being appointed Quartermaster to the second battalion of the regiment. After the capture of Serjeant Grady and his party, the stores were plundered, and the baggage carried off or destroyed. Notwithstanding the intrepidity displayed by the troops, the enterprise failed. On the morning of the 6th of July the Governor-General Liniers sent a letter to Lieut.-General Whitelocke, offering to restore the prisoners taken in the action of the preceding day, and also those made with Brigadier-General Beresford, on condition that the whole of the British forces should be withdrawn from South America, which proposals were accepted. The Lieutenant-General’s conduct subsequently became the subject of inquiry by a court-martial, and he was cashiered. During the attack upon Buenos Ayres, a number of the Spanish and native soldiers were seen in the uniform of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH regiment; this was accounted for by a ship with the clothing for that regiment, which had been sent out from England to Monte Video, having been captured and carried into Buenos Ayres by a Spanish privateer, and the clothing had thus been distributed to the armed populace. Subsequently to the assault on _Buenos Ayres_, the Commander of the Forces issued the following general order:— “_Buenos Ayres, 8th July 1807._ “GENERAL ORDER. “Volunteer Peter Benson Husband, of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH regiment, is appointed Ensign in that corps, in consequence of his very gallant behaviour on the morning of the 5th instant. (Signed) “T. BRADFORD, “_Deputy-Adjutant-General_.” The EIGHTY-SEVENTH returned to Monte Video, after the cessation of hostilities, and was completed by volunteers from the different corps returning to Europe. On the 2nd of August the regiment embarked for the Cape of Good Hope; and on the 4th of September following it landed at Simon’s Bay, and marched to Cape Town, where it formed part of the garrison. [Sidenote: 1808.] [Sidenote: 1809.] During the years 1808 and 1809, the first battalion continued to be stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. [Sidenote: 1810.]