Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-17
IMPORTANT FROM THE ARMv.

IMPORTANT FROM The ARMT,
Glorious News-- Capi,u,a,ion, Of Monterey,
oner three days fighting Col. Wa'son, Of
! hundred Awericans Killed and Wssnded.-
5 Three Hundred Killed. Has,y .uemorau.
da ofthe Operations Of the American Army
before Monterey Mcrico, from the i9M TO
the 2sih September. = ...... ..,,
Ga the 10Th Gen. Taylor arrived before
Monterey with force of about COCO men, and,
af,er reconuoiteiing sac city n about 1850 cr
1900 yards from the Cathedral fort, during
which he was fired upon from the battery, his
iorce was encsmped at the Walnut Springs,
three miles short Of the city. This was tho
=, uearest positipn from which the army could ob.
tain . supply of water and bread, and be with.
out the reach Of the enemies batteries. Tho
remainder Of the l9,h was occupied by the en-
gineers in making reconnaissance of the city,
Tor the purpose o: erecting batteries to cannon.
ade from the heights.
On the Goth Gen. Worti was ordered with
his division to move by a ciscai,ous route 10 the
right to gain the Salt;llo road, beyond the west
of,he town, and 10 storm the heights above the
Bishops Palace, which vital point the enemy
appeared to have strangely neglected. Crcum.
stances caused him to halt on the night Of the
2Oh, short OF tie intended position.
On the morning Of the 2ist he continued his
route, and sfter an encounter with large body
of,he cnemy's cavalry and infantry, supported
by artillery from the heights. h- :, pulsed them
with loss aud finally ehcampei, covering the
passage to the Sal,illo road. II was here die.
covered that besides the fort G, the Bishops
palace and the occupation of the heights above,
there were two forts on commanding eminenccs
IN the opposite side Of the Siugeuin which had
been fortified and occupied. These two latter
heights were then stormpd and carried by the
lorce under General Worth, and the guns being
Immediately turned upon the city, plurging
fire was commenced upon the Bishops palacs
On the same morning, the 2lst, the first dvi-
sion Of regular troops, under General Twiggs,
and the volunteer division, under Gen Butler,
were ordered under arms TO make diversion
TO the LETT of the town in favor of the important
operations ofGen. Worth. The 20 inch NOR.
tsrs and two "a pound howitzers had been put
IN a battery ON the night Of the Goth in q ravine
citadel, and were supported by the fourth reei.
rnent OF infantry.
AZ "a o'clock, A. H., on the 2lsi, the order
was given for the battery to open upon the cita.
tel aod town. and Immediately after the first
discharge the division, with the Sd and 4lh in
fsntry in advance under Col Garland who were
ordered TO reconnoilre and skirmsh with the
enemy on the extreme left Of the city, and
should prospect Of success offer TO carry ihc
most advanced battery. The attack was di.
rec,ed by Major Mansfield, engineer; Capt
Williams. Of the Topogra phcal engineer, and
Major Kcony, quarter master to the Texas
Rangers.
a heavy fire from the FIRST battery was in1me.
.liately opened upon the advance. bu, the ;roops
soon turned, and entering the city. engaged
with the enemy, hand to hand in the streets.
Passing through an incessant cross fire from the
citadel, and the first and second batteries, as
pets, streets and house.tops Of the city, the rear
Of the first battery was captured, and the fire
soon turned upon the enemy; this and the re.
verse fire of the troops through the gorge oi
the works, killed or dislodged the artllerist aud
infantry from it, and the buildings occupied by
Infantry Immediately in its rear.
The first division was followed and supper
ted by the Mississippi and Tennessee, and frs
Ohio regiments-the two former regiments be
ing the first to scale and occupy the fort. Th'
success of the day here stopped. The Misissip
pi. Tennessee, and Ohio regiments, thoug'
warmly engaged n the streets for some tim,
after the capture Of the first battery and its ad
l,inng defrnccs, were unable from exhaustion
and the loss they had sustained, TO gain NOR
advantages. A heavy shower of rain her
came up 10 cause suspension Of hostilllies be
fore the close OF the day.
The third, fourth aud fist infantry and Bslti
more battalion remained as the garrison OF tn
captured position. uader Col. Garland, assiste
by Capt Ridgeiey's battery: two IL FOUNDERS
one FOUNDER, and howiizer were capture
IN this fort. Three officers snd some twent
or thirty men were tsken prisoners. One {
the IL Founders was served against The secon
fort and defcnces with captured ammunition
by Capt Rldgely. The storming part Of Gel
Worih's division also captured two nine pour
ders. which we're also turned against their 10