Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-10-27
Tie Battles al Monterey. r

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seans icayune, giving more OF the parties
lars Of the brilliant achievements Of oiulir;
gallant arm Al q before Monterey. asa 80 i
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fss.n Monterey lhertco, Sept. q. sssi
F. GeafleMen:-This is the fourth day
since the battle of Monterey commenced
/ Onethe 10th. at noon, Gen. Worth march.
Led from the camp east ofthe town in the
tdirection ofihe nights west Of the town.
Mccullough sand Gillespies's Companies
Of rangers forming the accommodating
party. At night the division biyoaacked
almost Within range Of the guns stationed
upon the highest point of the bill, on
which the Bishops palace IS situated.
AT daylight on the 21st the column was
again in motion, and In few moments
was turning the point Of a ridge which
4,Prots,sded out towards The enemy's guns,
bringing as as near to them as their gun
ners could desire. They Immediately
opensd upon the column with a howiizer
and Ia p FOUNDER, firing shells and round
shot as fast as they could discharge lheir
PIECES. The sroad now wound intowards
gorge, but not arsenongh 70 he out Of
41fangesof thuir guns. which still played
upon as.f Another ridge lay about three
iousthsnota milo beg ona sbe first, around
me ternieAt'oaof whtcp the road wound
nriageng . under tho lofty summit of u
height which rises between Palace Hill
and. the hloantaills, which arises over US
onthe west. When the head Of the col
umhl apProachedthis. ridgeia body Of Mex
iiican cavalry came dashing AROUND the
Point to scharge upon orr advance. Capt.
Gilhsple iirDHsdiately ordered his men 10
dissnouhtandpl place themselves IN ambush.
i lhei enemy eeilently did not perceive
this maneuvre, but the moment they
cameupth the Texans opened on them a
moss efiectiye IRE, nnsaddlipg Number
OF them. McCulloch's company nov
dashed, into bem1Gapt Smiths artille. 1
ry,facting as iDfantry,l and Lieut.. Long
streets Company Of the eth Infantry,
with another companysof the same regf.
mcnt likewise charged upon the enemy.
The Texan hOrsemen were soon engaged
with them in a sort Ofhand to hand skir.
mish, in which number Of the enemy,
fell, apd one Texan was killed ana twO
wounded. Col. Duncan now opened
|uposi them with his battery Of light AR.
tillery. pouring a few discharges az ora no
among them, and scattering them, ike
chat. Several men and horses fsll under
this Obstructive fire. i saw one horse
and rider bound some feet into the air
and both fell dead and turnbled down
the steep. a. The foot companies above
named then rushed up the steep and fred
over the ridge at the retreating enemy :
Concealed from our view, around the poini
iotit6e hin. sAhotif 4thirtv ne ,ba
were killed in this lskirmish. ana anhn,
them a. CAPTAIN who. with two or ,bres
others, fell in the. road. The Capfain
was wounded in three olaces. the Ias,
shot hitting him in The fforebe.a,d H.
fought oallantlytel the Ias,. and I.an, a.
,ry. that / contot learn his 'name.i..' fbe
light batteries one of which is command.
ed by LIEUT.. Macall, were now drawn ,un
on the slope of the ridge. and the how.
tizefs.opened upon the height of Palace
.HilL IS gsea ..u..ig .-5.1 ,as.;asyaI 4
, "A few shells only were thrown before
the enemy, commenced firing with a nine
FOUNDER from the height immediately |
over the right of the column, aiming at
Duncan's batteries. The several reg.
inlenst took positions, and few more I
shells were thrown towards Palace Hill
but did no execution. The nine FOUNDER
continued to throw It's shot, with great
precision, at our batteries, one ball fall.
ing ,directuly in the midts of the pieces,
but, fortunantely, hitting neither men NOR
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