APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
and without any opposition, the 
enemy remaining at the village of 
Reduction, on a height about two 
miles from us in our front; the 
whole intermediate space, as well as 
to the right aud Jeft, being a perfect 
flat: but my mide informed me, 
_ that though in winter it was impass- 
able, it was then very practicable, 
and easy for us to pass. It was 
eleven o'clock in the morning of the 
26th, before I could move off my 
ground; and the enemy could, from 
his position, have counted every man 
Thad ; the numbers as per margin *, 
He was drawn up along the brow of 
a hill, on which was the village of 
‘Reduétion, which covered his right 
_ flank ; and his force consisted prip- 
cipally of cavalry (I have been since 
-informed 2000) with eight ficld- 
_ pieces, 
The nature of the ground 
was such, that I was under the ne- 
cessity of going direétly to his front ; 
and to make my line, as much as I 
could, equal to his, I formed all my 
troops into one line, except the St. 
Helena infantry, of 150 men, which 
I formed 120 yards in the rear, 
with two field-pieces, with orders to 
make face to the right er left, as 
either of our flanks should be 
threatened by ‘his cavalry. I had 
_ two six-pounders on each flank, and 
two howitzers in the centre of the 
first line. In this order I advanced 
against the. enemy ; and, after we 
597 
had got within range of his guns, 
a tongue of swamp crossed our 
front, and obliged me to halt, whilst 
the guns took a small circuit te 
cross, and which was scarcely per- 
formed, when the enemy opened 
their field-pieces on us, at first 
well pointed ; but, as we advanced 
at a very quick rate, in spite of the 
boggy ground, that very soon 
obliged us to leave all our guns be- 
hind, his fire did-us but little injury. 
The7\st regiment reaching the bot. 
tom of the heights in a pretty good 
line, seconded by the marine batta- 
lion, the enemy would not wait their 
nearer approach, but retired from 
the brow: of the hill; which our 
troops gaining, and commencing a 
fire of small arms, he fled with pre- 
cipitation, leaving to us 4 field- 
pieces, and 1 tumbril, and we saw 
nothing more of him that day. I 
halted two hours on the field, 
to rest the troops, and to make 
arrangements for taking with us the 
enemy’s guns and our own, which 
had now, by the exertions of Capt. 
Donnelly of the Narcissus, been ex- 
tricated from the bog.—He had ac. 
cidentally landed, and accompanied 
the troops on seeing them advance 
to the enemy ; and Iam much in- 
debted to him for his voluntary as- 
sistance. I then marched, in hopes 
of preventing the destruction of the 
bridge over the Rio Chuelo, a river 
* Actual state of the Troops under the command of Major-general Beresford, at the 
Point de Quilmes, June 26th. 
After specifying the number of officers and men in each corps, the following is 
given as the total.—1 major-general, 1 major of brigade, 1 aid-de-camp, 1 assistaut 
quarter-master-general, 1 assistant commissary; 1 surgeon, and 1 assistant-sur- 
geon (of the staff); 1 captain, 3 lieutenants, and 4 midshipmen, (of the royal 
navy); 2 lieutenant-colonels, 2 majors, 15 captains, 20 lieutenants, 7 ensigns, 4 
paymiaster, 1 adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 2 surgeons, 4 assistant surgeons, 72 ser- 
jeants, 27 drummmers, 14¢6 effective rank and tile, 16 effective horses, 1 wheeler, 
~ 1 collar-maker, -4 artificer s, 2 five and kalf-inch howitzers, 4 light six-poundeis, and 
2 light three pounders. 3 
Qq3 
W.C. Berzsrorp, Major-general. 
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