2d. That all persons holding civil offices dependent on the government of Buenos Ayres, and all military officers and soldiers, become prisoners of war.
3d. That all cannon, stores, arms, and ammunition, be delivered up uninjured.
4th. That all public property, of every description, be delivered up to the British Commanders.
5th. That the free and unrestrained exercise of the Roman Catholic religion be granted to the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres.
6th. That all private property on shore shall be respected, and secured to its owners.
Our force is so considerable that I believe, in candour, you cannot doubt of the ultimate result. I trust you will believe me when I assure you that a wish to avoid so dreadful a scene as that which a town taken by assault always presents is the only thing which has induced his Excellency Lieutenant-General Whitelocke to permit me to address you.
(Signed) J. L. Gower,
Major-General.
His Excellency Gen. Liniers,
&c. &c. &c.
(A true Copy) E. Cooke.
Major-General Ellio’s Answer to Major-General Gower.