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whichiwassobsereed Gotha ill-fated day. I could
Kardl iitiegine any sillitatitat of things which eonld
hatrevenslered necessary such pfoceediffgli al theakif
the-.l2th Of June k and circumstanced- as the British
fair in the Oliva( Tarragona appeared to ma to gins
—.an die possession, on the one side, of Fort snt
PAW, and.the col de Balaguer ; and on the other
side, having at least dOOO troops under the commend
of such officers as Colonels Mango! and Loder, in the
direction of Barcelona—l am clearly of opinion, that
the precipitate retreat from ketore Tarragona on the
12th of June, was not necessary or warranted ; and
that the measure of abandoning the siege of Tarra-
gona in such a way, had all the appearances of a
disgraceful flight.
Admiral Hallowell said, that he bad no further
questions to put to him.
Cross.ezamined by Sir J. MuanaT.
Q. Was the order given at ten o'clock for spiking
the guns unconditional nod positive, or-was it condi-
:donel and contingent ?—A. There was no condition
.or contingency at. all. It was, homrer, a verbal
order. •.
Q. Could the rune he brought dowii ti die beach
•in the day time, without being exPosini;l6 die fire
.from the town, and in some places AlliaolVenfiladed
'by that fire?,44. Certainlyuert. I 0: • •
Q. Were the gun; co the sintukhattesysettsally.
,spiked at **time the counter-orders arrived ?—A.
They were • •
Q. What was, the error which occasioned their
..being spiked l—A. The circumstance was this.—
•Soon after I had received the orders fOr spiking the
guns, two,officers of artillery. came to me, and in
formed me that they had birotight spikes for de,stroy.
ing the guns ; and that thej had been directed by
the Commander of the artillery to receive my orders
when the guns should be spiked. Having received
on that day a number of orders and counter orders,
I did hope that a counter order might be received with
respect to spiking the guns. I then directed one of
the officers to the mortar battery, and the other to
the six-gun battery. To the last, I said that I would
go to Oliva and from the right of that spot give the
signal for spiking the guns. Some short time alter!
received counter orders with respect to spiking the
guns. As I was standing about one hundred yards to
the right of Oliva, in conversation with an officer, the
enemy, who were always jealcus of that point, fired
3 shot at us, which fell at no great distance. I ob-
served to the officer I must thank them for their ci-
vility, and having mlved forward four or five paces
to an elevated spot, I saluted the point from whence
the shot came. Shortly after going to Oliva, and
happening to hulk at the six-gun battery, I observed
an unusual buitle there; I remarked to Colonel Du.
plc, of the German Legion, that surely it was not
possible that the officer in that battery could have
mistaken what I did just now as a signal to spike the
guns. From the hurry, however, which still conti-
nued at that battery, I ran there with all speed, to
enJeavour to prevent the destruction of the guns, but
I did not arrive in time.

Q. Was the salute you gave by pulling your hat
off ?—A. It was.

Q. What was the signal you had agreed to give for
spiking the guns ?—A. The taking off my hat at the
right, and at the rear of the old ruined work at Oliva.
The witness was then asked by the Cou.t, whether
at the time of his so taking off hi.: hat, he was in the
isituation agreed upon ? His answer was, certainly not.
Q. Do you mean to say, that no enemy appeared
frurn the side of Valencia before the 15th of June ?
A. Not that I am aware of. I did not arrive at Bala-
guer till the evening of the 14th, and had no opportu-
nity of observing any thing but what passed in front
of the old fort towards•Peirillo.•
Q. Am I to understand you, that on the 12th of
June you were pot apprised of my instructions, or of
the strength, position. and movements of the columns
of the enemy Clearly.
Q. Were you entirely ignorant of my instructions
on the 12th, and did I not communicate them, to you
on that day ?—A. The first time I knew your in-
structions, and then but partially, was when you pro-
duced them at a Council of War, at.Balaguer, on the
17:11 of JUne.

The witness then withdrew, but in a short time Sir
John Murray expressed a wislithat he should be called
back, in order to put another question to him, which
he had omitted.

The ADVOCATi•GENERAL observed, that this re-
quest was under circumstances different froni that of
Admiral Hallowell, as no other evidence bad inter-
vene! between the time of his examination and that
alien the request was made.
Admiral Hallowell had no objection to the witness
being► called back.

General Clinton being called back, Sir J. Murray
put the following questions to him :
Q. Have you-never expressed yourself as offended
with me, for not having placed in you that confidence
which you conceived yourself entitled to as the next
senior officer in command 1--A. I certainly had great
reason to Teel, that during the time of being under
your command no degree of confidence appeared to
he placed in me. I do not recollect, however, my
having expressed myself in the manner mentiouectin
your question. I certainly was not offended.
Admiral HALLOWELL stated that he had no more
witnesses to call. He offered to produce two letters,
the one from Sir John Murray to Admiral Pellew,
requesting a co-operation.
Sir Jona MURRAY said, that he was ready to ad-
:mit that he bad requessed co-operation from Sir E.
•Yellew, and had expected it, and therefore those let-
•t rs might be unnecessary.
Admiral HALLowata. then expressed himself saris.
fled on this point by the admission of Sir John Mur-
ray. He should now propose to prove by the log of
the Caledonia (Admiral Pellew's flagship) that the
cooperation which was expected was actually given,
and That Admiral Sir E. gellew, for that purpose,
left his station of Toulon, and arrived in the Day of
ltasas on the 9th, where he continued till the lab,
of June.
Mr. John Araby, from, the Navy Oificet, proved
the log of Caledonia, from which extract* wire
read by the Judge Advocate. It appeared that
the Caledonia, with several other ships of the fleet,
had entered the bay of Roses on the 9th of June,
and that on the 10th several seamen find tonnes°
sere larded, for the purpose of dtisting th&enemy
from the village of Escala. It also appeared that
they remained there till the 15th.
Admiral HAWIIIMI.L also resented a return
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