Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-07
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, tying their appreciation Of his conduct.
( The troops composing Gen. Wor,h's Divi.
sion in the battle, consisted Of the Artillery
Ba''Slion. the 9Th Infantry. Lieut. Col. Dun.
cans Battery. Lieut.. Macksll's Battery, and
tho 9Th and 9TH Infantry, with Col. Hays reei.
mcnt Of mounted rhemen. These troops did
great execution. but suffered much less Than
the division under Gen. Taylor.
The Relative Farces, Losses. 6r.-We are
assured that Ampndia had from four,ecn TO six.
teen thousand iroops--the former is the lowest
number given by any one. They had abou,
| fifty pieces of heavy artillery worked with dc.
gree of skill and precision unsurpa ssed by any
nation. They were also in u s,roney " fortified
town. The streets leading into the town, 10
the Plaza. were all either closed up with heavy
and strong walls OF solid masonry requiring
great labor, and executed in the most wor k,pan.
like manner, or these streets were protected
with batteries ofheavy ordnance, planted 20 as
to effectia'ly cover their entrance.
The American army did not exceed 5000. and
700 Of these were reserved as a camp guard. To
protect the camp from forces Of Mexican caval.
ry; 30 that we had but 1900 men in the engage.
mep' Nearly oil our most effective ordnance
had been len behind. There was only the
Flying Artillery, which, in order to do much
execution, had TO be exposed to a most destruc-
tive fire from the enemy's heavy batteres. Add
4, two "a pound howitzers and one 10 inch mortar,
and our whole force is given. This shows a
disparity of more than three to one, and vast ad.
vanloees against our army in position, fully
! equal to the inequality in numbers.
] The loss OF our army is SCI in killed and
wounded, Al OF whom were officers. Msior
! Lear. Sd Infantry. who was reported severely
! wounded, is fast recovering.
! The enemy's loss is not known with any Ger.
iainty. The Mexicans in Monterey state it at
l2 or AGO. but about 1000 is thought 10 be a
more probable estimate
! An officer writing description Of the battle
of Monterey. 10 brother officer IN Matanorus.
| says:
The Texans are gallant set Of 5oys--pet-
feet dare devils. They viii! do anything they
are told 70 do Gen. Worth admires them, AnI
he is not the only one. They nre as different
| from our dragons as night from day: Major
/ Chcvalier, one of the Texan officers, asked to
! go with Captain Smith TO s,ofyi, the frs, height
No. says Gen. Worth. 1 wan, Capt, Smith 10
command that party There sha be no diff
Guilty about that says the gallant lil,le Ms'or,
( 4 will 90 cnder Capt, Smith And this Ma
( jor is but fair sample Of the whole body. Col
! Hays has gained great reputation among our
/ ficers. Walker has won new lhnrcls.
Gen. Worth is the hero ofihis affair; he did
I the most of il, and lost only about thirty killed
and wounded, while the main body of the army
lost abou, 500. The Mexicans, 1t Is thought,
lost abou, The same number. We got thirty.
five pieces Of artillery by the surrender. After
examination, we found that we had not begun
the hafdes, OF the work. Al are sa,irfie, with
the conditions of the truce, which lasts for s,a.
ty days except, perhaps some o: The Texans
The following officers. who came on the Gal.
weston, were IN the battle Of Monterey; Lieut..
Sockelt. US Al Cap. Nichols. Louisisna
Lieut.. d. T. Owen, Baltimore Battalion; Lieu,
Thos. J. Cnrd
These officers, with others, who stopped al
Csmargo. icft Monterey on the 9th inst, a,
which time all the Mexican troops had evaci.
ated the city according TO the terms or the cspi.
,nlaiion, the citizens remaining and pursuing
their business as usual. II is said that Gener.
al Ampudia was 90 much frightened, lest The
Texans would kill him, that he begged Gen.
Worth 10 furnish an escort for his security on
his departure, which was accordingly done
There were vague rumors at Monterey ,ha,
Santa Anna was ct the head Of an Amy and
marching to meet Gen. Taylor.
Maidmoras.--The Flag of Wednesday; ;he
7th says bearer of dispatches arrived in this
city on Monday evening last, en- rou'e for Moii.
terey, only ten days from Washington city.
The steamboat Aid was chartered immediately
upon his arrival here TO take him to Camarso
lie will no doubt arrive in Monterey On the
9th, making fourteen days from Washin. ton
city. This is extraordinary speed, and would
imply that his budget contains matters Of iaipor.
tance. Probably the destiny of Mexico. Wle
ther she is 10 be, or is not to be. After the
Gineroi in done looking at them, he'll tell
us what its oil about. We have heard so many
different eoojectures on the subject that we dare
not venture one ourselves.
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