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PI:1 V ATI? CORRESPONDENCE.

" F1.1:411110. Arc. 33.

The !r:lod and ori,tinal (shied af the I: speditlita, it is
rtw fainntl,rannet be carried into rvertitioo. A Conn-
(al . ar (always considered a men-ore presaging the adop-
toot of the s!tfe coarse) was kid on Saturday last at Ter-
gar-, in ut Beeeland ; and. in couserprence of its resolve.
OP -hips of war and transports have retired from their station
or Fort I.lll', and are now, whilst I write, dropping down
iota t' rtoiloed of Flushing. Frnin the means of defence
...s, and to by the enemy, all persons lrre agree u to the
j It: risk of an attack upon Antwerp or the French ships,
wider such circumstances I hut whilst this it the parrot feel-
iez. a great tw.iority expo-- either their concern at the de-
I r w hich ease to the enemy such advantages, or at the
adopt: oof a plan of orratians didicult for as to eye-
lite at the same time, an.l so prat-tit-able Err the eitemy to
c•ainte ..ct. It is now a month sitire we latul:.l in %Vali-he-
m:. and. as ems he et 'weird, tile French hose been ineessont
In their edlitts to defeat oar .i.aia ttairri. Ten sail of their
lint•or • said./ moored between Antwerp awl f.trt I.illo, pro 7.
to-ted by batty! ie.; of heavy ordootice on the bunks of the
Scheldt, t-s a hick river are placed very Ivo booms to
prl-seot our further approach. Tile :firsea aing very ge-
oentlls pot in, the Freely!) juse inundated all the surround-
ing Country, leicsing town"- for trooFs. but on the dikes,
taiouhls whiet they b :ve rut travers:•s, fortified. with pieces
of s rt beavy ordnance. Batteries I'm- 7onsp!...tely
itssu-
Lard, %mild, iu makiwy the necessary arms:gement. for
storming, require such is delay as worati mot probably
rive an anosccessful issue to sack partial, bet hazardous
nit rk. The prevsaire of such di,Eculties has induced
the relinquishment of their orii;ival design, and its I am
informed, it is cow determined to destroy the navign-
ti•tis of the Scheldt altorthrr. For that purpose, a chain of
transports laden with scow are is, be immediately sunk, with
ir ea.:eacr ds j; It is sepposed that by such
intone. gad Boas the estusequeist accumuktiou of sand, the
eurreot of the Scheldt will he changed. and thrown is upon
the whole of the country. betaasen Bergemosp-Znota and
Antwerp. The flotilla of the enemy wilt be dims rendered
toeless to them: but, I aware you, even such an Carft is
among us considered a sorry realization of ear delis-lye
dreams of coon:est. and of prise. million. In endeavouring
to den lire Come causes which have produced an elroet so
ditereat to our e speetatitni,. the must kreilivat us
place to incoioitkroble wets upon the departure from the
0-1 _Mal plan of operations. which were intended for the di-
...Los of the tinny wider the command of the Marquis of
:ic yr Lev. That disisino, enty.i,ting or thirteen booed",
Geoerals Nfivrti I:san and llvorr, nod ass posed
s.. .ix n. flee bott.nliors as es er vita* awes service--
Coe 11.1, 9114. XI, 65.1. .5(Wr art 91st ergi.
1..- tier.. to have lode I at C.stional. ard to hose
pr.....iner I such a disc rsitet at must have rat off all means of
sie.yli to a,;, either in meat or prosi bets. There De-
ez. red not a:•eirtent to preseto their arrival at the appointed
rat :::/voli•, in f oft, they centianed fora number of days
before Catboat; ; bet, as is *lntel+, were tumble In debark for
-.-onf of bodt. Toe eneinss force at that time in Cad-
,,..:, was computed w he about 205. v.) 'nett, and as the panther
.of boats with, our squadrison could only allow the debarka-
oiou of 60a men a We, it was altogether gisen up, and the
trails have since *cloaked n holly inactive in their cantor-
n.‘ ors iii *loth .d. I have been &oared,. that it wos
th, dete•minatitto of the Marquis of Iluntley to have run the
stroosp.ti ti ap ound—haleett it was given out in orders, but that
hi, ion utio.t was ovet-ruled by a mamma frum head-
• Wt. arc now it, pooteksion of facts which compel us to
r:zart-t dep....we from the or glut design. We first 'mow
1.1:t ear as have completely availed themwlves of the
olr:•• ai b hos octurred, to weave their fleet from oar li-
te:ft-4 nisei. We also had molar dentoostration that it
.sac f: nal Cashewd the garrison of Flushing received supplies,
up to ittemoruittg of the 7th of Angust. both in men and to
proviiloas. ant: we concluded that had the co.nmenicatinti with
stladsand been mare imiekly r:o. either by the investment of
Yiseittleg by see, or by the intended diversion of the Msequis of
e vet re's division on Callsand, Fleshier would have hero,
Pow. the want of provisions, or of Melt IN 1) •rform the sluts of
garriscsa, compelled much eorlier to surrender. It is a Eget,
po to the bib nod 6th 4ygu-t, there were 'mufti, any but
Pru-sianstv.l Colonial troops in "'whiny, .sort that tlwir best
regiments, those who tallied nut on the crating it the 7th,
Iwo! only arrived from Antwerp on the Msht of the 6th of
.Ati;mst. it is. therefore, to the protracted talfeatta.lll of
that the insurmountable difficulties to our ;glut. it
shippine are attributable; and had Calmed been
attnekest„ Was designed. the surrender of Flushing would
have been at-vegetated. Of this fatal deviation, the want of
boats is openly staled to be the cause, not, Is my opinion, a
very satisfactory one, Su proceed frem a naval armament,
o'r.irh consisted, when it le:! fnzland, of 36. sail of the line.
frigates and sloops. 61 grzsbriar,s, tenders, gun-boats,
homb-, transports, ate. &r.
_ .

" It is detinusisett to keep possession i74' this Wand, bat
Beleland is to be hootediaiely abandiused. Tlk- troops sta-
tioned in the latter begin lobe very unhealthy, and si!shauhis
they have been in bans and comfortable cantasimests sicrt
their arrival, there are comparatively more of them its the
different Hospitals than of the division of the army which
tat i.s the delds sail the surreader of Flashing. But disease
is making rapid 'strides with the whole, and every bostaliou
is now aceragiog a Ins of a man a day. Several (livers
• vvr hero also attacked with the fever, which is somewhat
13 that prevalent in the West Indies. It is with coo-
e,.rn t a:o obliged to state, that time malignity of the disease
L.,grrovated by the wretcbed aceohmodatioe provided for
tne ,:ck. In most of the regimeelal hospitals here
1:,,r4 are nothing in the shape of beds for the saltier
re ,t upon, and I have heard from most respec-
fuhle nothonty that the only provision of that kind
iinTt not for so large an army consisted of 1030 sets of
be In. I hair the pleasure to communicate, that those two
o:iiree., Lord Rosssv is and the llssammtble Culonel
t'..sysi aAN r. have recovered from their lodisposition. The
i•olor i, dnl.ws iu his endeavours to provide every *mant-
el ~1 'time !ir the very Gee battalion of detachments which he
5:11n44. If it be the deci-ion of the Cabinet to retain
it is the opinion of military see, that it willtr-
oisoe in army of fifteen thousand men, supported by a very
1 .4. naval firice. We know nothing of the Akin of the"
• • •••tlhela, unless through the London Papers. Au Odleer
v. *i %scot isy•-r to Cadosad with a Ilag of trace tn Mad Presets
• eli;:a.eis en Sunday, wos not soared to land
• r :.:-Itred by the rreoch Olicer that peace
j 3 f dia."

:7!isixatot, tst!io distinguished hinicelf
hi the %tar, in aid of Sir 111:,rmar CUR-
• ii a litiMiller Of BONA, %RTC, hie hair-
Midi Colonel ScutLr..

Isteferrici, the Rorercnd MA:a:form linoote,
A. CitsplAirt iii Ordinary to his high.
it the Prince of WALE% to the ViCar•oge 6191
Sno.es, on the presentation of the lirter-
MI T. F. DArtsoms Treasurer of Chiebester Ca•
traidt al Church.

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From the LONDON GAZE7TE, SEPT. 5.

Dor:rilng-ftrcct,.Sept. 4, 1909.
Divnatche,, of which the following are copies,
were yeletday morning received at the (Nice of
Lord Vi•coont Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's
Principal Sucre•aries of State, from Lieutenant.
Geiteral Sir J. Stuart, dattal Ischia, sth and 11th
July lit.
Ischia, July 5, 1909.

Loan—ln my dispateh to your Lordship
of the 9th ult. from Milano, 1 did myself the
honour to acquaint you with a project which I had
formed, in concert with Rear-Admiral Martin, to
make such a movement as, although it should pro.
duce nu issue of achievment to otorselsys, might
still operate a diversion in favour of our Austrian
allies, under the heavy pressure of reverse with
which we had learned at the period they were
bravely but unequally struggling.
The first measure that suggested itself to our
contemplation, was a menace upon the kingdom
and the capital of Naples; and the army as within
detailed being embarked, we sailed under convoy
of his Majesty's ships Canopus, Spartiate, War.
rior, and some frigates and smaller vessels, on the
11th of last month, leaving orders to the division
of his Sicilian Majesty's 'troops, which had been
placed outlet my conduct, and were waiting my
instructions at Palermo, under the command of
Lieut. Gen. de Rourcard, to proceed to a given
rend. zvous. Jlts Royal Highness Prince Leopold
I found, at our subsequent junction, had embark-
ed with this division.

Our appearance on the coast of Calabria, which
we reached on the morning of the 13th, had the
effect of inducing the body of the enemy stationed
in that province to abandon, fur the purposes of
immediate concentration, the greatyr part of their
posts along the shore, when those upon the line
opposite Messina were seized and disarmed by a
corps ender Lieut. Col. Smith, who had been de-
tached from the fleet immediately after our sailing
from Milano, with provisionary orders fur that
purpose.
Major-General Mackcusie, who had sailed with
me, as designed to bear a part in this expedition,
returned also at my request about this pe:iod, fur
the general superitstendance of these service's, as
well as to hold the general command in Sicily,
which becomes a charge to insportant during the
term of our present operations.

On the 21Ih ultimo the advanced division of the
British and Sicilian Beet, namely, that which con-
tained the British troops, anchored off Cape Mi.
send, in the vicinity of Baia, when our prepare-
time were immediately made fur a debarkation
upon the island of Ischia ; and the necessary ar.
rangements and dispositions of boats being en.
trusted by the Admiral to Sir Francis Lafurey, a
descent was forced on the following morning by
the troops named in the margin•, commanded by
Major-General Mec.Farlane, under the immediate
lire of his Majesty's shim Warrior and Success,
aided by the British and Sicilian gini.boats, 1:1 the
face of a formidable chain of batteries with which
every accessible part of the shore was perfectly
fortifi.d. These were turned and successively
abandoned as our troops gained their footing.—
About 250 or 300 men of the ist Legere, in the
lie. t instance, fell into our hands.
General Colour's, who commanded; refired
with his principal force into the Castle, where he
rejected a summons from Major-General Mac.
Farlane, awl held out till the 30th ultimo, when
a breaching battery basin.; been erected against his
works, he surrendered upon terns of capitula.
Lion.

As it was conjectured by tho Admiral and my-
self that tile 'access and promptitude with which
the landing upon Ischia was effected, might pro-
bably operate an influence upon the adjacent gar-
rison of Procida, a summons was immediately
sent to the Commandant thereof, who, in the
course of the day, submitted to our proposed
terns, an event which contributed most fortunate-
ly to the almost entire capture or destruction of a
large flotilla of about 40 heavy gun-boats, which
attempted their passage during the slight and ful.
lowing morning to Naples from Gaeta, and ex.
pccted to fool protection as well as co-operation
°odcr the artillery of the fortress, its their pas.
sage through the n mow streight that separates the
island from the main.

This important service was executed by Capt.
Staines, of his Majesty's ship Cyanc, assisted by
the lispoir sloop, and the British and Sicilian gun-
boats. It Is with regret I add, that in a subse-
gaunt attack upon the frigate and corvette of the
enemy is the bay, the above gallant ()dicer receiv-
ed a wound.whieh must for some time deprive the
service of his assistance.

The amount or prisonen who have fallen into
our hands already cereeds Iboo regular troops.
exclusive of their killed and wounded, both of
military and marine, in different partial cocoon.
ters, which we have reason to thiuk are consider.
gbh.. A►noug the prisoners are a Geueral of Bri.
gale, two Colones, and upwards of 7U Officers
of progreuivc ranks. Nearly 100 pieces of ord.
nance, with their corresponding stuns, have alats
become our capture.
It is with muck greater satisfaction, however,
my Lord, than any that can be derived from
these local or momentary advantages, that I con-
template our success in the material and important
object of diversion for which the expedition was
designed. A considerable body of troops which
had been recently detached from Naples as a rein.
forcement to the army in Upper Italy, as well as
almost the whole of the troops winch had been
sent into the Roman States, to aid the late usurp-
ation of the Papal dominions, were precipitately
recalled on our first appearance on the coast ; and
I venture to hope, that the check which has been
operated, and w►ich I shall endeavour to !preserve,

a Troor that tindfd ruder the con:mond of .Major-General
Mae Eartaar, assistrel by the Honoarabk Brigastier-General
Lumley.
la Salt Light loran/re (ip
'ld Batt. Light lalautr‘ !tonicity ;:,J
, lilst kegs tits►
Corkin* Rangers No
Detacbseest Calabriiist Free Corp,.. l.):►
Artillery, Shill Corps, &c ..ki
4 ii:-pawArs, 9 Ilowitse rt.

will have already, though remotely, contributed
to support the efforts of our brave allies.
The preponderatlog regular force Width the
enemy has now assembled in the contiguity of
Naples, aided by a largo body of national gnards,
preclude the hope► at this moment, of any attack
upon the capital. But our (wiling upon these
healthy islands (which were essentially necessary
to us as a temporary lodgment as well as a depdt)in
affording us the earliest means of information, is
also a position from which we can profit from cir.
ciimstance, or can move with facility and promp-
titude to ulterior objects; while our enemy, who
are observing us from the unwholesome plains of
Baia, must be kept on the alert by the tomer.
tainty of our operations, and harassed by the
n;cessity of curresponding with our every move.
meld.

A flotilla of gun-boats, which I found it ncccs.
sary to fit out at Messina to aid the army in that
narrow streight, under the direction of Captain
Readc, of the Quarter-Master-General's de.
partmcnt, has acquired the approbation of the
Admiral by their conduct upon this service. Capt.
Cameron, of the 21st Regiment, who commanded
a division of these boats, is, unfortunately, among
the few who have fallen.

The harmony and perfect concert that haveseb.
sisted between the naval and military branches
upon this duty, and between his Majesty's forces
and those of his Sicilian Maje,ty ; the great dis-
position to concurrence and support which I have
received from Lieut.-Gen. Lord Forbes, and the
other General °Slicers; the able arrangements of
the Adjutant General's and the Quarter-Master
General's departments under Major . General
Campbell and Lieutenant-Colonel Banbury, as
well as those of the ordnance branches under
Lieut.-Cols. Bryce and Lemoine ; the providence
of the Cummissortat and Medical departments un.
der Mr. Bergman and Dr. Franklin; and the seal,
readiness, and good will of the army throughout,
are the means by which I am prepared to avail
myself of opportunities to prosecute further a
service, the plans and progress, hitherto of which
I humbly hope will meet his Majesty's most graci.
ous approbation.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(iiped) 3. STUART.

Here follow the articles of capitulation of Ischia, who b
allow the gurrisou to :march out with the human of war,
mid apiece of anillery drawn by six mules, mi condition
ilte) shall lay (hien taeir arms an the motorway, and he
tramported to Malta as prisoners of war, to be eieltaoged
as soon at pitiable.
The articles of capitulation fur Precida are nearly the
same, with this addition, that rewiels belong*, Ilona fide,
to permits of the sawiJ, mina oat besequestraled.
The total as caber of killed anti wouuded is 15.

Caiseron, of the 9W Foot' whileduiilk duty with
the dahlia, wan hided; and Capt.Arma, of the Corsican
Mather,, was wounded.
The return of iirlianre and shores in the Wands of Ischia
and Worlds. is very rowidensble, cons shag of pun, shot,
ad snores of various doers/Aims.
labia, July 9.
MT Lour—lie my dispatch of the sth inst. I
had the honour of stating to your Lordship, that
Lieutenant-Colonel Smith had been detached after
our sailing from Milano, with the 10th Regiment
and Chasscurs britatiniques, which were to be
joined at the Faro by the List Regiment, with
orders to occupy and disarm the posts upon the
streizlkt opposite to Messina, upon the late re.
treat of the enemy upon the first appearance of
our armament upon the coast of Calabria.

Au attempt to reduce the castle of Scylla was
attended, in the first instance, with disappoint.
mein, from the sudden reappearance of a large
preponderating force of the enemy, which con-
atrained laient.-Col. Smith to raise the siege, and
embark fur Mebsiva ; a measure which was ef-
fected, I am happy to say, on the 29th ult. with-
out the smallest loss, but that of his besieging
train, which necessarily became a sacrifice. It
fortunately, however, has prated only a sacrifice
of the moment. The official reports from Major-
General Mackenzie state to me, that on the night
of the 2d inst. the enemy, from some sudden pa.
'tic, retreated again front the coast, having pre.
viuusly blown up the works of Scylla, and not
only left vs again our captured stores, bit an im-
mense quantity of ordnance and stores of their
own, which had been placed in depot. Major.
General blackeitzie mentions to me in particular
that 30 pieces of brass cannon had • been thrown
from thu rock into the sea, from whose', bow.
ever, there could be no difficulty in raising them,
the water being extremely shallow.
These stores had been progressively assembling,
I am informed, by means of coasting navigation
for a considerable time past, as preparatory to
the long menaced, and I believe really iuteuded
invasion of the kingdom of Sicily.
Thu conduct of Lieut..Colunel Smith daring
the cheese of this service, although attended with
a momentary reverse, has been represented to me
by blajur-General Mackenzie in terms of great
approbation, w ith every praise to the zeal and
perseverance of the troops employed under his or-
ders. Ho has also expressed great acknowledg.
meats to the active assistance of Captains Craw-
ley and Palmer, of his Majesty's ships Philomel
and Alacrity, who were his co-operators on this
service.

The great disunion of party in the province
was a material obstacle to every mains of intelll.
gcice, and led to the loss of u deta:litneet of the
2tst `Regiment, which had been lent at the solici.
,anon of the inhabitants of the town of Palmi fur
their protection. General Murat directed a Sag
of truce to me after our arvital here, to offer a
treaty for an exchange of three officers, four nolo-
commissioned officers, and 80 men of this party,
who were stated to he prisoners, and on their
march to Naples. I had scarcely agreed to the
measure, when, in a seeming fit of humour, oc.
cuioned by a dissatisfaction at the terms of the
capitulation of this island, he sent another lag
agile to me withdrawing the former oiler, and de.
eliniag any further correspondence or communi-
cation with me whatever.

I hare the houusr to he, &c.
J. STUA RT, Lieut.-Gen.
Total nf Woonilol, and :11issing--1 Cfipfain. 1
rank and 61e, 1 mule. kilkd 19 rank and Ik, woeudrd;
Ciptans, V okluilterns, 4 ,errant,, 4 drrasineri. ;rank
.104 tile, prisaneril 21 rank and lie, 4 heron, 11 isale§,
1111 SIDS.
ion:gain Hinter, of tae D's. was kilted s Captains Mae-
mid Laurin, Lifigteaaii:: .ii`Xlb and iLickay, were
Luc.* prikniers.

' Copy ofa Digatehfrom lealor-Gmaral Caro&Mel to Th.
coma Coodenaga, &W Mays C4rios, before the City at
Halal Domirio, nth Jody, 1
Saint Carlos. befog* the City of ft.
Mating.% Jai's. MP.
M T have the pleasure to inform yoir
Lordship, that I sailed from Jamaica on the 7th
alt. with the trams .0 per margin, and landed at
Palings', the neatest 'indigos place, 3b miles dia.
tent from the city of St. Domingo, on the MA
inst. When I Immediately proceeded to reconnoitre
the forts iad fortificatiuns, which was boatpletoly
effected on the tfith, and filly satisfied me that
the walls and bastions were assailable by coep.da.
main and, considering thn garrison who bad
bravely defended theta for a constant Idep et eight
months, it appeared to me that prompt and dad.
sive measures were mcht prudent before a idlest
enemy, and would obviate the evil effect of epee
trenches in the rainy season, the day fee to he
dreaded by this corps, and which had alreedy
made a severe impression on the Spanish natives
of the country, foer hundred out of six headrest
of their best regiment being rendered deb fosses.
vice, and would probably be attended with' mere
mortality to theliritish troops than a coellitt olive
the walls.

His Excellency General Sanehet, from whoa
I met on the 30th nines., the most kind and cor.
Itial reception, being very sick some time beers
and, I am grieved to say, still continues se by
fatigue and liver disease, ordered the Spanish
troops at the different posts to execute any di.
rectifies given by me, which they cheerfully per.
formed by a forward movement immediately, anti
effectually cutting off the conernenieetion hewed
the city of St. Domingo and the strong fortress of
Fort Jerome, which, by covering the oilyinadlog
place, prevented our communicating with the
sqnadron.
Having the same attesting refund the French
General's application for an armistice, es by in..
closures No. 1,2, and 3, I advanced with a de.
tachminit of the Spaniards to the church of St.
Carlos, and established my quarters there within
musket-shot of the city, confident that the Bri.
tish troops would be with us that sight, which,
however, was rendered impracticable, by berry
and incessant rain, until the following *fit of the
Ist, after suffering the greatest fatigue sod prin.
lions, draping the field-pieces on bed madly aid
dreadful weather, and passages of rivers, without
proper conveyance.
The Ist of July, I received another letter frost
General Barquier, Ne. 4, answered by No. II;
allowing him until twelve the neat day for an
answer.
In consequence of a continual fire of musketry
from the walls, whilst the white flag was up, I
moved forward with a pony of dragoons, and
sent an Aid-de-Camp to demand the cease, who
was very politely received, and assured by Gene.
rap Barquier that the inhabitants were king at
immense numbers of wild pigeons flying over the
walls, but that he would give strict orders for it
to cease during the suspension of hostilities. OR
the 'id instant, I received a letter, No. 8, front
General Simpler, respecting the movement of the
troops' to .Saint Carlos, which had bees occupied
on the 30th ult. when his overture for negetiadoi
was rejected; answered by No. 7. On the 3i
the Commissioners for the Capitulatioa mot; those
on the part of the Fr skit having declared that
their instructions were positively not to consent
to surrender, which I also understood by prison.
en and intercepted letters; and as I did not con.
ceive myself justifiable In admitting any Whet
terms, the lei ting adjourned until a continuities.
lion could be bad with the Commander of the
Naval forces.
In consequence of bad weather, the answer wag
not received instil the Bth inst. which perfectly
coincided with my opinion as to the oily terms
that could be granted to the enemy. I was also
informed that the River Rune had overflowed its
banks, and we were thus separated from the
greater part of IM ordnance stores and our
provisions, which further determined me to bring
the matter to immediate issue, as I stated to Cap.
taro Cumby, and requested that co-operades
armed seamen, ammunition, and prosisiesso which
I found him ever ready most cordially to afford.
* With humble submission to the Almighty Dis.
poser of Events, full confidence in a just sense,
and British hearts to maintain it, I wrote the let.
ter, No. 8, to be delivered to General Barquier,
on the garrison again refusing to lay down their
arms, and immediately made the following dis-
position :
The first brigade, under the commend of Lieut.
Cul. Honford, who preferred that command to
the duty of Deputy-Adjetant-General.
The second brigade, wader Major Curry, of
the 54th regiment, Liesteassit-Colooel Smyth, of
the 55th regiment, a valuable officer, nut having
joined, by the Diego transport, in which he was
embarked being a bad sailer, and whose absence
I would have greatly regretted, as well as the
excellent Officers and men with him, bad the ea.
pected ensagnmeut taken place. On firing the
first gull from the enemy, the Reserve to be
formal of the Royal Irish and blth Gtooodion ;
50 men of fhe ad West India regiment, and the
same number of the Porto Iticu Regiment, as this
body hail sufficient cover, as long as the walls of
the church and my (piano's remained, upon which
above 20 guns and ode mortar bore at the distance
of 385 yards. I directed Brigadier-Gen. French,
a most active and zealous Officer, to take up a
position at a hollow about one hundred and fifty
paces distant in my rear ; and should the garrison
attempt a sortie upon the reserve, to wait their
close approach, charge bayonets, and follow them
into the city. Had the enemy remained within
the gates, false attacks and feints at different
points, wisre to he made during the night ; and,
scaling !mitten being prepared, a general assault
was to take place in open day, the first fa+ourable
opporthiitty, a lodgment effected upon the bas-
tions, but the troop. slot to enter the streets until
further orileri.
MIMI this hoar of iuspence tinder arms, flee
onty sensation perceptible wit linpatkiiee for at.
tack, and the countenance of every British sof-
doer at that interesting period, depleted a resolute
determiuttion to plant the glory of England pith