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London, England, 1863-06-15 00:00:00

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and a portion of the artillery, and that they would,
on those conditions, surrender the city.
•° General :Forey refused to comply with these
propositions, and replied that if in a few hours the
city was not given up he would resume the bom-
bardment.
"At five o'clock in the afternoon an officer
brought a letter from General Ortega to General
Forcy, announcing that ho was reads' to surrender
unconditionally with his troops. Colonel Manique,
the officer in command of General Forey's staff,
was then detached, with the Ist battalion of Foot

ChasseurF, Commander Corey, and a platoon o
Hussars, for the purpose of occupying the place.
The entrance of the troops took place in an orderly
manner, and without any casual4y on either side.
" At 11 o'clock on the morning of the 19th Gen.
Forey made his entrance into Pueblo, and was sa-
luted
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zvolley
nof 101 guns. On the same day
General
had made his preparations for an
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advance on the city of Mexico, and was to start on
the following morning.
" During the nights of the 7th and Bth May Gen.
Comonfort, who had abandoned his position in order
to march to the assistance of Gen. Ortega, was sur-
prised by General.Bazaine at 2 a.m. A brisk en-
gagement ensued, in which Comonfort lost 8 rifled
guns, 20 artillery waggons, 200 mules, and 2,500
men, most of whom were made prisoners."
The following is translated from the Diarie de
la Marina of Havana of May 26 --
" On the Bth inst. General Comonfort, who bad
received reinforcements, attempted to attack the
French in the rear, and was confronted by Gen.
Bazaine's division, which, as we have been in-
formed, completely routed their opponents. The
battle took place at San Lorenzo. Gen. Comonfort
105t.2,500 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
seven or eight pieces of rifled cannon, and the
greater part of his arms and munitions. It seems
that the principal object of Comontort's attack was
to cover the entrance into Puebla of a large convoy
of provisions and ammunition.
" General ,Forey had received a portion of the
heavy artillery which he had been expecting, and
on the 16th he had a battery mounted in front of
the fort of Totimehuacan, one of the strongest in
Puebla. His artillery was brought into play this
day, and by the 17th a breach was effected. General
Forey then ordered an assault ; but all resistance
soon ceased, and the French army having entered
into the city, General Ortega surrendered uncondi-
tionally with all his forces.
" Besides the general-in-chief, 23 generals, 900
officers, and 17,000 soldiers were also made prisoners.
The whole of the artillery of the city also fell into
the hands of the French, and all the ammunition,
arms, &c.
" On the 20th a division of the French army
marched for Mexico. There would be left in Puebla
only the garrison necessary to prevent the raids of
guerillas, and the whole of the other forces would
also march for the capital."

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