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London, England, 1808-01-28 00:00:00

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anti nonfeitinntly (lees lirilscl the tiirwirbtic ofi detail ..
led dragoons in an ationnhing degnee T A. Yen.
Did I not at Moo to Vide. facilitate as Much di
in my potnet the M, tinting of the cavalry T A. Cet
randy. .
Lieutenaht Cnlonel TOR It iof the tin+ toot tilled;
4, I was Upon General Whitelr.cke's Staff on the
ekperfitinn to South Arnetica as Military
Me information which General Whitelneke tt Wired
at Monte Video Tenn Ring the eremy was eery defec-
tive, as we had never any dirett c •tnmunicntinn with - .
Buenos Ayres. We heard genetally that the inhabi•
rants were determined in defend the u wn to the laft;
and had ereeleti batteries in the principal (trees, and
that 40 or So heavy canner we,e Mounted upon
them. Evet y perfon from whorminformation tauld
he obtained, was examined as to the bell fituation
f..r leading t! e army on the fouthern fide of the deer:
The Qrooter Mallet General, and Captain Thornton
ni the Navy, were fent up to reconnoitre. Upon t: eir
return, linfenadn di Bar ragon was fixed upon as the
m II prnCticsble place for debarkation.. We heard
generally that the Spninfli army amounted to Socc
men; fnme perfotte laid it was 10,000, and fome
x,coo. I w•as generally in attendance upon General
Wilirelncke trnm hi, arrival at Monte Video, to the
attack tip, n &cellos Ares. Snmetimes I was with
the advanced guard, and at oilier times on various
paints of dozy. I was frequently entrdned with the
w icing and delivery of orde,s by General Whitelocke.
On the evening of the 28,h June, in reply to a re
port from General Gower, that he had reached the
I eights above Enfenada Bay, I was direded to wore
to him to defire that he would be ready to advance
when the Commander of the forces joined him next
day with the main body of the army. On the even-
t/4g of the noth of June, in teplrto a dilpatch Jinni .
General Gower, I was dented to order him to halt
upon the ground he then occupied until General
Whitelocke joined him next day. On the morning
of the zd of July, rib nit two o'clock, I was ordered
to write ui the Major General, to &fire that he
would move that morning. I believe C. lnnel But ke
was prefent when the General didated that letter,
and I am.fire he was aware of its content r, as he was
in converfati,n with the General pievioufly. I have
nn copy of that or any other letter ; they were all
written on my knee, and being in the field, I had nil
the means of taking copies I was dint:led in that
letter to dente that the Major general fhould ad•
vance that. morning with the column under his
command, feel his wananver the Chuello at any place
he might find praCticnnle above the bridge, to take a
pofirion in the v,ellern fubinha el Buenos Ares,
and communicate with the (hipping, to avail himfelf
of any favourable opportunity of fending a fummons
to the Spanifh Gencral, refuting to fome previous
crnverfnti ,n or communication they had on the fuh-
jont of the terms to he granted, and Rating generally
that it was his intention to fupport Mete
were no exprelliors nhntever in this letter about en.
teting the town. Genecal G wer was to take poll
.in the wellern fuhurbs, but no further. To the heft
of my recolledin• . part of the letter contained thefe
wends : it is my intention to fupport you with the
column tinder my immediate cammand." The order
given to Major General Gower to march, was a
peremptor y one. Ft om the time of our landing at
..Enfenada to the night I am fpeaking of, no informa
tion whatever had been received of tire hiength and
numbers of the enemy. It was not exactly known
how many paffes there were above the bi idge ; the
Chic, Pals was, nom ink:illation we teceiven,
thought imps adicable : the guides told us that by
going further up we fhould turn the fource of the
liver. The Paffa Zemora was rever mentioned
until we pallid ReduClion, and the guide teemed to-
.have but a faint recnlleCtion of it. MG), ewe left
Monte Vi Jet the guides were not confromel, becanic
one of them was unwilling to appear Attlee in the
hufinefs., I. fl it Ihnuld create any jealnufynin .he p it t
of the Spaniard, and it j tie him. I was rever pre-.
fent when the other two, who were Americans, 'acre
confronter", I u. I know they went bp tie river wi Is
Colonel Burke. One of thefe American.; was at-
tached to General Gower, and the other to Colnnei
Mahon. To my knowledge they never were cnn•
fronted together. I do not recalled that any Pent
were taken to reconnoitre, except on the evening a
the tll ; the boric. were ordered for that purpofe,
he ready in the morning, but the reconnoiffince did
not take plnce. No orders whatever were iffrien on
the night of the IR, as to any operations for next
day. General Whitelocke never told m: whir weir
his intentions as to halting at Redunhon, but I enn•
finered he meant to do it, hecaufe the Admiral had
fent an Officer from the !Let to know if we want.nl
fpirits or provisions, and this officer was directed to
have a proportion of each landed by ten o'clock
next morning, which added toile Genera': inren
tinn to reconnoitre, I thought wruld cnnfunta
the greatell part of that day. At nine, or half pall
nine, however, an order was given to march, and din!
was the firft intimation I had of the General's, inren•
tinn to march that day. There was nothing in the
letter I wrote General Gower which lad me to draw
any conclufion as to the period at which*Genetal -
Whitelocke was to fupport him with the main body'
nor did any thing fall from General Whitelocke'a
converfation to this purport. I was not pier: at when
the order to march was given. I had gone with an
order to Sir Samuel Auchmuty, and on my return, I '
found the troops under arms. About eight n'cinck
that morning I rode out to the front with Galva!
Whitelocke, and we met Colonel Burke, who was re.
turning from General.Gower, to whom he had deli-
vered the letter I wrote. When General Whitelneka
received General Gower's letter, he (poke in pi Wit c
with Col. Burke, and I heard him fay he would fend
nut the 87,h to fupport General Gower. I then went
to Sir Samuel Auchmuty to get this iegimeht reany,
but the Gene: al called me back, and dcfired me n,
tell Sir Samuel to get his whole brigade ready. I
could not find Sir Samuel Auchmuty, and on my
return, I f and the order to advance as already,
Rated, had been given out. On the halt'of the ao•
lumn on the ed if Judy, Captain Whittingham came
from the General to dente I would write to Colonel
Mahon, ordering him to halt an. Reduaion until ilia
Cher orders. A previous order had been fent to ha e
him up with the artillery and ftnres to Reduction, an
I was direßed to point out to Major Gwynne, o lit .
oth, the dittation our column took.
Major Gwynne was left at Reduaion, in the carn
of the fuck and fatigued men—this firft order alto
defied Col. Mahon to follow Goma W.'a cokim u