Tatal-4 killed, and 13 wounded. August 24. Having occasion to confer with lieutenant general lord Cathcart, commanding the army, respecting the co-operation of the fleet, I went on shore to head. quarters for that purpose. I learnt, that the right wing of the army is advanced near to the town on the south-west, and are preparing mor tar batteries to commence the bom bardment of it. The enemy being obliged to withdraw their out-posts in that quarter, have set fire to the suburbs, to prevent them from affording cover to our troops. The vessels which were in action yester day, are getting their damages repaired. No attack has been made this day by the enemy's flotilla against our advanced squadron.

August 25. Yesterday and this day, the damage which several of the gun-brigs received in the action of the 25d, have been repaired, and the vessels are again ready for

service.

N. B. The above journal was brought to England by the Earnest gun-brig, returning, according to her orders, to Yarmouth, after delivering the dispatches with which she sailed for the admiral.

CAPTURE OF HELIGOLAND.

Extract of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Russell, to the Hon. Welles. ley Pole; dated Majestic, off Heligoland, Sept. 6, 1807.

I beg you will be pleased to acquaint my lords commissioners of the admiralty, that I arrived at this island, and anchored close to the town, on the 4th instant, at half past two P. M. but did not, as I expected, find the Explosion, the Wanderer, or the Exertion, with which their lordships had intended to reinforce me.

Having found that lord Falkland had, with his usual zeal and prompt. ness, summoned the garrison on the 30th ultimo, and that his proposals were rejected by the governor, I was making my arrangements to storm him with the marines and seamen of the squadron if he did not instantly surrender; for at this time the value of the island to us is im mense.

At six P. M. however, he sent out a flag of truce, desiring that an officer might be sent in the morning to treat on articles of capitulation; and I accordingly, at daylight, yes. terday morning, dispatched lord viscount Falkland, and lieutenant D'Auvergne, (first of this ship) on that service.

At two P. M. the deputation returned with the articles of capitu. lation, which I immediately ratified.

With a small expence, this island may be made a little Gibraltar, and a safe haven for small craft, even in the winter; it is a key to the rivers Ems, Weser, Jade, Elbe, and Eyder, the only asylum at present for our cruisers in these seas.

I have appointed lieut. D'Auvergne as acting governor until their lordships'

ships' pleasure is known; and leave to add, that from his Ect knowledge of both services, cal and loyalty, and a high of honour, I know no seaman - competent to the trust. ed) T. MACNAMARA RUSSELL. act of another Letter from the e-Admiral, dated on the same

morning, the Explosion, Wan, and Exertion, hore in sight d the north end of the island.

TUATION OF SOUTH AMERICA BY THE BRITISH FORCES. on Gazette Extraordinary, Extraordinary, Sept. 13. ough, from the great length of gazette, we are compelled to geit, nothing material is omit of the important events that ontains. Lieutenant-colonel rke, deputy quarter- master. ral, was the bearer of the atch from lieutenant- general telocke, to the secretary of and captain Prevost, of the , of those from admiral Murray, he admiralty. They arrived in Saracen sloop of war at Ports. th on Friday, and reached town Saturday. Brigadier general ufard and brigadier-general sir uel Achmuty, came home in the

acen,

On the 15th of June, general telocke was joined, at Monte Leo, by the corps under general afard; they sailed immediately, on the 28th, landed about 30 es to the eastward of Buenos Fres. After some fatiguing mar. es, the army reached Reduction, illage 9 miles distant from Rio elo, on the opposite bank of ich the enemy had constructed formidable line of defence. The neral found it necessary to cross

the river higher up, with a view to unite his forces in the suburbs of Buenos Ayres.

Major.general Leveson Gower, having crossed the river at another pass, fell in with a corps of the enemy's, which he gallantly attacked and defeated. The next day the army was united, and the town nearly invested.

In conformity to the arrangement made by general Whitelocke on the morning of the 5th of July, the 38th and 87th regiments approached the strong post of the Retiro and Plaza de Toros, and after a most vigorous and spirited attack, in which these regiments suffered much from grape shot and musquetry, their gallant commander, general sir Samuel Achmuty, possessed himself of the post, taking 32 pieces of · cannon, an immense quantity of ammunition, and 600 prisoners. The 5th regiment took possession of the church and convent of St. Catalina. The 36th and 88th regiments, under brigadier-general Lumley, moving in the appointed order, were soon opposed by a heavy and continued fire of musquetry from the tops and windows of the houses; the doors of which were barricadoed in so strong a manner, as to render them almost impossible to force. The streets were intersected by deep, ditches, in the inside of which were planted cannon, pouring showers of grape on the advancing columns. In defiance, however, of this opposition, the 36th regiment, headed by the gallant general, reached its final destination; but the 88th being nearer to the forts and principal defences of the enemy, were so weakened by his fire, as to be to. tally overpowered and taken. The flank of the 36th being thus exposed, this regiment, together with *X x 2

the

the 5th, retired upon sir Samuel Achmuty's post at the Plaza de Toros; not, however, before lieutenant-colonel Bourne, and the grenadier company of the 36th regiment, had an opportunity of dis. tinguishing themselves, by charging about 800 of the enemy, and taking and spiking two guns. The two six-pounders moving up the central streets, meeting with a very superior fire, the four troops of the carabiniers, led on by lieutenantcolonel Kingston, advanced to take the battery opposed to them; but this gallant officer being unfortunately wounded, as well as captain Burrell, next in command, and the fire both from the battery and the houses proving very destructive, they retreated to a short distance, but continued to occupy a position in front of the enemy's principal defences, and considerably in advance of that which they had taken in the morning.

The left division of gen. Crau. furd's brigade, under col. Pack, approached the great square, with the intention of possessing itself of the Jesuits' college, but from the very destructive nature of the enemy's fire, this was found impracticable; and after sustaining a heavy loss, one part of the division throwing itself into a house, which was afterwards not found tenable, was shortly obliged to surrender, whilst the remaining part, after enduring a dreadful fire with the great est intrepidity, col. Pack being wounded, retired upon the right division commanded by brigadiergeneral Craufurd himself. General Craufurd learning the fate of his left division, thought it advisable to take possession of the convent of St. Domingo. But the enemy surrounded the convent on all sides,

and attempting to take a threepounder, which lay in the street, the lieutenant-colonel, with his com pany, and a few light infantry, under major Trotter, charged them with great spirit. In an instant, the greater part of his company, and major Trotter, were killed, but the gun was saved. The brigadier. general was now obliged to confine himself to the defence of the con. vent; but the quantity of round shot, grape, and musquetry to which they were exposed, at last obliged them to quit the top of the building, and the enemy, to the number of 6000, bringing up cannon to force the wooden gates, the general, judging from the cessetion of firing, that those next him had not been successful, surrendered at four o'clock in the afternoon. "The re sult of this day's action," general Whitelocke says, "left me in pos session of the Plaza de Toros, a strong post on the enemy's right, and the Residencia, another strong post on his left, while I occupied an advanced position towards his centre; but these advantages had cost about 2,500 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The na. ture of the fire to which the troops were exposed, was violent in the ex. treme. Grape shot at the corner of the streets, musquetry, hand. grenades, bricks, and stones from the tops of all the houses; every householder, with his negroes, fended his dwelling, each of which was in itself a fortress; and it is not perhaps too much to say, that the whole male population of Buenos Ayres was employed in it defence.

de

"This was the situation of the army on the morning of the 6th in stant, when general Liniers addressed

'etter to me, offering to give up

all

all his prisoners taken in the late affair, together with the 71st regi. ment, and others, taken with brigadier-general Beresford, if I desisted from any further attack on the town, and withdrew his majesty's forces from the River Plata, intimating at the same time, from the exasperated state of the populace, he could not answer for the safety of the prisoners, if I persisted in offensive measures. Influenced by this consideration (which I knew to be founded in fact), and reflecting of how little advantage would be the possession of a country, the inhabitants of which were so abso. lutely hostile, 1 resolved to forego the advantages which the bravery of the troops had obtained, and acceded to a treaty, which I trust will meet the approbation of his majesty."

General Whitelocke proceeds to speak in the highest terms of praise of the officers and troops under his command.

Return of the Killed. Wounded, and Missing, of the Troops under the Command of Lieut. General Whitelocke, between the 28th of June, the Day of the Landing at Ensinada, to the 4th of July, 1807, inclusive.

Light battalion. 1 lieutenant

wounded.

87th reg. 5 rank and file killed. 88th regiment. 3 rank and file killed; lieutenant, 8 rank and file, wounded.

95th regiment. 1 serjeant, one rank and file, killed; I captain, 1 lieutenant, I ensign, 2 serjeants, 10 rank and file, wounded.

Total, 1 serjeant, 14 rank and file, killed. 1 captain, 3 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 2 serjeants, 18 rank and file, wounded.

Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing, on the Attack of the City of Buenos Aires, the 5th of July, 1807.

Total-1 major, 6 captains, 4 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 3 staff, 17 serjeants, 4 drummers, 365 rank and file, killed; 3 lieutenant-colonels, 5 majors, 15 captains, 30 lientenants, 1 ensign, 2 staff, 1 volunteer, 41 serjeants, 11 drummers, 540 rank and file, wounded; 2 staff, 1 quarter-master, 4 serjeants, 5 drummers, 196 rank and file, missing.

Light

Names of officers killed. battalion: major Trotter, of the 37th; lieut. Hamilton, of ditto. oth dragoon guards, capt. Burreli. 9th light dragoons, veterinary surgeon Landers. 36th regiment, captains Williamson and Johnson. 38th regiment, lieutenant Fallon. 87th regiment, captains Considine aud Johnson; lieutenant Barry; quarter-master Buchanan. 88th regi. ment, lieutenant Hall; ensign M'Gregor; assistant-surgeon Ferguson. 95th reg. captain Jenkinson.

Names of officers wounded. Lieut. Squarry, of the royal navy, slightly. Lieutenant Maconochie, of the royal navy, slightly. Lieutenant-colonel Kingston, 6th dragoon guards, severely. Lieutenant Cowdall, 9th light dragoon guards, slightly. Light battalion : lieutenant-colonel Pack, 71st regiment, slightly. Lieutenantcolonel Cadogan, 18th regiment, *X x 3

slightly,

slightly. Lieut. Smith, 45th regiment, severely. Captain Greenwell, 45th regiment, severely. Lieutenant Cox, 87th regiment, slightly. Lieutenant Nickle, 88th regiment, ditto; lieutenant Bury, ditto, slightly. Captain Brookman, 71st, dangerously. Lieutenant Adamson, do. severely. 5th regiment, honourable major King, slightly. 26th regiment, captains Swain and Wingfield, severely; Vernon, slightly. Lieu tenants Colton, White, and Whittel, severely; Challoner, slightly. 38th regiment, ensign Wiltshire, and volunteer H. de Waal, severely. 45th regiment, captain Payne and lieutenant Moore, severely. 47th regi ment, lieutenant Rudedge, severely. 87th regiment, major Miller, severely; captain Rose, dangerously; Blake and Des Barres, slightly; Gordon, severely. Lieutenants Love, Hill, and Budd, slightly; O'Brien, severely; and Fitzgerald. Assis. tant-surgeon Buxton, dangerously. 88th regiment, major Ironmonger, slightly; captains M'Pherson, Chis holm, Dunn, and Thompson, slightly lieutenants Adair, Graydon, Whittle, and Butler, severely; Mackie and Gregg, and adjutant Robertson, slightly. 95th regiment, majors M'Leod and Travers, slight ly captain O'Hara, severely; licu. tenants Cardoux, M'Leod, Scott, and Turner, severely; and M'Cullock, slightly.

Names of officers missing. 36th regiment, surgeon Boyce, assistantSurgeon Read.

RECAPITULATION

Killed-One major, 6 captains, 4 lieutenants, '1 ensign, 3 staff, 18 serjeants, 4 drummers, 279 rank and file-316.

Wounded-Three lieutenant-colonels, majors, 16 captains, 33

lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 2 staff, 1 volunteer, 43 serjeants, 11 drummers, 558 rank and file-674.

Missing-Two staff, 1 quarter. master, 4 serjeants, 5 drummers, 196 rank and file-208.

Total 316 killed, 674 wounded, 208 missing-1198.

The light company of the 71st regiment, attached to the light bat talion, suffered severely, but no correct return of their loss has been received.-The prisoners have besa all exchanged.

A DEFINITIVE TREATY between the

Generals in Chief of his Britannic Majesty, and of his Catholic Nojesty.

1. There shall be from this time a cessation of hostilities on both sides of the River Plata.

II. The troops of his Britannic majesty shall retain, for the period of two months, the fortress and place of Monte Video, and as a neutral country there shall be con sidered, a line drawn from San Carlos on the west, to Pando on the east, and there shall not be, on any part of that line, hostilities committed on any side, the neutrality being understood only that the individuals of both nations may live freely under their respective laws, the Spanish subjects being judged by theirs, as the English by those