The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-16 00:00:00

Examined ty the Court.

Q. Do you know the part of the army • Gen. Whitelocke
allotted fur his station during theattack on the town on the
sth July.
A. I had some conversation with Gen. Gawcr on thesub..
jett late in• the evening of the 4th, from the conclusion of
which 1 understood it to he settledohat he should recom-
mend it tb the. Commander in Chian) take his station at the
eopuneneemer.t of the ;Aaiun in the' turning a little in the
front of the ground on which the right of my Brigade was
then stationed.,

Q. Hari Gen.. Whitelecke allotted any stationer place for
the rendez- voi t of the troops, In the event of the attack be-
ing tinsuccesstul ?
• A . I never I:rard ofany.•
Q. Wo,it ever communicated to you where Gen. %Mite-
lock.e and Geh. Cio.ver were to bciOundint the day of the at-
tack in ease of need :?

A. Go« er. in' °met! me, that he shoUld.recommen d
it to the Comimialer in Chief to take his station as I had al-
ready des‘ritted it. Healso, in answer t a question I put to
respeaing'llis own station, Said, thAt O'cat. Whiletocke
'
had ordered him to be with 11-..nself ; but I do not tecoLted
that the station was ever made know) to me., .
Q-. In the distribution for the attack on the sth. was any
station allot tc,f tor the COnitnandet.tif the forCes, and the• Sc.
c9llcl in Cowin:oat ?
A. To the nest of my recolleClion, en the written disposi,
lion or the order there was none no such was given nut in
the General:On'ts, In consequence of the conversation
taut iviu> Ceti tower, he had advised the Command-
er or the Voices to be tit Wititteb house. I_6.litt 1 thought
that ati ulibeconite;', station. • •
Q ‘VKI General, rder given at any time in public, as
to Winic•lll,! Gener.ll was to be timid on that day
A. I (1,, (cchiled that there was.

•
Brigadier-General Lumley WaS tuna called, on
the ninth day of tbe trial. After -explaining some
particular* that took plate' before the 4th, he said,
that on -the morning of that clay he went to head-
quarters, when General. Whiteloclm tied his
intentions with respett to the assault on the town
ott that day.; stating'the bad wotiierohe situation'
of the troops expo,ed, to 'an inclement season, and
in great want of provisions, induced him to think of
assaulting the town, in preference to any other mode;
the Spanish General having refused to listen. to
terms. I:m.lLuther particulars and detail he referred
us to General Gower, who then proceeded 'to pOiut
out in the map his plan of attack, and as many as
could sat down to copy it. I ventured to ask what
was to be,done incase we met With greater oppoSi7
lion than we had reason to expea, or could well op-
,pe!tei I was told that was particularly answered
by the' orders : we were to place ourselves as. far
in'advance as we could, taking care-to possess our .
selves of the houses- an our left, in preference to
those on our right;leatt we should.be exposed tnthe
fire of 'obit • own guns.. .Sir SEIM tlei Arbirlty itt..-
rived,.. nod. in consequence... Ail his being so late,. a
dis'ciassion took place, whether it was possible the
attack could be made at twelveo'clock. that day. It
was soon decided that it should not take place until
• the next morning. Before we left head-quarters,
General Whitelocke desired me to send tin My .Bri-
gade-Majoi', in ordjer that he might go-301111m the
town with a =unions,. u hopes .of saving an ef-
Susion of blood, which mist be expeacd when the
assault took place,.
• Brigadier-General Lumley then went into some
farther particulars relative to the, advance of the.
troops.—He said that on the morning of, the Lid,
he had received orders to March, but that by that
time the brigade had consumed all the provisions,.
and appeared extremely:exhausted.'

Q. Was the station in which General Whitelocke was to
he round during the ;muck on the sth 'illy, notified to ate
General and other Officers commanding divisions?,,
A. blot to my recollection that I have var heard of.
.12. Was the place or retreat, in case of failure, pointed out
to the General. or other Officers cointrianding divisions ?
A. I never heard of any such place being appointed.
Q. You, have said that it was completely dark when you
joined Gcacrais Crautind's corps on the 2d, and that your
ruen were eshaustcd. w hen they came up. as your brigade,
at the time. of your junelion, in a condition to support an
initnediate attack on the town, if made by General Crau-
lard's brigade, or was there sufficient time ter it?

A. It is 1111pm:411)1v ty *tty I'olo the further exertions the
spirits of such men wouhl have enabled them tO mike. By
that tittle they were much exhausted. What aesief. rice they
mulct have given woni?i certainly have bectilVery inefficient;
having befit inarchitig tett ur twelve hours• without arty thing,
to cat, I t the attack had been made. it must of course hay&
been a light attack. •
Sir SAmuci. ACIIMUTY was examined.

slie.said,. that when the troops under General.
Cranford arrived, he had intimated to General
Whitelocke, that he coneeived,", a mild, i)ut a firm,
letter ,to the Government -of Buenos Ayres might
be intetided•with good consequences, and I offered
to carry
.mysell. The General approved, of the
idea, and requested I Would make out draft of
one. :fleafterwards appioved of but thought
it advisable to delay any summons till he should
appear before the town. I was unacquainted- with
any further steps taken to induce the enemy by ne-
gotiation to surrender the town." Sir Samuel
Achtuuty then proceeded to detail the proceed-
ings, tiotn his embarkation for Colonea to the land-
ing at .IF.iiset-a•la.,--.on thy, Obit) Junk be marched
for liedualion--;-" Ott the Ist July," said Sir
mud, ",rhy division was under arms at day-break,
waiting for the rear, who arrived about eight clock:o'
they V. ere to. have jointed toe much sootier, and we
again marched. I pressed the General to let me
-march without waiting for him,-.as the march was
long, and I conceived that both' divisions would
Move with more, ease, and come sooner to their

ground, Separated th4n united. This the General
would not permit, Observing,- that:he wished to ac-
Cuittinn the troops t - march with regularity. The
March taken the-proceding day:had -been tnoch.itu-
peded .by4frerptebt—Ults. We arrived .at :Reduc-
. don' 'hy 'dusk! 'iVlo4t .di -the troops had meat issued
'td them i the course of the evening; .On xeturn..
• Itig'front l'eednrkiitriflg; the nextimorning;
-tto the' tiene4l, -and c-x pressed my hope:.. that he
104dd-144f trbolis at `leaf that day ; et hat. they.
were, twarly •
.exliguited„ and het' tadvartend corps,
qiiYtn:ql4:ralkihirliti4y ap-1
pored;4till more so. The General replied„. that it.
would depqnd upon a lattpr from General Gower,

and soon rifler I was ordered. to beat to arms ; and •
we left the meat ready to be cut up apd d(s-
tributed on the ground. I again intimated to
the Genera} that the troops were without pcovi- • ;
-sion.e,,and his reply was—" don't yon see it
ing to rain ?", As the troops did not march
diately, I :still leaped- they would take some of the
meat in their haversacks.; but - they .were prewat- •
ed, I understood, by the orders of the General.:
We were ordered to march from our right, by the
grand road leading to the advanced corps, but int-
mediately before we were moved I was informed
the route was changed, and we marched groin our
left by ten o'clock. The first part of
,the march
was good, but we afterwarde got into how swampy
ground, which was very difficult to pass, and • the
men had .to wade a long way through the wetter.
Between two and three o'clock, ieenediarely atter
leaving the swamp, the General sent forme to the
front, and asked my opinion übout 'proceeding.
lie observed that the guide had 'deceived lieu e
that the ford of the Clotelo was still, by his ace
count, many miles off ; that there was no cannon
of -reaching it before dark; that be had. beQUIVa
cattle tOr the, troops,; and that where he then: was,
there was a sufficieney of fire-wood to cook the.,
meat. From this statement, and knowing time
troops were completely exhausted, I wets decidedly
of opinion we bad better halt where we wete.
most here observe that it was then about three
,o'clock, and the day clo'cd at five. Meet); oftetette
aod het tt day:s breed, were issued to tilo
, tro"1)s were rather discontented, and et lei
suggestion an order was issued by. the Geberele
coernging them to do their duty cheerfully. -Ip Ifte:;
evening we heard time tiring of the advance:co:re •
eind the General appeared to be extreteelY
the aultward situation ie which be was plauetie
asked my opinion whether I • conceived C.;ettcret•
Gower was stitbeiently strong2to resist time euemy s, •
I answered, 63+ unless he teivaneeti into the view,
1 was persuaded there was rem -danger,: whetevee
pm:lb/as might oppose hitn. He.appear,-1 tip cel'•
tisfied wit lethiereeimerk, and said he had so Oieli "/"
ol~init)tm of General Goiter, • bethought tie W0u1d.110r,..,
.1(tt:"11't tact' town 'wit" him. We in.:rchcd agtee
lour •
an before eay-liget, on , the 'morning. of tb*
3d ; the country we' p;o,Ject througit i.vao lfiw :,11a '•
at times swampy ; it was raining then, und had iele4r•
• raining part of the. night, and had there been truelt
more it would. have rendered the way .impiekeaLie-
About twee we came to u lord in. the. Rivet' Cinto.-- -
but did not pees it. "We. soon came to a sccyte
typists ‘vedtd eases it was uarrow,• but .0'
in
; e'es::eFr atelirol Gower,4alei as
itlera'etiii'llYt4'::buirkealwd. eeiNxliontinlouttligicaattetpol,4,,l.,
Was 'ordered tat: e.
a postton, with my right joining General' leetreley.4.
lett, and extending towards the convenot: 'the Jiv!,
, :14srigde h 1 ()i
brigade; cthlrleild,
troops had. advanced to it.. I formed:my. brigade ow;
the rear of the- position, and reconnoitred it, met •
when the troops.on my right were preppred to regaite
their position, I advanced andoccupied it. Softie of
the enemy's shot reached the line both before arid'
ay we were advancing. It was dark by the
the brigade was -formed, and the ruin• e'en in twee
rents. The =men: wore sheltered . in. houses,- and.,
rewired an, allowance of biscuit and some liquor.. e
There was much firing during the night at the out-
posts, which I endegtvoured to prevent, as, finm,
the reports.which reached me, I had reason. to, be-
i ligve Ahem were few,. if any, of the enemy ape.. •
proached. Early, the next morning, I found the
enemy bad got round my- left Bank,. and .were
considerhble numbers in my rear. 1 moved the 38t1i,
on my left to the rear, and after some firing the,
enemy -retired. It 'wits now near.ten o'clock, wick:
a dragoon informed me that the General was Wait* -
ing fur me at head quarters; and ori my arrival..
there, the General informed use that the priecipeke
Officers
.of the army had been waiting for Me ittltAl',
two hours; and upon investigation it appeared •
that General Gower's Aid-de-camp had been set?t
to me, at day-light, but- was taken prisoner 00
way. I found the General and the tield-officcrs; ItA '
••••
possession of a plan of attack which was to be tr
tied into execution at twelve o'clock. ' Iv" •
who had a':
plaiued to me by Lieut.-Col. Boucke,
hat t
plan of the.town before him.. I observed_
regiments of my brigade:were totally unacqualPt .
rot.
with the intended attach „ and A. apprehended he
woeld not be lime to comtnunicate it to themeaged'
make the necessary arrangements fie carrying
_l6
into execution. I also• observed, having erevioasly*
Conversed with some of the penciled ctficenis h
Allid-day was an improper time to roareh throuo.
g`:
the streets of a populous city, and shonid.o.
eeive we should penetrate further, without serto-
if We deferred the attack- 'till -day-bteak ex
morning. Time General mentioned thii propoit!
11.!
to General Gower. The room being cleared t
ethonel pic
elootfieers,k7xtept the General and Lieutenaa
ppyrtirlilmgrietthyeoot
rittistll.)Get.i:nrigiterdhe:tke:lrtGrte:d:k‘,:rtt:cluf
• served. that there was, ao alteratioo fLre.i
co:
py
in
an.
them, and he would send me- ti
"rrrs'e of the after-
hour, and which I receiveil i"
west° point out to ..
inloaostime,r.l.Gleefitielmreaaid,tatolartere With' th• .Ij.il:ct_Ye:lll(iptyMibiretbatud::
of the streets that my Brigade was' '
ee ettem
we received the itttelligeuee t' Y fired
4 repaired'
conning out of the town le ;force, and
to my brigade, and stem after was orjered
11 ,
tire to the rear, in hopes of enticing the ent!
apdatr,talowfet.iii, \Icy:011)141,M under arms
their ground,. the Deputy (acetate
aster.ti rough
pointed to me the dill remit streets -.
which the colutnns were to penetrate.
_co
and when the :brigade re-Uoilectitce.real.
the prig
ranted to the field-otlicere the routes. of their
being propt,rt
terms, and gave diredions for their , desired .
placed in time time next morning; and e
=them to send for the tolels that lied ord,er a
,By this tv1711:..
rietp‘ovartseddark,night it
:aei t“lcistohufartet sqluitticeteelit IsP}:lsd uilli°dnbgb;trik-71-1.
, .
..rotois,ietssfeit%)vn,ol..towever, front the houses ,ve0;70"*:
r la Chief wa
Q. tale ~taboo in which the e...omnueL of
'to tha Attack. virt sttt 1100. ),..._4917=11:
:otherwise. the,Ggneratl4 .net! Eickt
A. 1 t Out nutittitito toc.
• A. it *15(51 Wiinotificit to ale.
;,I;.7.Qeliltide•(‘,l4l•l.e.ti.rneetrolsm,cti.eim.r,tim.:o,l,oelatruninfiyhreciterwenits,cirf.ilet=4:itorgeisnim...ecidre4s:tri!'..jt

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Coss-examined by Lieut.-General WarrELocs.r.
Q Quid we, consideril,g the circumstances, the na-
tar= or the ground. ,and th, 31,41 N or the troops, have marched
'ale greater rapidity, or arrived suoner,'without,distressing
lee men ?
A. I do not think we cent.' have ,marched to Reduelion
honer without distressing the nem, although, perhaps,ithey
have come to their ground soonerent each day's
ithout distressing there, if we had not halted so freeAhtly
Die each day's mereh.. .
• !.2. Hitt I not repeatedly expressed my. apprehension ls to
the lain setting in, and my an, iety.19 get,intP the viriniitqrs
the !.ciwn,.nti put the men under cover •
A. The Geteral freenently-expresSed his apprehenans of
the rain setting in, and l it velte donbt he also expressed, his
tee,iety.fo get the tnetr under cover in the vicinity of the.
tee, although Ido itot partiodarly recollect it.
Q. It their strength would have ellOWed them to press
endereach the vieinity of the town, could not the
,Coiernissariet have -precured a. pleotiful. supply for, tee .
'Thee &tom the-cattle taken in the country ?
1 A. Therceis no duubt but cattle might have been had* in
~atielefaute, with preper precautions.
EXamined by,the Court.
Clene.ral Sir
.10ItN MOORP.-The:.question• which tbe
Coen wishes .to know from an Officer ot;;such , service and
experience as Sir Samuel Auchmuty; and whose knowledge ,
0t tie resources of the country enables him to form an opt-
and which we have rieleaVoitted to get from other %vet-
te ,es, but have not yet satisfactorily ; it appearing by your
ieence that on the march of the army towards Buenos
ies, the troops were every day much fatigued, %vete kept
le der arms during the greater part of the day, without a re-
gular issue ot provisions, and yet they were tour. days in
marching thirty miles, attended with all the inconvenience
or a forced and rapid march without the main object of' get-
ting quickly forward; ,in your opinion might not it previous
arrangement have been made-which would have enabled the
army• Which landed on the eilth of June, tO have advanced in
the morning by day.-light from the heights of liarragen, and
leached soon afterwards, without serious incouvenicnee, the
Pot of Redudion on the Ist etluly.
A. I have no doubt but that arrangements might have been
made, Wheel would have eeabled the troop '
s to have reached
the heights shove Ilarragon on the 30th ot tune, and keduc.
tion on the ist of
,July ; but ant very douoti di whether the

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cannon necesbary.Cottid have been brought up with the troops.
The gunk came up on. the 2d, but they were long gettiog
over the swamp between Ensenad I and the, heights, I
doubt whether they would• have been ready to march on the
3oth. I •
Q. In that case, might not the river have been 'reconnoitered
In the course of that day, dad u disposition rriaae for. pas-
sng it on the 2d,•-.attd advancing to the bobtails ,of Buenos
+lptes ?
A. 1 have no doubt that arrangement-might have'been made
lot the troops, but not:tor the artillery. '1711.• advance corps
marched on the 2ith ;. there might have teen titneenough to
reconnoitre the river nt the ist, and the army might have
been in readiness to march front thence-to Redudion on the
2d, but not with the principal. part of the artillery.
Q. What. pr,,portion ut artillery had the main body with
thent un.thcir ina,..11 to the hCights above Buenos Ayres ? .
A. At fist I st.w atierwartli there were one or two
pikes with the 4clvinict,l guard,
V• was the mean pt.,. portioo of the artillery belonging to
Abe army left behind wan Colonel Mahon at RedUCtion, or
did it accompany- the artily oh the id.?
A. It did 110 at.compatty the ;amy on the 2rl.
Q: Did, the ineOliVellielit:Cs )Utt have stated on the' march
arise from uecestty, ur from the nature of the arrange&
'ltems ?

A. Much inconvenience arose from the nature of the court
try we marched 'through ; other inconveniences arose from
war4tot regular provisions, and tram frequent halts, which
brought tne men aq Lau to their ground, and the necessity'
ol~witi,:h 1 dui nut sec
The evening before the attack, G,..,neral White-
. lecke' shunted the witness the plan of attack, and
asked, his opinion upon the subje,ct.. Witness said
t thonght it would stieceed, but it appeared to
hit:4l to be completelpa new case, and that he did
not remeinber ito have heard of. a situilar plan of at.
Waness objeat'..d,to the order lor making no
prisoner 4, Gmeral -Whiteloeite said he would
leave 4,Ut. General Whiteltieke never stated to the
witness the precise plan on . which he intended to
4a, but ..;es olletleci from various conversations, that
the General meant to place his main b6dy at the
auti extend ti't-)in thence to the shipping,
erasure against the town as eircum.,
mantes to fight' require.

. . •
Briade-Illajor tiocuE sworn: andexamined. .
sQ, Did you at any time oo the 3d July go into ll'e t.,wn
l'A Iluenos Ayres .w it It a flag ot truce ? State un what ocCll.'
4ion 1A)11 %vent and what passed. • '
A. About on the 31 I receiver) , a message
4ront C.nvral Coale( tO come to his quarters. • tie told me
that I was to go into the WWII neuttenes Ayres at as 4 •
the next morning, with a flag of truce, to summon the t wit
to surrenderto the British o !ailment. gaVetra; written
instructions totake with the, and I puiceeded into the tu%vlt,
according W or.ier:;, with these instructions • In nbealenCe
to the General's orders, I was on .hoisenack at d
'with a Cotporal.of the ritit Ligin lira,oons, carrying a tray
of truce,randit 7l'kutispeter. 1 asked the General's permission
30 take with me a Spanish ()Meer, that no tithe mil;ht be liist
lit finding the nearest way into the town ; but in passing the
Pritish out-pasts, the Field.olrieer ‘ontnianitilig
Allender( that j should take a party ut the ritte.corps with me,
lid I •accordingly took one officer and 12 privates.. We pro-
ceeded with. Some: difficulty, hot I penetrated .icon,itterahle
*!,vily trim me re4n before I war stop',)ett. After same Fonsi.
merabletielay, (.lerteral Elio, the Spauish General, second in
command, came 'to met and on mAitigknoWnteihiiii the
order I had the honbur to convey, he situ I could not see
'nen' Liniera on any act:a int ; but that it 1 had any corn-
Tunication to make from the English General,- he would
coavey into him. I told him I nad the honour to carry pro.
l'F's.tla for the surrender ot' the town. He conversed in Spa-
nish with a ;;rest deal of animation, and said that they pus.
seised sufficient strength and spirit 'to detend the town. But
:1 it "`)mire to Inc ot 'great anportanee it possible to coin-
en‘e s.mie negotiation, I endeavoured 10 draw him into it;
out
the only thin lie I n -ern to was, that" should re-
,NVOU to •
"I) (teneral, in order t !Mt tie might make such cont.
lihunication as -he thought proper in wilting. Upon this
`.;turtted atal ai.i.iii;iinted General Gower. tie immediately
421Nervot.h: a letter, wilienl carried track. General Elio would.
Ahr„Lili7 me. enter into. the articulars of my, instruetions,
;hate to represent to ,hint our force, &c.
4tveitt IT 141 you advanced into the, town Muni you
returve .ell' '1 Cov'%era letter, and what passed.—A. 1
L. tic.4lv to 'king particular oc-
curred het we •• 34thespot, and nut
French noi • the and the Spanish °dicer (who was
lle'ter in
Siianish service) to whom I delivered the
• r tinnerstoo,l General was not in Buenos
was
time... I ;did not see General Elio, and the let-
leerYitt
,delivered man Aid (te.vainp. Tile town appeared to
all d t'L4 `ll gr"t Coati: non, the whole MI 0106,1:14I'
waited
tik, brought the-Intsvver to that letter, ter Ivolt:it
; waited near -ait hour and a halt., during which time they
aid very little tesl)ii, to the tlag,ot ttut.e, and bur 15F:the
title corps I :nil sure I could not have got back. •
9 flow hug were' you when you went Into the town. the
fast tittle ? A-- A Intl hour: the conversation I had with
lelleral Elio [MO have lasted about half anituur. I saw
ceveral officers with him, and endeavoitic to imprest upon
is mind the ttru -ion t dI t -t follow urther hos.
tilus
'r°°
t
4e- • he aiti-dc.eampr seemed pat zietilarly tiesirous CO
aro what the Spanish toss .was in Oh: of the night
I'4lote, which I tot& care not to diminish.: but I hint,
with truth, that there weN eleven gtio;:. taken, and that they
u4ci lost a considerable number of *men in !tilled Ala watino-
ed.
I 2 Did you see any, and whit prerslta Cons for the defence
7,stlie town —.A. Tile louses were *II hartieattoeal and Ottt
tcliVp 0011 the 04101 C poptitittion allloo., 143 WV no All'
..elcriptions peoOle, -men .md buys, vete arinett. I
vered.the answer, and.Cottimunicated -every thing had ob-
Served. •
iqutenant-Colonel • Nuontsir called. and Examined

Q. -,_.', -4: the Court. ,- , ,
. Were any sympioim ot (llNColltent. SIB:WWII tir= rvgi-
ant
--- un(4cr your Curnill4ll4l 00 Like :El 01.tuly. —A. No, mock
the inverse. . ' .. ' • S.
.'
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Major--,Goz. J. I.tivEsom G(:).y•-.2B called, and .4,ca-
-4
.r. . mined liy.t fte- Judo -ritltweqe. ..•
Lb t • .' , -
an c iuDoE ADVOCAlli..—flaying alrea,ty Infzra the Oral
't seednu- charges, be s . 1- • t • tt- d trY the third anti o Oot AS 0 4 ,Il
fourth.. .. - •
The third•and fou 'tit (21*-rges were tl-.41 re.id to 14fajor-Gnis..
Owen,
,„,Q Major.Ceneral Gower will continue hismariail-.1/4.: frow
'/`llll Period whin it WA* blViiCil %Ali 1141110 Y, trued th‘t,Ot,

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of the 4thjujy,te ..the ,signetur6 of die treaty.-»A. I rnet
Li"kenant ' General' Whi""ke according "ro'hi3 °l'dci. s'" ! a reinforeemerit of artillery-men ? • Ater am not sure:whet bp
I ert, 'When he delivered Sir Samuel-.Anchinuty's request foi
after six
.O'clook in the morning of the elt, on the Ccral ;
de hliserare. At the time -apPoeted, I heard- him o,uer • ; a
ot ,t, , cannot state the whole of it..„ ,
1., din or not. - At this distance of titne, and having no note
f:aptain Frazer to open the cannoned ; leemained without -re
- At What hour was
arty part cuter order being given to meattitil, it Was nearly wt;iieu ot.e ) _ that report received ley. General
A. I believe aboi*t two o'clock.
three Dining that period I heard Lieuteriant-General White- j Q._ Dui you hear enough of the report to enable youto
locke gi'Ve circlers to his, lean Aid-de Camps relatiVo to some
state whether Sir Samuel Ad.:.lirrtuty's request was Confined •
.of the divisions of the tr rips ; but these orders not having to obtaining a reinfereement• of artillerymen, or whether it :
been par-Ocularly directed 6, one, I, cannot exactly state what extended to otherpoints ? -A,. I did not. I have stated all '
they were.. About mid-clay I heardliimdired Capt•Whitting- that !.know positively on that subject.
,haul to the left, and communicate with some of the divisions ' Q. With whet escort did Captain Whit tingham.proeeed to
.of the army, 'A her a' lapse of some time,- Cimtain'Whit- Plaza del Toros, and What were the difficulties he expert-
itingliam returned, and I heard hinestate as part.of the report, • eneed in going or renarningeroin thence ? -A, He had S ime
that Sir Samuel Aellenity wished adetechment ot' artillery . dr4goons.• The number ,I do not know ; not having been
to be sere to him, I reertived'Geri. whieelockee; directions i with him,. 1 cannot state what occurred in the execution 'of
to. provi,le that 'party, When. reridy; with sonic of the fire- thie•duty.' - ' • '!' , r
- locks winch hart; ;been, - captured •in the action of the ad, the I ' Qe.liad',General Whitelockeany, and what information of i
artillery.men haying only swords. ,The=y' %Yelo then marched J the diderent columns of the army,- previous to his leaving
, tinder the command of servant . IdAmittiin, of the 17th tita.. the Coral, .and returning to his•quarters nn • the night of the
goons, whe halt accompanied Capt. Whitt ineham to-the Plate its e aeA, 1 beard him givo orders friati ye to thp dismounted
da Toros. At night, ;Lieut.-Gen. Whiteiceke ordered that alt . cavalry that were in .the tr nt, w hie ti e coo carried. by. his
the etaff-ollicers who were assembled at tliteplate, where I . Aid-Lk-Camp, consequently I suppose lie ha:', communica-
was, should go down with him to his quarters :we hill so; tiara with them. Ex,e..let that-and the one -described by Cap.
and remained there till day-light the next morning.' Settle -( taiii Whittingheml e- know of no other at:that period. -
turtle afterwards, .1 heard General Whiteiocke order Captain • . Q, es the Collet then ti, understand that General WititC-
WM ttiligham. to proceed to the right, and try to open acorn. locke bah i ecciVect or) WM:I3II,M le:ipelllpg any of these co-
munication both with the right columns of attack and With- . liiinns.of his arnly,'ckaged in the attack'. previous to key.'
those troops . who had been left over the Chuck., Lieut.- ; inn{ the Coral and returning to his (platters on the night of the
Gett. a.ke and the officers who were with him soon- stile With the exception of that from. Sir Samuel Aeltaltity
afterwards went up to Coral. At dam period of the fore. 1 aunt Captain Whittingliain ?-A': I linciV of no other than
nom!, Serjeant Hamilton, of the fedi regiment,arrived with ; that which I have. stated.
'elm& which l•saw him deliver to General Whiteiocke : tie' ' -Q. State ?the Neer when Serjeent ilatripton, of the 17th
gave it to.Capteun squire, and ordered him- to read it, and, :'Light Dragoons, brotight a Leiter traits tne Spanish, coinl.
secondly to me with, the same order. It was in Spanish, and, i humid' to-General Wititelocke, and by what mourn the Ser.,
to the best of my. recollection, signed by Gen,' Linters. I am. ' geant becamepossessed of the Letter ?-A. Between eleven
:"not perfeelly master of the Spanish language, but I think ! and twelve o'clock, 1 underetoed the 'Letter had been sent
'I understand it sufficiently to be able to state, that it contain._ i out with ei ilae of truce to the. Plaza etc! Toros, and that it
eti generally a description of the eac.l produeed by the at- , wai terwerded from theuce by SiT S minuet A uctimuty: •
tack of the preceding clay, and to it was added a proposal ; , [here a Copy of the Letter Il'as phi:LA:V(I and 'read, as fol.
ter the cessation Of hostilities,_ and for the cemmenceauent of ! lows :-
a ereaty, in which he proposed to give up all the prisoners of ` it stet-With the same sentiments of humanity. which has
war in his possession, it the lisitisit troops wuulA evacuate profeseelly guided you, 1 beg leave to state that, front the cc--
the river I'l "tie. I have to state that this is front recollection cur fence of the last•evening, i ant folly *in:cid:tinted with your
purely, as I-0n1y:444w the letter once at that 'period, and 1 ,
believe ir,contained more. General Whitelecke soon alter- force.:. I have taken eight officers', too° mean /Inn have killed
: nieuy more. "eu save therefore any rot-titer oil atom of blued,
_ wards informed tile, that he nucleic:l to consider that letter, i !sieve to (aerie your Lxcelleney, that you elle!l re-embark
by
.saying that lie would cernlnuilLate with the Admiral : with the rentaiott:r of your army, leevine Monte Video in oer
upon the subject, and lie was pleased to risk me whether I • passession, and we will return all tile prisoners now taken,
thought that was a proper answer.• I answered, that I did and those which were Pettier detained. If these proposals
note. because it appeared to inc . that that was 4 tacit ae. - are not Agreed to, 1 Cannot answer fer the safely or the pri-
knowledgment that he liiinse!l was willini; to enter in- sorters,
so initch are the peeple, incensed against the English.
to the .treaty if the Admiral was. I did nut suppose lie , I take this tapportwitty Of Mentioning that three of my Aid.
would take such a measure till he had personally investi- de“.7arripi 'have been., wounded, I teed this by an English
gated the :act, and had by hie own onseivation tail;), tiiii,ere
ascertained what further means of atte‘::k ' reiriaiinifi in ,1
his power. lie then said, diet it would at teest be desirable : ' 'Q, At what' hour on the 6th was the letter sent from Ce.
'to gain a little, time ; I answered, that. could be obtained by • . nerat Whiteloeke..by his A ',Leto-Camp, Capt. Browne, pro. 1
a propue.il tor a cessatimi .01 hostilities for an hour or two,' , posing to the Spanish (.;teieral a cessation of hostilities ?- 1
to collect the woinaled who were dispersed, or for any ether- A. About i a o'e luck . 1
'' Buenos Ayres, 5 o.cluicSkii(:,l,ett)
cause of that descripiion Which eotild nut Materially ailed' • . ' (Itete the lettdr was pot in anti read.),
the general operations- He direded• use •to sketch a letter i',
to Ilse cited, which I aid inintediatelye --
and delivered it.-,
e SI R-I have to acknowledge toe receipt of your letter,
He said the 'statements were not rounded in fait; wh ~
en e
and vott do ire but justice in believing lily sentiments in the
read it, arid lie rejected it alttigether. He' then du:eh:a I , --; i '. •- i- rum .it ," „t the ea;6l, and' the
• Lieut.:runt. Colonel Bourke, die. QuartereMeiter.General, , Cause lat nalltAltay.. rum fete 1-.. LI - , .
led, .1 ehoulti propeseet truce for twenty-
to write all :Wawa:. : when thet was dame,, fie disapproved of mat; l').f' 4" `'7`-'un- - • - -
it as well as of thine. Ile then Again called for die original e, four hours, toe !ince tie tomato
.as they now.stiand. As to
one, whichl delivered, and he ordered 'Lieutenant- ColOnel surrendering, as tile .art now is, it la quite Opt or all
'il, Di isomers: ]have to lament
'Pourers to mike. sonic alteration.. 1 t was copied by hint, ' qul,'ti°ll' l'''';ng takes! so many
.
and I elieve sent into the town by 'Capt. Browne, General , yeller reithde:C.Orip's hem,. wournied ; but these. a:c casual-.
Whitt iocke's Aid-d • earn") Licut -Gen.; tViiitelOcke then
t• •
.i , tit3whiChl are unavoidable; and J have to remark to you in
ordered Col Bourke to remain in die eorithiand of the troops -,,/,' v ' ;
return that toy Aid -de. Camp was tired at the whole of the
• (Sigriva) •-• •"V/ HI t'ELOCK E." Avnich were in the vicinity on the Cotal, with some orders ' ---' ' •
also _tar thusu under Colonel Ataloir, witenever-they might Q. At what hour did General Whiteiocke reach the Plaza
arrive, anti went immediately Withal! the 6tlier Staff Officers - del-Toros ? With whit escort did •he go? And did he meet .
to the elaea de Toros. When arrived At the ph...za tie .t. otos, with anyeand What iiiilieuliiee on his wee: .thither? -A.About,
he ordered int to gtb uttd iIIaNCI Lou. orthesnee generally which or a little b;-:ore, One o'ClUcit. there WeiC, I think, two enc.-
bad been cAiitutcj, anti to tie upon such spotS as l , thought poun‘teri, wnts their emnpien:tit or artillery, sent to Cover
most desir.kolefoi netieriee, he his future cuieeCleratiii. Lwas " theta, and •tt portion 'Qt tite ninth dragoons disinotinted.
some time OCCnini.•l/4t upotittlittnutYs. and returned to him stating ' There was a little ;trine teeni beheld tile houses during,the.
1 conceived the best place tor te battery of cannuo' it it did not, march, rant it waS not Pt. cr;iistitico,:a. Ido not remember
exceed tie; pietas, was mond the ;wilding that had been cc- an). other slitfuti;ty. .
etipied 144 t ll.' bull-tights:' heat tilC mortar- bettery was to be Q. Having stared as viii argument against further-hostilities,
Placed with its lett ;digit: ~overert s), trio s.fflo poleang. lig In.il. in OW regal or Rut:110 AyreS, having surtentlered on the
islijtva me, if I thought there was notch prob.b.lity o: success Bili; the rememing troops =et he uneble to contraltl ouch a
in a re-attack i I stated, that wen:ewe:re tint itWe mean:, and IliAss of isia..nitantri,
aid: to 'retain alit puints necessary to he.
' i sh 4 nut think. either would see:et:eel ' The one. by e e :Mt oceupied, state whether, in your opittiont the natural and int.
e
had bcch tried with only partial Sout.ess t the seeoed ;If aunt. itexhate consequeuees et. surrender would not, have been the
berdment, even %Ore ilw MOillla in our. power to the eutteet , ritsarining ef tee inhaettants, and the establidtment of a tuili•
vette', would, in my bptniuti, ,produce very little. elie,"-t tart' Pelle, so efficient and vigorous as to have prevented the
• upbo a town of so immense a 41ze as 'Buenos Ayres, the 'owlet:, ',ion of en unarmed neoplc ? And whether tholiberel
butlthugs of which
were.eikeltt•llly tricornOirotiole. Tiiat and Kind tresatnient gr,joi4eti in his, MitjeSt)l3 inStrtititollile
there was but one British t wenty-iour poundee Landed, and would lutist Att4etiet alt entera of men to the Btitish Go.
tllek a large et.,portiOn of the captured 'guns were spiked, ' vollflltlit f —A. Frain the immense extent of Ituends Ayres.
Or unlit for service. ti i tite dew that were nt, tie humber of I believe it would have been impossible 'to prevent the con.
, auY considerable calibre Was very sal tli ; that having seen rho • • Cea imam of time greater pruportion of the erase which Were in
Indio% ellect picelueed by. t weety.toirr von iiders on the nooses the hands 04 the ininioitants. I believe the edbet of a riO hurl
i of ,Violite Vasco, I
was- convinced that teems iat.. a lighter ‘4.. pollee w m would Italie been trifling, ;is I a sure that no real
1- librc would produce mile or none ag"anisr hOusos'eoNtruciett. goba int r illation could have berms (Attained which could have
an similar materials, ana ilea; I); ob a SllTiliar Runner with given 'nude enact to the iihmsure4 ot that police. lam Conti.
tin= at NlOnto Video. 1 11,0Notrer, 515/ea it as my up. inien, dein iie cotaluce. however iaeutious, just, ur humane it might
Irvin the rough catintete weicti l had been.. able ;o toren of II u, been, tetnifti iIaVC Cakis6l the wilabitintS tit that coun.
tile toss, that the finnin,:i or troops rerniiiiiing, even were the try to reniteiniite the power of attacking the British soldiers,
Spanish General dispos-21 to. give up Buenos Ayres .without wheliever they might neon:lined tens sa ; ;alit Lum confirm-
.a; Wither struggle, were by no means adequate, or nearly, so, eti to it front the unanimous opinion which all the Spallierdi
to 4;01111.5W such a mass of armed' inheyii ante, 'and to hold Whorn 1 ever spoke 'to had given both of General Beresford
sect) polets 'as were ;Absolutely necessary ter the support of ; and Sir Samuel; Aueitintity in their respettive' commands t
• the .hritisli army. Soon atter this, Liemenant,lieneral. : and that; iris an au:fat:tined tact, that the people of Buenos
. W bitelockeentortned me,. that he had sent to General Letters: Ayres had prepei int mines mailer the barracks or the 7151. tee.
• to say.' that. he would eider me into toe town to Collltollill... r i;111lealt : and 1114 ill) ettacninent or good will on the part of
rate with him Oa the subjeet of his letter. I attended Lictee the people-on the other side the river had been shewn to the
tellant General Whitt:lock e some tittle afterwards to it:eared- • , (i,overnmeot muter Sir Simnel Atichinuty, though the people
his orders, ailti he tove mu .1 Variety tit verbal' outs relativeto. :•oriUtittistationsexpressirils.iii :the str ngest terms possible,
the points which I • was IQ discuss twit General I,illier„l.. J tioW much they were. initelned to Generals Berestiad and
requested a detailed Written rider
.on the subject, bet lie . A ucinoury for dieir triudet.ttiononc; jilStiCe in their respective
wutdd not give Itao me. I believe. that it was about .three t commandi. 7 ' '
Ulf:lSA:it when 1 went with ii tiag of truce into the town.- •
Q., M,ijor-Licacral Goiver will Mate as nearly as ha can the . . . —
' calQi.edTniitlitJesct'44otnidinittltitilititirisvtiveereenc(titlielL"ttaWncletiteSiachik-I;
orders which he received ?•-A. I believe. i;ley .wili• presently' anti yoereelf during the ,etit of I lily ,
:topear very diettnelly. 'lshere I met Generel Leiters' and did, or cite! not these
eitettuutailees arise from any thing General Whitelocke sent
eoille of his peincipel nffleers. I asked LientenaitteGeortot or tint ? e-A. 'Utley arose from:) tveat Gen. Whitelocke had slid.
Q. State then ivltat these !limes were which Gen. Wh' te-
Whitelo‘ke when he .delivered the orders to me, whether 'i. .
was to abide absolutely by the points he had ellen-dotted,
whethetewithwit losing eight of them, 1 might propose three; .
or kicke had said which ceuseil belittle communication between
the.
ahem),
iriemieit
in
their
situllittlealnitilleyooini -a tisi;esecitiard in COrnniand ?-A. Having cope
point upon winch my opinion dif.
' or four other conditions, that it'
demands, 1 might, without receding from frier orders, have !.e'vti front h:15..
it warm he demanded it, Ile s iid I was throw..
ig cold water upon every thine he did ; but that he would
something CO concede for any concessions they might make
on their psrt. ' The terms %Ouch lie had proposed, a, cl which ! pyretic to the test by a question, which was, wheedle!) ail
he said he would not recede from•in any cosisitlerable degree, hie :eta as tut 0
serer, n that country, were not good . t
1 end to which 1 was to, lily particular attention, were 9, . , repheddiai the ititiri in that
my situation prevented me troth
possessiuu ut Monte, Video in euvereignty during the period presiiming to give All 011.1111011 of a Lieittenant.G eneral hold.
trig s Cominteeion AS COinntiander in Chief. lie then said he
of tour months, and that a district eomPrelloarted within ;
conered rue his declared , arid he'would suer.
' line drawn trout St. Carlos on the ev V eet to aud%) on the east,
setiesiirei intu th eit SitUatioll lenem
Pitt y d
as athat StatfOffice p r in that
should best nsidered s's a neutrai country: that theSpeilianie
Army. After A reprimand so severe, I did not think myself
ettould deliver up all prieonere or wet. in tiieir Voseeseion: filet at liberty to proposeany thing,. or to ae.l in any way, but hi
there should cc no attempt ro preveot the introduttion of
obedience to eilltill commands as I should receive.
•
supplies itttO hlontcVidea dui ing that period of near tionerns;
.IS2I
0.
twi.he.n. 4.4 this conversation take place ?-eA. 'On the
that time British troops should embark to whatever point they
should select; svithin ten days, with all their c;atirion ; ain't 7,,
stares, ere. any such ,1 they
.tied taken (ram the.ehetny that_
spoke
rtk,•,bituetrievillataitv4tirttes?u-thAm.ailitingiVattellt
ttollweilla.erioclit,4*haats ht:
they might chest: to carry with them ; that during the obove-
answer to a question upon that eubject. Ido , not• recolle4t
mentioned period of tour months, the cootinerce tat the Bri.
e ur. ' ; • • .
tish merchants in the River Plata was to be perfectly tree th ho
Q. Have you, or have you not anything further to add in
in every part of it:'. Thc additionel ptopositions Which A
answer to tins question te-A. There was another part of the
intended to make, and which I submitted to. Lieutenant.
i conversation which I considered private.. It. was reiipettling
focireral Whittflo4C, and wilici,l! .I,lo4,2PPr°"til ',"'''t tiheesc-i- the opinion of a Minister of this country as to myselt, which
mire in sovereignty of .e
consiiterabte part of toe ici'l .31,4 Ido not think necessary to state. ', •
• el tine Itiver 1.1.,:tu and thiretliat country and: the' River eta-
': to should be considered as neutral during the • reillaiteler /it: . - , Questioned by the Court.
the wear. I di4l convetse. wilt Celli:cal .I.inietS upon (etch ot • Q General Woitdoeke having been 'informed that the
these subjeet4 s;lo4ra:ell', and on-one or two WiliCll' h,, Puilkc'b- enemy intended to defend the town by barricading the Streets,
et', but front wifieti lie receded. V indillg thit there ,vas ne l and oectipyihg the tops of thellousee do you know what in=
• probability or his agreeing to the additional pr..p•asit tort, I rd-‘a''uced General Whiteiocke to artist the swops to march with
' 4:eticd a:tt:r some. time also -from that, and coiiliii;:d myself •usamtticd arms f-A. Ido not.
• entirely to those points relative to which I lia-ti [4:O-.fiVql Q. Do you knew what number of tools were allotted to
special directions• t.ite in the eve:Mile I tetureett to the Plete the troops fur teicine open the houses, and breaking down
tie Toros, having taken notes on each at the 'sithicets- tinder 1 tile barrieadoes in the streets?-A. 1 do not. I think they were
ttis,:os,;iosi, arid erti two additional subjeete which' Genera! Li- ' distributed by the Quartet-MasterAieneral, Lieut.-Colonel
him: had proposed, and which, as I did not fluid that they,. Bourke.
inil it :ted :reams'. any thing lit the former orders, I was' Wenn- ' /2. At the oi-floc:Rot. mittitighon brought the massage
ed to eutnitit is .Lietit.eGeneral Whaelcicke. • That he might from Sir Samuel Auchinuty, - Was it under consideration be. •
cleeri y uritiereieed them, I, train the notee whiciai had, chew tva,ten Gen.Wititclocke.and yourself; whether either of you
out a' paper, in the lora, of articles, whiali t delivered to shonitt.go to Sir §4lll 11.1e1 Auchniuty's pest, anti judge on the
' I:leen:won- t; ended WhiteloCke.; On tit:: , subsequent 'day, spot whether it would be atiViSable to ive further assistance
between eleveo and twelve o'clock,' Admiral, NI tirray having to that corps ? - A.' Not that I cad recollect.
Conde on short:, Lieurenarit,Get.:eral ‘Vhirelocke informed me, .., , , ,-, • • .
iii :t it was their intention to agree to a treaty'
founded
on the ' 91:estotne ty Ltra kiATI-ICART.
le ~,leieeary et. apositions which l. hail chllivereil to hini the Q. Was ~-i,.-,‘: any, artd whatTeriod of the ith of-I uly, at
1)1, A ilg iiiAlit. "Oil tit'd twer,eeditt4 day, Lieutenant-(.:one- , Willa_ tile pe4illuti of Gen.. Whitelocke nught . have been
rat i liiteith,,xe ordervtl tie to prepare it. treaty, which he chatigOd to advantage i;-A. I thipk. it might, atter the middle
1,,,:1i 1,1:11Ver0.4 to in.:. With tilOte p1'(,)110t;1tiZ)11 OW 1 had ors- .or the day, tor by going to the Igaia del Tunis, although it
fiVi ;eel i e ratie,,ied ; 1 iiiif so, Jae!. aesweied -that it %vas in sub= would have increased the .distance troin this light. column,.
.terra:theeame. I helieveen, -riteit) ti• (I itCnt nloriiin-:, the and-colonel Mellon, it would hasd all nuied a possibility ot
etii, (3tioeia: Littiri. ocgito to delivizr .sticit . portions ,o.iiie I ta.iiiimanicating by weter.., .
, . .
prieuttere ...ts,coiiiii ii owe, anal as their ~v re in 11ue11,..s ...yri.. 52. Hayn Oie en your opintrin that the bombardment of
rt.t the :lame time i wceived t;enerid whitein...keie oaterS 10 M: town wiffild not have any eltedt, state your Miliaria for
.. eolnirl9oeri'e 3"‘l Cc"UP"'ll`.'
.7' it;' C-L4)tain 'llaytltutt, of the such; a Supposition, :and whether it erase trout-an experiment
austere ;4, the
. re, eiremiltaeten 01 the tm ,01m-6-oa t'+,. a 10.:a de I made with a twenty-four pouteier on the houses of Monte
,l'elOS. r.,. fit -••-••cr vice I,ohttnined le he eatoieyee tei the Vitteo?-----A. 1 believe.! did not say' that it would have no
l'ilelit el tee n tee,- Wit-::.If %vita -completed. : . . ai:t-l• I think I said, 'no considerable c*a. TO the feet
Meyer_ GiftweateGt.strill ices. .again ,y_.„.,/e„,a .rr -. I- ''t. I he. 9licatfutr, from an experiment made et Monte Video,
1 seer yes, tit 'a great deer el ' ' .
• Q. !)id you heurtho Whble of Captain W4iiinir4ll4lll'site-1 . Q 4 Vifeali you it' eriug:in'ted, on the eat:4,l4lg of the 6titt of
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tit y, that -111; Mtn-liral hats ernbst rit erl the Itt•aNty
ti acly Rif" I:tt drag, ard that thcgtni7boats td,,qtrer
14n0,.t.w I -A. A ft..l ,drriveti at the ka.,l
I saw 'tic. gun-h4at:, close in sh 14, IJo net know of any
ot-her ordo,,iu a Teltfy to Lind, ex...trot the pia! ,24.p0i1,,,ter
Which 1 saw on th:hehcll. It was landed tinder cover bf tht
high ground of the Plitaii dci Tu. ,i,,t
Want any a>sist.un:e.or4olrerl,lpht the
Q. Havntg ocen iidiutoett,•;atitt inromatlott
t tietthqt tit.; &a' roots were (JCL; il,iccl, to the ?,1c it Atitioyanet
of the rropi,s, wily was nit anr atiempr itl..oe; at the 4.):n.
Mencement the,attack, tout tire to ILL: or was it
ever soggestett I—A. 1 believe it would be nitiN-stble to
fire to hous:34 constructed as tnei;c gie.

r- -
Q. kV4$ Gelicra! Wpiteio,:keactitiaintcd r.'ith the- situatioll
of Colonel NitiinWseorin at the ti;tie he it.o.,e,t to open a
treaty With the Spanish Ckner.ll t- A. I ant 114 :SLIM I
think he was

Q. IVii3t* was the distance from the.Plia3 dcl Toros to lb.
vyater-sideovhere me 24 Riukider was 14tht;:d ; alut
not then a cootritunicattuo from the. I'l.a ort” , with
the shore ? -A. About 300 yards. Tic curninurticatio4
there was principally open.,