Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-12
January z.
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b u T. NOS A X L ).
Mr.. Gilbert Drblois. Of Boston, pas
aenger in. the sch'r Adela, from Cayenne,
;blorms that he left the port of Monte
E y.sdo, in the river Plate, on the 25sh,
October last, at IL o'clock at night, in a
small French psiva,eer sch'r L'Oiseau,.
captain Bidois (the oaly vessel that had,
or would have liberty to depart the port
for some mouth and has handed US the
following intelligence rviauve 10 South A.
n,sri&a: :. On the 27ih June last, the Ca
piral of la Plata, the city Of Buenos
b Ayres. was taken By an expedition from
the Cape of Good Hope. under the COM
naud If sir Home popharn aud major
general c. Bsresiord, consisting Of about
1900 choice troops, without any loss, and
ageoerous capiiul @tion,ths ykrpt possession
oil The city until the 18th August follow
iug, when the sid Bercstprdwas attacked
Sand takenb BY an expedition Of 1000 men,
undertaken iron Monte Visdo, and about
20 FIench geo,Ieinen as volunteers the
battle was fought and disputed with great
ebslinscy by the British, bot, headed by
an Intrepid o.acsr, the Spaniards bore.
down al opposition. The loss Of the
Bri,ish in killed, weun9ed and massacred,
after they had surrendered, was by s:se
best accounts stated 10 be $40 men, and
the Spaniafds about 200, in killed and
wounded, but almost Sths oftaeir wound.
ed expired of their i9cuuds, owing fas.
they say 10 the British asing poisoned
balls bus well informed French officer,
who shared their dangers, told Mr.. ID. it
3 was not the veaemous balls of their enc.
\ mics, bat the ignorance and unskslfulness
ctfheir own, friends, Improperly styled
surgeons. TIA, killed The. Spsniards. The
Spauisrds reiook their capital by stern,
and made prisoners nearly 1900 English !;
bu: a serious dispute had taken place be-
tween general Befrsford and gen Lenier;
me English geaersl insisting and saying,
that aeapisulasion was made aud signed
while me white asg was Aging upon the
tofsress. and which the Spanish command
e. absolutely deniess however, the prison
ers were sent away a distance of or 400
miles into The counsry, and il was reported
that general Beresford and his officers were
'ssomlng TO Monte Video 10 be sent to Eu.
y rope. bns il was afterwards thought more
y proper to order them 10 Cordoyir, only
soouH $50 leagues or 1850 miles from Blu.
enos Ayrrs. Fhe common soldiers com
posing The expedition from Monte Visdo,
robbed and plundssed every English abode
at Buenos Ayrss, and also every Spanish
house wherein aa Englishman was seen to
enser,or reside they also put into prison,
among many others, Mr. VIM. P. White,
81 formerly Of Doston) Mr.. Malice, a Mr..
lsesson, = Mr.. Mark Riley, aud a Mr..
hasslaack. The former (Mr. Whne)
Il was induced to receive an Office, such as
przeeagept, uadsr the English govern.
cut for which he was recompensed by
being put into close confinement TWO
aoaihs, and part Of that time incom muni.
sable, and, with the British officers, was
obliged to take a jorfaey into the interior.
NO stranger whaeSvsI srermitted TO 90 Up
20 buenos Avrss, as they mean, without
exception, 70 sxclods all from thence, .es-
peeially Americans
The British, upon their becoming mas.
sfs OF B0enos Ayres, found only 1 zoe, 600
Sollsrs Of pu5lic property (ai,hough there
we're tines thar amount In the place)
Which they sent. withsdispa,ches, to Eng
'ac' 70 iae lligats Narcissus. they had