| Content Description | States that he has not written as accounts of the war appear in the press; these are exaggerated by Spain and Morocco; discusses Moorish troop numbers and movements between Tetuan and Tangier; agrees with Wellington's low opinion of Spanish troops; fighting will increase if O'Donnell reaches Tetuan; estimates cost of war to O'Donnell at 30,000 men and $30,000, unless England and France urged him to make peace with the Sultan; the Admiral informed him of Buchanan's remarks about [Calderon] Collantes opinion of the blockade; states that the blockade was ineffective; mentions accusations made against him [Drummond-Hay] by the Spanish and asks if Collantes and Blanco had any proof of false charges that he was assisting Morocco. |