Star.
London, England, 1807-11-23 00:00:00

BY LIEUTENANY•OENFRAL WHITELOCKE,
GENERAL ORDERS.

" Head•quarters before Buena Ayres, Juty 4, 1807.
" Sir S. Anebnsoty will detach the 311th Regiment to pOreft
Weil' of the Plaza de Toros, and the adjacent ftrong grounds, and
there poft itfelf. _

•
" The 87th, sth, 36th, and Pith Regiments to be divided into
wings, and each wing Is to penetrate into the Brat dircritlg in its
front, a column of fedtions, right in front.

• The Light Battalion to penetrate by wings into the then
on the right of that leading up from Mr. White's More, and the
next to it, followed by the 95th. The left divi6on is to receive
its orders from Lieutenant Colonel Pack; the right from Brigadier
General Craufurd. Two 3 pounders to follow thefe columns, one
cock.
d The 45th to advance in. wings, leg in front, up the two next
Meets, beyond the. Light Battalion.
■ The Carahir.rers to move up, and Lover two 6:ponndirs,
which will he advanced up the ftreer. from Mr. White's beige, and
remain with them.

The 9th Llglitliragoons to move to their left, and take up the
prefent ground of the Light Battalion, where they will receive
farther orders

" Each °Seer, commanding divifions of the left wing, that is•
from the 88th to the 87th, to take care that he dots not incline
to the right of the right, or the right wing, that is, the Light Brl•
pde, and the 45th Regiment to the left.
is The cannonade in the centre to be the fignal to rods forward.
and each diviSon to go, if pollble, right down the ftrcet before
them, till ch. y arrive at the left fquare of bonfes. next to the Rio
de Is Plata, of which they are to porters themfelves, and on the
top of which they are to form—if they 6nd that they ("offer mate.
'tally by any interior defence, they are to lodge thcmfelves as far
in advance as they can.

"Two corporals, with tools, to ►e attached to the had of cub
column.

"Tbe whole to be unloaded, and cofic;lg to of pravitta, on any
account.

" V/Fen the drifnrfa it emir. the otcnoft exertion is to be tiled to
cp the flies collected and formed.

"The regiments may leave their p3cks in their prelent canton •
merits, if they with it.

"The cannonade to

at fix o'clock."

In obedience to the above orders, the troops ad.
vaned with fo much confidence of fuccefs, that no
order for a retreat was thought to be required ; but
the oppofitiou and loft which the columns loon met
wlith, was a proof that the enemy, though an undif-
ciplitied rabble, were prepared for the attack, with
every advantage which the known firength of their
fituation, and the expertnefs they had acquired in
the conaant ufe of fire arms for the preceding ten
months, afforded them over 'a regular army, unpre-
pared and unable to aft, under fuch unhappy circum-
iances.

The Britifh troops who had been compelled to fur-
ren4er to the enemy, were led through the Rreets,
amidft the triumphant aulamations of the Spanifh
foldiery and inhabitants. The office*: were condufted
to the citadel, and the foldicrs2 including the greater
part of the wounded, were diffributed into the
dif-
ferent gaols and prifons throughout the city.
Although the populace evinced every mark of
contempt towards the Bridal Officers in their way to
the citadel. yet they were received with every degree
of politenefs which the trifling Rate of affairs would
allow by Seignior BALDIANI, the fecond in com-
mand, and the other Spanifh officers then in the cita-
del; who, we have, heard, granted them the affn-
rance of their per fed fafety, whatever might be the
ate of the conceit.

In the alarm which prevailed throughout the
whole town, and in the confufion in which it was ina
ceffarily involved, little attention could be paid to the
comfort, or to the convenience of the prifoners ; and
every Teeming neglea of attention on the part of the
enemy it this refpea we are obliged to attribute
to the unavoidable calamities of. war. The officers
were required to fign a parole in which they engaged
themfelves not to ferve againa the King of Spain, or
his allies, during the prefent war, until their arrival
in England, or until after they had been regularly
ex hanged. They were then confined to two large
rooms in the citadel ; and the wounded officers Weft
accommodated in an hofpital at a Sort &fiance,
where their own furgeons were permitted to attend
them, as well as the wounded foldiers, who had been
s:Bated in the firms and brought into the citadel
by the enetWr. The reft of the wounded Officers
2lld 'nen had been removed from where they had
taller inro•the neared churches, and private honfes in
different parts of the city, where they were treated
with great humanity and attention by the priefts and
friars, as well as by private families—a noble proof
that true tatilhan virtue is Rill to be found. in a
diftant colony of Spain, almofi independant of the
mother country—and to a feeling heart affording
that ineffable gratification which ever mitigates cala•
mity, and foftens the rigours of relentlefs war.
We Irma now return to the troops, which, on the
morning of the 2d July, were left by General Wan-a-
tom at Reduction, under the Honourable Colonel
Mallow ; they amounted to almoft zOOO men, and
were compofed, as we have already mentioned, of
the 96, 17114. detachments of the Both and sift
Dragoons, and the 4oth Foot, with five pieces of

cannon. Betides theft ate included many of the M
diers of other regiments, who from ficknefs or excel.-
five fatigue, had been eft behind as misfile to keep
up with the army. Colonel Mamas having been di
reaed by Lieut. General Won-mom to continue
at this village until he fhould receive further orders,
remained until the sth, the day of the 'fault of Buenos
Ayres, during which period he anzioufly expelled
orders to advance. The entry brought forward no
troops to oppofe him, but his outpofts had been
occafionally alarmed by parties of horfemen, who
fucceeded in furprifing and murdering feveral of the
advanced (entries, after a peculiar mode, which
dexteroufly employed by the natives of South Ame-
rica, in catching cattle, and termed a la.fil, or noofe.
Early in the morning of this day the firing of the
cannon at Buenos Ayres was dißinely beard at Re
dußion ; and Colonel Memos, apprehenfive that Ge-
neral Wm rst.ocica had been linable to tranfmit him
the necelTary orders, from fame unforefeen obßaele,
now refolved to march forward, and therefore drew
out the troops for that purpofe. •• . ,

At the moment, however, of • hit faring for-
ward, the long mated order was brought to him
by one of the native guides, who having been inter-
cepted by the enemy, his countrymen, narrowly efts.
red with his life. The troops immediately moved
on, and, taking the route to the bridge, arrived there
after a tardy march, abort four in the afternoon ;
here they halted for the eight, and pang the bridge
in the morning, which they found entirely forfaken
by the enemy, as well as feveral heavy cannon, they
proceeded to El Miferere, near the head quarters of
General Wntee Lock a. The ration and affairs
both armies remained in the fame Rate as we have
lately defcribed, antil the following day, viz. 6th
July. Sir S. At/CHMurr having received intlruaions
the preceding night, to that ail% Rill continued in
poirealon of El Retire, without having received the
long expe&ed orders to a& from the Lieutenant Ge-
neral. The enemy Hill remained on the defenfive,
on the houfe tops, in the greets, and along their bat-
teries. in expe&ation of another attack from the
&Wilt, who Rill amo'inted to nearly 6500 men, and
were in poffeffion of two Rrong polls in the neigh-
bourhood, viz. El Retiro and Refidencia, the former
of which commanded the citadel, and, in the eftima•
tion of the Spaniards, tendered the fate of that, as
well as the city, extremely doubtful.
Tn the mean while, Rear Admiral MUltallt was
not inaetive ; he had Rationed the men of war as
near to the city as the depth of water would permit,
and !hewed every difpofition to affill the general
caufe, by making an offer to lands lirong body of
feomen and marines to co.operate with the troops,
which offer, I have been informed, the General did
not think it neceffary to accept. The Admiral, how-
ever, ordered four of the gun boats to approach as
near as poffible to the citadel in the morning, and
open a fire upon that building. A fire accordingly
commenced from the boats, which were under the
direaion of a Lieutenant of the Navy. but not iefore
the enemy had made repeated attempts to fink them,
by the fire of feveral cannon, which the Spanifh Ge-
neral Lawisas, in perfon, dire&ed to be levelled at
them, from the citadel, but without effea. The fire
of the gun boats was admirably condueted, and pro.'
duced conilderable elle& on that part of the citadel
which was occupied by the Britilh Officers. No.
thing could now exceed the alarm rf the Spann Ge-
neral. The feat of Government, as well as the
principal edifices of the city, being threatened with
immediate deßralion from one quarter, and fearful
of being alfo momentarily expofed to the fire of the
Plaza de Toros in another, as well as from Refi-
dencia, LINIIRI wifely raw the precarious Rate of-
the Spanifh power, and that no time was to be loft,.
he therefore feized the prefent moment, and deman
ded an immediate interview with Brigadier 'General
CRAWFURD, the fenior Britifh Officer in confine-
ment. We are not fufficiently acquainted with all
that palled at this interview ; the certain refult, how.
ever, was, that a flag of truce was inßantly
patched to the gun boats, which confequently de-
fated from firing. A meffage was alfo conveyed to
Sir S. AUCN MUM at El Retiro, communicating the
meafure that had been neceffarily adopted.
(To be continued.)

.Difpatches, in anfwer to thole brought by the
Fiore flag of truce from France, were (hipped late
on Friday night on board the fame (hip, and Rte
failed for Calais at day light on Saturday morning.
The Meffenger who brought the difpatehes from
France remains in London.

COLCHESTSR, Nortmant t.—On the 3oth *.
died, fuddenly, at Chichefler, at the advanced age of
98 years and (even months, MAI v, raid of WILLIAM
POOLE, of the Hooke, in the county of Surer, Efq.
At the table of a much refpeOed friend, and fur-
rounded by thole whom fhe moR loved, fhe expired
almoll in an inflant, and without a groan. The fol-
lowing lines, on occafinn of this event, are the pro-
duaion of We HAYLIIT :
Nail ! and farewell ! dear venersbk friend!
Whets lingtben'd days, without a finale, end.
The placid Angel, who had bidt thy birth,
Waded Mee almoit a tummy, on earth;
And led thee thro' the Chelltian cares of lik,
A tender Rep-dame, soda duteous wife
Theo, at thy deftin'd Woo to depart,
Joy'd (as the witnefs of fo pore a heart)
Exempt from mortal sepia, to difmile
Thy peaceful fpitit to eeleaklbEfe.