The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-11 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

Plornia2 C )10 ~cfp, Sept. 1 11

"extract of a Letter from a German Gentleman in

Bo n Awes to a Friend in Lond :

BllellOS Ayres, May 19, 181 g.

I take the liberty of inclosing here a circumstantial Tria-
non of ttle victory of Maipo, in which the last royal expedi-
tion from was totally annihilated, of which you have
tniflonhtedly hinz ago got the news in Lorolon. I ant sorry
to say. that in general the cool et of the French Officv rs_ is
not flinch liked, and that the Chief of General San Martin's
Staff, the well known fhoteral 13ra4er, was .lismissed front hiS
mployn,rnt a sh,rt time before the last victory. I should
have aserltrd this to a prevailing duty against foreigners in
general, were it not spoken in the highest .terms of the Bri-
tish Officers who assisted in the battle, amongst which, a
young artillery officer, Mr. Miller. and the General's Aide-de-
Callao, Major O'Brien, are particularly mentioned. The
osaluct of this blare Irishman, who has served six campaigns
in America, reflects honour upon his native country.
pendent of tAing a colour from the enemy in the heat of the
battle, and of makiog prisoners several officers of high rank,
amongst them the Lieu' enant-Colonel of the brave regiment
a Burgos, he found, when pursuing the enemy, a pm-titian.

teau laying on the ground, containing 400 ounces of ;fold
(ti,aoo dollars). Poor as he was, having lost every article of
his bagpge in the defeat of Titicit, lie brought instantly this
portmanteau to his beloved General jhowevcr it might he
tonsidered his own property as spoils of war). The General
offered hint on the spot to take as twin money as he wanted
for hi itself, but O'Brie❑ constantly refused, saying, that as
lung as he 'anew the country to be in so urgent necessity for
money, he would not touch a farthing of it. The last war
in Germany offered, as far as I know, no instances of the saints
bind.

The Spaniards are at present in possession of no other place
io the north of Chili than the fort of Talodhoano, which is

immediately to be besieged. But to the south of the province
of Arauco they keep still Valdivia and the island of Chiloi.
The blockade of Valparaiso is raised, and the Patriotic man
of war El Lautaro (formerly the British East Indianian the
Windham), armed and equipped in that harbour, gave th'e
chase to the blockading Sponish frigate La Esmerahk, and
the brig of war Pesuela, that accompanied her.

The last letters received from Buenos Ayres do not con-
firm the report of the capture of General Ossorio on his way
to Lima, by the Lautaro, the Chili Government ship, lately
purchased. The name of Lautaro was given to her in com-
pliment to the distinguished Chief of the Araucanian nation,
who so long resisted the conquest of the Spaniards, and whose
tribes to ►his day 'email) in an independent state. The Lan-
taro had captured a brig called .the San Miguel, proceeding
from Talcaguano to Lima, on board of whitili there were some
Spanish Officers rind tro,ps, as well as other passengers, and
as they had arrived at Valparaiso, it was ascertained that

Ossorio was not among them. The advices referred to
.give
no information of the Spanish Commander-in-Chief since
the battle of Maipo. The whole Of the e,mbined Chili and
Duet)°, Ayres cavalry had gone to the south to atleTal-
caguano.gliano. The Lamar() was about to proceed so sea, in search
of the Esmeralda, for the second time, having handled her
v'ery roughly in the first rencontre. It appears the Esme-
ralda and brig Peeuela both sheered off from the Latitaro, and
only escaped by their superior salline. The Venganza had
gone down to Lima. General San Martin s'as making. ar-
rangements with the Buenos Ayres Government for further
ope rat ions.