a few observe,
tions on the narrative of proceedings which Sir
Harry Burrard had on the last (lay read to the
Court, and which now constituted a part of its pro-
ceedings. It was also his intention to au I mitt souse
comments en certain points which had been sup-
ported by the evidence which he hod felt it his duty
to produce. The first observation to which he
should call the attention of the Board was, the dif-
ference of opinion which existed between him and
Sir /limy Burrard, upon the expediency of having
had the position of Santarem occupied by the army
which was under the command of Sir John Moore.
The reason stated by Sir Harry Burrard for not ac-
quiescing in his recommendation to that effect, was,
that he believed the force under the command of sir
John was not strong enough to cippore the enemy
in their retreat. For the particular reasons by
which he was induced to recommeud to Siri-lorry
Burrard the expediency of occupying Santurein, he
begged leave to retW the Board to his dispatches to
that officer, which were then before them. The
parammtut principle which, in his mind, operated
to snake that recommendation, was by no illealle
diminished in its influence, frmn any inforantitioa
which hefted subseluetitly received: It originited
front the impression, that he haul always considered
that the British and Freswh armies in Portugal had,
in their respective operations, the same military ob-
ject, viz. the poosession of Lisbon and of the Tarr.
To accomplish that object, on the part of ei-
ther, it was almost a matter of necessity that
a battle should be fought in the field. Iu
possession of the means which he had, and con-
scious of the gallantry and energies of the brave
troops which he vominanded, he had just.tiahle
grounds for expecting that, in place of disadvan-
tage, the British force would halve been successful
in the conflict. The next consideration was, if the
French army were repaired in thelleld.in what way
would they have retreated ? Ile presumed, a
reference to the draught of the two lines, by
which only the enemy could retreat, as drawn by the
Commanding; Officer of Engineers, and delivered
to the Court by Sir hew Dalrymple, would fully
convince the Board, that, in either view, the posi-
tion of Santarem would be advantageous to inter-
rupt or cut oil the enemy's retreat. First, if the
French army had passed the Tagus, and retreated
by the road to Eleas, the occupation of Santarem
Would haventtorded to a British force the facility of
crossing the Ta.."ns, and to impede thetn•frout its
proximity to a fonlahle part of that river. Secondly,
had the enemy made his movenieets for the purpose
of falling back upon Almeida, Santarem

the road, the British army occupying that 1eni.1,0.,
would have interpneed. With respect to ...
there being inferior to that of the mem,.
to be considered that, in toriniog this deterlin.a-
lion, lie had calculated, that, previous to retreat,
an action must have taken place between the reo
armies, in which& was led to hope and to b. lieve
that the French would be repulsed, cid el/114!
quently would lie considerably weakened. lu such
II view of the case, he had no doubt that Sir John
Moore's army would have proved itself a instal
for the enemy in its endeavour to retreat. Indeed
under such circumstances he was confident that
the occupation of Siiiitereru was little dangerous,
whilst, at the same time, it was very MIMI..
tageous. It could, lie had no doubt, have been
supplied from the victualler., by means of carts
procured :it Moudcgo.
' Sir A. 11' &Levitt:if uext proceeded to state the
numerical force with which he landed at Moiniego,
and the various reieurcements be bad received by
the voojunetioli of the different briguiles. Besides,
be had a right to expect a reinforcement ef Clew
Portuguese troops, which %Noah{ hese
the army, which be had the honour to c .....
to JOAO) men. He had now reasons to believe,
that the report of a rifinforeentent i.t I.IIIIUS Vr--
dots, after the battle of the gist, eirsainfeeniled.
It was then before the Board, admitted by the fatt-
est evideuee, that the euetny were in that enrage-
went defeated in every quarter, att.! that he at the
close of the engagement proposed to Sir Harry
Burrard to advance. It wits also iu their reciiiln-
bon. that hi: tinted his reasons for rec•oinineoilieg
a perseverance in the plan of operstiorie whit Iv.
had been commenced. Upon tho.,e points of dif-
ference which occurred between hit, nod Sir I lane
Burrar.L. thesCourt would exercise its own judg-
ment. Yit though the decision of that Officer ate
perfectly contrary to that which he (Sir Anhui) en-
tertained OH the Ilia of August. mut still eciiit limed
to entertain, it did by no mean. follow, that the Con-
veutaei of Chine was not a ylistinable meafurv.
It wits true, that subsequently to the 21.1, the
acme of annoyance, between the BritOili and
armies, and the onstaetes of the former in
the object of the expeditiou, had y,a-
roil.
Un ihe itst it was it trial of strenxi be-
tween both armies, which terminated in favour of
His Majesty's arms. It was his opinion that the
enemy would not hive risked another action, but
waled have endeavoured to secure their retreat
aerie.* the Tagul. lii the prover* °Swell a plan,
they would Wive endeavoured to reach a formida-
ble positioa iu the front of Lisbon. for the per pose
of facilitating their object. To contravene such
an attempt, by possessing theiraetves of this po-
sitiou, subsequently, he recommended the advance
of the British to Tones Vedras, on the evening of
the it He had since no r, eons to doubt the
expediency of that recommendation.
Sir HARRY Buaaaao proceeded to examine Sir
Arthur Wellesley as halloos :—•
Question —He I not the British army the same
means of advancing by Mufra, on the morning of
the 43d, if Sir Hew Dalrymple had ordered them
'to march ?
Answer--I do think that the army might hare
mortified to Moira with as much fissility on the 23d,
as I thought it might on thet Ist. There was this
tliall'ences that on the 24. I believe, Mafia was
swenpitil by a French. ersver and there was none
there on the 21st. 1 roust; also state to the Court,.
that the object of the reilreh to Marra would, osie
the eath have been *fatted ; because, us 1
have just informed theta. there was no chance of •
bringing the French to another action. They
weiukt- have acted, according to my opinion, OP
bog*. as they did us Egypt. They tried thole .
statenjah once in the fetid, and havin4 fatted,. they-
weold continue to retreat in Portugal. until they
got into a place of safety. I do not believe that
any corps wasilit have formed on •the.fianks of our
march on the 23d, because no Frenelnueu remain-
ed in Torres Vedras on the