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to evacuate, not only Buenos Ayres, but even 

 Monte Video, for which there was no pretence. 

 This, too, happened at a time when the popu- 

 lation were despairing of gaining any perma- 

 nent advantage over our army, and a capi- 

 tulation must have followed, if military skill 

 and decision had been substituted for the 

 weakness which led to a melancholy sur- 

 render of our national honour. The second 

 is the church of St. Domingo, where a 

 detachment of our soldiers defended them- 

 selves with their usual intrepidity, but re- 

 ceiving no support from the army, which 

 General Whitelock would not allow to move 

 to their assistance, they were obliged to 

 capitulate.* 



Had England been suffered to reap the ad- 



* Vide proceedings of the court-martial. 

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