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ths; drrtaxc from England, were extremely valua-
ble. Cle faii he did n-t "care, for they mutt be
el-are:: away—he alfn laid, that the dragoon hircfelf
me, 'ye lightened. I of cootie remonfirated very
ftrongly, but die fuhieli did not come to a conclu-
li,a titat• day, except that he perfevered in his opi-
ui.,n. Neat morning I waited upon him again, at
his own haute—after having had much converfation
with Colonel Mahon and Colonel Lloyd, the com
manding offictrs wf thefe two regiments. who told
me it would be thel total ruin and dellrotElion of their
regiments; and that if any man 101 l any thing, there
could be no means of replacing it ; and that the
troops of entitle Aid not come nut from England with
fiddles, and other appointment,, unlefs the fervice
had required it. I laid that they Otould be petfonally
refponlible, as the Colonels of the Regiments, for
the deilitteiion this would occafion. When I law
Generti Gower I repeated my objeflions in the
lironga way I could, (lasing, that the honks wete
wild, and-continually hi caking their accoutrements,
befides the common wear and tear which the wetnefs
oldie feafon would occafion. I cr ncluded by giv-
ing it as my opinion, that although the cavalry were
well mounted, and well provided with corn, they
would Coon be utelefs, from the want of common
appointments. The MAint General grew exceeding.
ly warm nn the fubje&, and laid Then are we at
Hite.' I anfwered, By no means at Mite, Sir ; I
am too old a loldier to difobey an order ; but I think
it my duty to make this remon(lrance, as I may
have to antwet for it hereafter.' He replied That
is what we with—we with to do it through you—
otherwife we mull do it ()natives.' I ventured to
rem 'nitrate. hecaufe, in my opinion, it was againft
the King's order!. I Paid, I would appeal to Gene-
tat Whitelocke. General Gower anfwered . .

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fon I have timed all this is, becaufe I cannot pro-
duce any written order for dearoying the fibres;
and when I was called upon by the Colonels of the
Regiments frr a written order, I could not glee
thent any, but I fain I would try. I never did ob-
tain any, but was referred to the General Order of
the 3d of June, to keen the baggage of the army
After this I went up to head quarters as ufual to re.
crier totters, if there wete any. Major General
Gower had been in converfation for Tome time with
General Whitelocke, and the latter called roe up to
fpeak with him. He confirmed the opinion ot Gene-
ral Gower, and desired his infiruCtions to be put into
ere& He fail 'I am furry (or any difputes at this
moment—you mull know it is very aokward to have
ft much beggatee following the army ' He then
NJ, that it was impoilisle for-him to be the (lore-
keeper. I then found the order mull be obeyed.
This orrice was ' The baggage mutt be either fold,
&arrayed, er fent to England—let it be done.' It
was verbal. I applied for a written order, for my
jollification, and I was referred to the General Order
of the 31, as tieing fufficient. I accordingly gave
direetions to the Commanding Officer of the two
c trps, and the following motning I reported to Ge
ncral Gower that the whe le of the baggage of the
9rll light dragoons would be matte away with by t t
o'clock next day ; and, with refired to the 17th, the
fame weuld lae done as faun as Lieutenant Coked
Lloyd could bting a fufficient number of men again
on (bore to cheat away the notes. I with it to le
underfload, that this ceder applied to elm), thing
the' clot not belong to the ell-alive men. On the
tth of June a cenverfation took place with relpeet tr
tranfporting the cavalry to the South fide of the
river. The ne gibers that were Rated by the (tar-
ter Matter Gtro.ral that would be embarked, were
fur on beerd the hell (hips that could he procured—
the men being Rowed away In as to accommodate the
h ales—three merits corn, and what cut grafs could
be procured was alio put on board. The dragoons
and the honk artillery were first embarked, and the
difirounted dragoons next, who were ordered to
take all their froth appointments with them. The
number of dragoon horfes aflually embarked was
187, irolnding officers and fervants tonics. Many of
them were excellent horfes, and likely to turn nut
well, after being properly fed for fame time. The
horfes of the Banditti who oppofed us were always
grazed, and therefore lets able to bear fatigue. At
the period of the arrival of General Crawford in the
Plata, the brigades were arranged, being the
I "th• I was continued in the cavalry brigade, and
I lent up orders to the Commanding Officer at Co-
'lonia, Rating that he would prebaby be permitted to
embark (note hurter, and fent Lim written intlruc-
tions how to proceed in feeding them, and on oiler
neceffet y points ; Lieutenant Colonel Burke, the
Quarter Matter General, having proroifed that f. me
bodes (bould be embarked at Colonia if poffible.—
Upon the 18 h the brigades were finally arranged,
and I had nothing farther to do with the mounted
drageons—at leall they never were in front of the
division with which I landed at Ettfenada Barra=
gun, except ab Alt twelve as efcart or orderlies to Ma-
k). General Gower, and one or two with General
Crawford and niyfclf. Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd
will be able to Rate the refl. My brigade conlitted
of the difmounted part of the 17th dragoons, and
the 36111 and 93,h regiments of foot. I embarked on
the loth, and the whole fleet re-afrembled off Enfe-
nada on the 26th of June. An order was ;tilted to
pat the fpirits on board into the fmallett calks 'that
could be found. On the 27th the final arrangements
were made for landing, and on the 28th the troops
landed abort t WO miles from the village of Barragon.
The troops had been ordered to cook, and land with
three days provision, which was done. On the 28th,
in the evening, I was directed to advance with my
brigade to the fartheß houfes in the village of Barra-
gon, and the troops were quartered in the houfes as
well as they could. The Qgarter Matter General
aflittrd in dividicg die quarters between the three
brigades. The ground at the landing place, and
round the village, was very low and fwarnpy ; two
piquets we.e therefore fent out for the advanced
polls, and Major General Gower's corps lay before
els. We were ordered to march et nine the next
'morning, on the 29th. We did march, my brigade
leading the column, and about one half of the rifle
corps in our front, and fume few cavalry.
[The tea of Brigadier General Lumley's evidence
this day confined of a narrative of the proceedings of
the army up to the atti,--which was a repetition of
that already detailed in the evidence of General
Gower and General Crawford.]