Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-30
BRAZOS SANTIAGO.

BRAZOS SANTIAGO.
Al The receip, Of The news of the frs,
battle wrote yon short account. The
result "f The second is now on hand, and
II, Is mos, decisive. I. now appears tina,
the Mexicans had only five thousand men
| N the field a, the ba,ile, and four thou and
starved away in the chappare near the
ha.lle ground. l. was their intention TO
have made but slight attack the lirs, day
hu, being so closely pressed they were
"b'ged to fight in order to make good
their retreat 10 the chappareI. lathe frs,
hight general officer had his head sho,
of. i, is not ye, ascer,ained who he wac.
as his body was recognized by his dress
as he lay IN the field.
Gen. Taylor advanced the morning Of
the frs, battle into the chapparei, then
sen, e hundred picked men under the
charge Of Capt. Mccall to reconnni,re, he
advanced unmolps,ed until near 3. p A..
(,he army following at n distance when
Capt. Mccall sen, To Gen. Taylor ,l,a,
he had received a charge of grape from
the enemy and lost Two men.
The army was then deployed and Capt.
May. 81 Dragons ordered to charge the
battery tina, had thrown the grape. and TO
take j. if he lost every man. he obeypd
orders, tonk the battery Of four guns and
los, bn, one man. The battery was co n
mandsd by Gen. De Ia Vega, who was
taken prisoner.
Our liul- band of an army then rent the
air with their huzzas. and rushing cheer.
| ing and shouting upon the enemy. com.
hitting the most dreadful havoc among
them taking eight pieces Of artillery,
$4,000 rounds of cartridge. and 500
packed mules. General Aris,a's camp
heds,ead c"ntained all his private and
public baggage papers. which latter will
be Of great value, as we now have The
key \" the whole campaign, which will
enable Gen. 7. 70 form his plans 50 as
entirely u defea, their designs.
We took MI and everything they had,
500 prisoners. and the army baggage -
| The enemy had between 8 and 5000
troops in the two battles. but we with
1900 troops completely routed them.
! We exchanged prisoners. 90, Captain
y Thnrn,On, Harlee and his little band
Our officers while prisoners. were well
treated. having lived with Gen. Ampudia
ever since they were taken. Gen. Tav.
lor would No, exchange for Lieut.. Dras
as prisoner of war. as il would be sane.
sioning his crossing The river. which he
did not. having r-probaled his crossing in
the severrst manner.
\ In this second and glorious battle we
lost about the same number If men as in
the frs, bu, had more officers wounded.
Capt WALKER with his heroic oand of
Rangers was the las. tha, fred a, The
Mexicans. The army left HIM and his com.
rades on the bank "f The river shooting
them a. they attempted 10 cross.
Tomorrow Gen. Taylor leaves here to
make an attack on Matamoros. in connec.
,ion with Com. Conner. who has sen, a
boa, expedition up the river.
fargo. to mention ,ha, Gen. Tayl5r
arrived here yesterday with all our
wounded. between SO or 60. with Gen.
Rnm"Ius De la Vega, one Mexican Cap.
tcs'ts anu tWV IStVUtCuNutss VIII 10 WIFI
this letter in the Col Harvey.
The AUGUSTA. from N Orleans, arriv.
ed last evening. The mules from Ma,a.
moros. some 500 were sent in to-day as
well as the Mexican wounded.
| should mol forge, to mention that all
the shell, ball and grape shot Of The Mrxi.
cans are made Of brass or copper. This
letter mus, close, with details of glory
enough for one day. j. G. p.
Correspondence Of the Tropic.
Announcement Of the coming Of Volun-
kers- Unexpected 0rriUol from Com.
Cannon at Brnxos Santiago Gen.
Iayior starts for Mafamoros Com.
Connor reinforees Point Isabtl-Er
cifsment-NssCs from the Bai,ie Field
Retreat - Capture IF Artillery -
Merican c6icer shot BY his o,On ,sen
Capt. Page wounded- Louisiana
Yolanteers Uncle Sans Sailors on
shore. sM w a
DaAzos SANTIAGO. May 10.
Since my las. (no. received) We have