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9)ilt th'e garP not
:collect that I ever eftt Lieutenant Drew vri'th any
4161rr5 Mil(enie, and I have no re-
ettke-crton of eftry ng any order but that Which
I have stated its add-ressed to :General Clinton.'
Did you receive any fartheriorders refatiVe to
tte-eilibatkation ?—A. Sir J. Murray directed me,
a 5 Ilk' troops wv-re Tharcbing to the beach, to go
(tovvu and .rcqtres-1 the- Naval Officers 'there to em-
bark the army in the following order: the troops
firq ; and the horses, mules, twd stores, to be
Lrooght to the beach last. This-request was re-
peated through inc to those Officers tii ice or thrice
in the course of the day. I perceived, in Commu-
nicating it, a great 'unwillifigneSs to believe that
Ite vileiny was either near or in force.

rr.~ rail Paget---This is more than an answer to
tpre-stinn 'tilt have alreAdy•bOrd the order.
If SrO John Murray'wants in'o`re information, let

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put another question.
Q. State what occurred on the 12th, subsequent
to my orders referred to in the last question i—A.
Sir John Murray having conceived that the order
for embarkation he bad pointed out was occa-
sionally deviated front, sent me twice or thrice
with a repetition of his.request. In conveying it;
I thought it right to acquaint some of the Naval
Officers that they were Mistaken in thinking, as
they did, that the army was -retiring
.before 5000
men only. I told them that Sir John Murray's:
reason for repeating his request was the.proxi-
mity of
.the 'enemy as %veil as his force which I
ruentioned, according to the latest account's.—
Sir John Murray sent me with a request to
Captain Bathurst in the course of the afternoon,
who was at the western extremity of the Bay, .to
discontione the embarkation of the horses and
mules there, and send his boats to the centre. bf
the Bay to take off the troops. I then having de-
livered my official Communications, made Capt.
Bathurst acquainted with the last intelligence we
had of the eneniv's situation and force. He asked
me: what was to become of the horses and .undes ?

told him they were to be embarked after the
infantry, 'if there was time, but if not they would
Itt_, destroyed: I added, that if De Ca/en's corps
continued its march that day, at ,the same rate as
on the preceding ones, it mit bt. be. at -Tarragona
that afternoon. The embarliatiou was _continued
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Litetill
at night.
Q. Do you recollect being present at an inter-
view between Col. Adam, Gen. M'Nenzie, and
on the foremooo'of.the I,2th
O. State this conyersation?,---A. I met the above
-named Officers, and Colonel Th4ekery of the En-
.gineerl7;, at Sir J. Murray's door : On entering
they requested me, to return with them, as they.
wished to speak to hint about fighti.ng General De
Caen. On ,entering General
,Murray's room,-Co-.
lonel Adam addressed hint at considerable length,
stating a variety of reasons why he shouldjoarch
that day, and attack General De Caen., When
Colonel Adam bad clone,
,Col.'rhackery addressed
himself to Sir John Murray to the sattie effect,
butt, less. at . length. When Sir John Murray had
heard both these Gentlemen tltrough, he said to
them, " Gentlemen, I will do no such thing ; be-
sides, if I were' to attempt it, General De Caen
would not fight me ; he would naturally N 1111.114
ou illrcelona, and leave me the choice of follow-
ing hith or not. If I followed him, I should leave
Tarragona open in my rear for Marshal SuChet to
enter, and I :;i-toultl then find myself between liar-
telona and Tarragona, and my connbunication
with my shipping cut off. It I stopped short, and.
returned in time to prevent Sachet from entering;
'Tarragona, 1 should have failed in my object of
bringing De Caen to action, and should :Tetuan
before Tarragona and a ..tiew enemy, with bar-
ritss,eo troops.'' Beside S' these reasons, Sir John
illurray added„ I will give you another, “eotle-:
111C1I : he then produced a paper, and read. from
it a passage, which 1 do not exactly recollect.—
The purport of one part-of it titts.soutethittug rela-
tive to the Clot committingbis army. :On hearing
this, General .Mackenzie-,-- tylto bad not. till then
spoken, said, " there 'is .no. answering that."—
Tnese Gentlemen soon .after. retired, and I with

them.
Q. Did the, orders which pfassed through you
that day appear to bear the consrruction of being
sent in endless succession i—A. I recollect having
received but two orders_ that day; the first, di-
recting the retreat of rthe troops to .t he beach ; the
second, relative to-their mode of embarkation ;
ri bicll latter order was repeated twice or thrice by
sir 'John Murray, withoa(variation.
Q. Phi you tee Admiral Hallowell on the even-.
ing of the l'4;h, and.did he saynny-thing to you
relative to the transmission of .a dispatch ? I
had, no official commtmication ,with Admiral Hal-,
lowel that day on ,that subject ; and I must de-
cline giving, any account of what passed .bet meets
Admiral Hallowell and myself. not n.the execu-
tion of my official duties,. or itlich, was not com-
mauicate.d IU the officially.
Q. Yon have given in 'a calculation of Sachet's
force in Arragon and Valencia, look at it, and
say if this calcnlation was made from, the hest
means of information in your power.?--A. It was
front a variety of concurring testimonies.
Q: had you not the charge ot. the Secret
tell*!genee Department when you made, the calcu-
lations Most of the calculations were Made
on intelligence I gained when .I had the charge Of.
the S-Ceret Intelligence Departimmt of the Army.
Had you any 'knowledge of the French Ca-.
t:lltznia“ army when you- gAve up. that Depart-
. went ?—A. 1 had menus of knowing what it was
some months before, and of the changes which
had. taken place in it; in consequence of the de-
bai liatiois of our troops-at Alicant.
The Witness then-produced a -written state,
went framed by him at' the -tithe. This gave an
e....:count,of,the French troops in Catalonia in July
Ist:2, as collected from deserters and Others,,and
fiord Baron D'Eroiles. - The total, at that time in
C,,tilonia, was Od:800 infantry. 'The regiments
Were all named_ in this paper. .01 these, 701)0
men, in ;Ive reiinents, marched, auto Valencia,
in ',ll-'eque nc'e of its debiulation' at Alit:ant and
its .aiHed "evco a:14:!' 11, Marshal Stiehl:
CS army
These j:'"-j:,l.`zr(ss.wery imaked with crOss
TH,; 1..;.t. in' Catalonia,' after the
X 3,000 infantry. This

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,Avitness'. a
uy C6iotlt2i Cal;anez , Chid of cLe
Crltltionzu, which Makes theont:rn-,
up Nvards of '2,3,060, Cabauez says,