Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-10-14
AUTHENTIC FROM MEXICO.
Editors Correspondence.


BAToN RoUGg, Stft. l5fh, 1878
The army of the Mexican patriots ofthe North,
Is they stiie themselves, alter meeting with
successes wonderful as that OF CorteZ, less
fortunate however, in the result, have at length
met with a reverse. On the Goth OF last month
they were, it is reported, entirely defeated, a.
bout twenty miles from ST. Antonio Ibey
have made stand at Nacogdoches, but it is
very questionable whether they VIII be able TO
maintain it long. From very small beginning,
without money or arms, they had grown 90 fOr-
mIdable 10 excite CONSERVATION amongst
tire Royal party, and the Vice Roy began to be
more apprchensive of them than of all the Ga
ther insurgents put together. From the ire'
quent Ge.s ats of their enemies, IN y had sue
ceeded III obtaining sufficient supply OF am
munition and military stores. In the battle OF
tae 20th Of June, they had nine hundred men,
two hundred and fifty OF whom were Americans,
the rest natives and few Indians. The VIC
tory obtained on this occasion, gave so much
eclat, that people from every part of the Uni
ted states flocSed to JOIN the Standard some
by the way OF Upper Louisiana, some by the
way ofthe Arkansas, and others by Nacogdo4
cheS. The dcp0slug o. BeTn2rdo, who bad
been guilty OF great imprudcnce and shocking
barbarity, and the name OF Toledo, man ol ~
much c. iebrity as Miranda, added new moite
mentS. A number @. respectable young men,
OF an en.erprsing adveniurous character, set
off to fight under the banners OF Toledo. Pre-
yious TO the last disastrous engagement, There
WAS an army Of 1t least Two thousand men IL.
der Toledo, completely armes, with tu ev>
pieces Of artil cry, six EunIred m ricans.---
Perhaps a set of brayer or more determined
men were never collected DIAN these Americans.
o. This numDvr there were perhaps twenty Eu-
ropeans, few Frencbmen, but NOT more than
MALT dozen Creoles OF Louisiana The royal
lists had by this time approached ST AutUnia
with an army OF at least fl C thousa..d5 t g
thousand OF oh were veteran troops Ihe
patriots marched out to give them battle, sur
prised their vanguard, put them 70 flights but
instead of hating, forming themselves i, pro
per order. and choosing their ground-lhey
rushed ON in spite of every thing their leaders
could do, with the most uOgovernable imPetu.
osity. They suddenly found themselves ~ the
midst of their enemies here ensued conflict
as bloody as any recorded in history on bori
sides they fought with desperate vaior--the
patriots were at length oyetpowered by mum
bers--were defeated and the greater part cut
off, not without having stretched more than
their own number III Inc dust. The principal
C is s2ed and uaye reached the remnant
of the army at Nacogdoches Two hundred
families OF lie ma ives have fled for protection
1t is supposed that ii is tae intention OF the
bloody Aredopdo, who committed the massa-
cres, at GuanahnatO, Saltilio, and Almira,
numbering women and children, to lay waste
the who.e OF tne province OF Texas, and leave
nothing but a wilderness between thf limits OF
| tie United States and tine Rio del Norte