APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
rents, continual fogs, and the great 
‘jmaccuracy of the charts ; but, by 
the unremitting and laborious exer- 
tions of the officers and men I had 
the honour to command, these dif- 
ficulties were surmounted, and the 
squadron anchored, on the afternoon 
of the 25th, off Point Quelmey a 
Pouichin, about twelve miles from 
Buenos Ayres. As it was impossi- 
ble for the Narcissus to approach 
the shore, on account of the shoal- 
ness of the water, the Encounter 
was run in so close as to take the 
ground, the mare effectually to co- 
ver the debarkation of the army, in 
case of necessity: the whole, how- 
ever, was landed in the course of 
the evening, without the least op- 
position, consisting of the detach- 
ment of troops from the Cape, and 
that from St. Helena, with the ma- 
. rine battalion, under the orders of 
captain King, of the Diadem, which 
was composed of the marines of the 
squadron, augmented by the incor- 
poration of some seamen, and three 
companies of royal blues, from the 
same source af enterprize, which 
had been regularly trained for that 
duty, and dressed in an appropriate 
uniform, The enemy was posted at 
the village of Reduction, which was 
on an eminence, about two miles 
from the beach, with the appearance 
of a fine plain between the two ar- 
mies, which, however, proved on 
the following morning to be only a 
morass in a high state of verdure. 
This in some measure checked our 
advancement, nor did the enemy 
open his field-train, till the troops 
were nearly in the middle of the 
swamp, from whence he thonght it 
was impossible for them to be extri- 
cated. The able and excellent dis- 
position of general Beresford, and 
the intrepidity of his army, very 
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soon satisfied the enemy, that his 
only safety was in a precipitate re- 
treat; for we had the satisfaction 
of seeing from the ships near 4000 
Spanish cavalry flying in every di. 
rection, leaving their artillery be, 
hind them, while our troops were 
ascending the hill with that coolness 
and courage, which has on every 
occasion marked the character of a 
British soldier, and has been exem- 
plified in proportion to the difficul- 
ties and dangers by which he was 
opposed. I have probably tres. 
passed on a line that does not imme- 
diately belong to me, but I could 
not resist the gratification of relating 
to their lordships what I saw ; as- 
suring myself, at the same time, 
they will be convinced, if the ene. 
my had given the squadron an equal 
opportunity, I should have had the 
pleasing duty of reporting an ho- 
nourable issue to the effect of their 
eminent zeal and exertions. On the 
27th, in the morning, we saw some 
firing near the banks of the river 
Chello, but it blew so hard that it 
was totally impracticable to have 
any communication with the shore 
during thatday. Early onthe 28th 
a royal salute was fired from the 
castle of Buenos Ayres, in honour of 
his majesty’s colours being hoisted 
in South America, and instantly re- 
turned by the ships lying off the 
town. Inow consider it to bea proper 
momentfor acknowledging, in terms 
of the sincerest gratitude, my high 
sense of the zealous and animated 
conduct of every officer and man in 
the squadron which I have the ex- 
traordinary good fortune to com, 
mand. Capt. Rowley, with captain 
Edmonds, under his orders, conti- 
nued, as long as the weather would 
permit, an advantageous demonstra- 
tion off Maldonado, Capt. Don- 
nelly, 
