Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-04-02
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
OF the re capture otfBeenos Ayres,
From che LONDON 6azETTE, January q
TcoNcLuDED.l

IN which it is eoaCncd, aa3 sssac tSi e -
,a,.a AZ general Bsrresiord, TO an ohicsr 81
che bead of nyriads OF peoples VII do hia
;n6ui,e honor Ia Epgiaod AID ob,a'n foa
him his nsjessy'u most. gr4slous apProbA-
,iea Of his conduct
tna.e received andannex return OF the
III d,~soandca, and missing. BY which Il
.nn,.~a. that there ars two afacers, two
ss.ira1w one drummer, forty shscs rank
and hls *. LED ;e-eight e&refs, sesea ser
csanea, ninety two rsnk and Ella woundsd
and nips missing mSkinga total Of o..
hundred aad slK,y.Gve, and scarce any ei
those misfor1uoes were accasloncd exccpa
from the inhabitants on ihs tops OF shs
..ouses aud churches
The enrmv confess co aase lest about
seren hundred killed and wounded, in the
short conflic, in the streets end if it had
rnt b, en- for The inhabitants, have little
doubt but that the sSpesish troops would
have been completely defeated, although
seven simss tbs number OF tbs brislsa
ferces. -.
Ne,hinr is more diGcult than to- give
.heir lordships an idea of he uunnbsr of
men in arns /; but from the best acoounss
owe can OBJ ain, il is slough, that Puerldon,
ard the other principal people engaged 10
this plot, had collected from eightto se .
thousand noen in the ecuasry |; that Linitrs
may have broughs over from eight hundred
70 one thousand. and the so@n furnishes
though armed in various ways, about ten
thousand under tbs secret aroaaSae at o. she
magistrates.
When every vessel that eoald eseaps
from Buencs Ayrcs had joined. proceed
ed towards Enssneds. to retire vita his
detachment Of marines; iiaut. Gsoscs 81
the Diadem was obliged to quit shs Belle N
schooner a. she would not werk oGs; enc
run boat AID setsee,a prise, wers els s
ieft IN the hsrbor. with the Jastiua, sna
English merchant shP tina, had teliewso
the expedition from ST. Helens6 Captain
Thompson of the Neptune Who was IA shs
castle, was made a prisoner aud lisu'enan'
Bn.ph Of the Fashionable, With MIR. Ram,
cav. a midshipman, aud seven Msn, va.
were In the settee rs her 5osss could ao'
b.,d Them, LieuteaaRs' Hsrkick in thu
Dolores. the other armed schooner, WORK
"A on, in a manner which coupled with his
.ondnct on the whole OF this business does
him grea' credit.
On the 18th 10 the morning, tas de-
.achnsns of marines, under the eem mano
&c lent. Swaile, was embarked from Ense.
NADIA. and his two Spanish Seld piseesspik:
Cd and thrown in,o the river.
On the 14th, sailed fer this anchorage
whtr Iarrised the following day ARD m
mrd,a,ely addressed the governor ct Mon,
tevideo { the subject of eur troops.
On the 18th, in consequence OF reseiv:
mo by col. Llnisr's aid de camp, lestei
from reneral .Berssford, dispatched TIVE
Of the transports to Buenos Ayres, where
one arrived on the 17lh, bat from the pre-!
yar,cation of the governor OF Monte VI
deo. IN the srs, instance, and his subse:
oaeas dishonorablc conduct, no troops
have vet been embarked.
Whilst / had the honor OF being OF
hoard the Leda had every reason TO b,
SATISFIED with the Jealous aitention OF capt
Honyman, his officers aud ships comPa
ny; and cannot but express ny sxtreans
appreciation of the conduct OF all the OH
GERS and seamen wins we're constantly en-
Moved in the small vessels, and being un
der almost every prisasien. in the very Sc
we're aud trying weather, which weexpe
rienced the last ten days.
] most sincerely regret, however, tina
my situation has imposed on me the palntu
duty of making this, report to their lord
ships, especially as j, is done principally p,
materials collected from different people
which they probably, 10 many instances
dsdseea from vague and uncertain conolS
stems; If, however, il should shereatts
appear thar have failed in any instance {,
do ample justice to the conduct, energy :