New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-26

Tnfsn.ry and Dxzec7'S BsttSP. AoE1cg reccononsnce
~ Car. skks showed the eneuY's ine to be of
vice the strength Of with heavy reserves a
The chsppsrel
range Of which hardly great 70 tsass our me
he notes, of their sho, and their IRE vss returned
f-or, al our Batteries, snA venture % say us. no
field Of bsttie displayed su-a skA .. lspla,.
~ of Ere aad evolution The ars; lad only important
rnover.en, OF their artillery, de,our around tae
church @: ehappare right and as'sck me uA'n
Capt WALES of the Texan RssSrs promptly repo!.
ted this. and The 5th Infantry was oencheo 10 NEE
which did Handsomely receiving the lAncers N square
and driving them by well delivered voey he csss!,
y then pushed again for tie tsin and iound ne ''u
Infantry advancing IN column Of divisions upon mem
hey then retired and they Tepzssed the On toey re-
ceived Ere from Lieut. RGsiss siwo pieces Vcco nsd
arrived n the nick Of time Two aeid pieces Enleo
were following the euemy's cavalry, were also driven
he.nvhe the enenys Jeff WIS ridded By the eighteen
poanders which slowly advanced up the rcsd-Dxneaas
n6.tSy on Inc LETT nesectng the euemy's guns threw
'heir nre INTO the aeNicans Iniapry and swept whole
ranks The s-h Infantry on the len suffered severely
from the cnemys Ere The grass was ne, on fire a, the
end OF an hours cannonsdins and ooscure the eneuys
position completely snd an interval of three Charters OF
hour occurred. During this period orr r,h, now
estiug on tae eehteen-pounders sdvarced along TIE
wood 10 the point originally occupied BY the Mexcsn.
left and when the smoke bad cleared away sufficiently
70 sho@ the enemy the are resumed with increased
rspidy and execution. Duncan divided his battery ON
the left giving section 70 Lieut. Roland operate in
OSyOn1 burning
pass vhch was three fee, high and the flames rolled 10
feet In the strong breeze and seized the proongson of
the epemy's right en6lsding that asnk completely
Night found tie armies 10 this position. On the
orb the General packed heavy train. collected the
euenvs wounded in hospital buried their dead, arrang
ed our own wounded. among which We have to regret
the sudden death of Maj RinsSold and probably Capt
Pare and moved or in pursuit. OF the enemy on the
Masmoros road They had taken post n the chappsre
the second time occupying the bed of stream called
Resaca de Ia Palma with their artillery on the road az the
rros,ins have no time for details OF this affair The
General brought up his troops BY bas;aous and posted
them with brief orders TO find the enemy win the
bsyoue, and placed the artillery where they could act on
the road The Dragons were held IN reserve, and az
soon as the advance of line had uncovered the AeH
can batteries Gen. Taylor told Capt May that bis uu'e
had come Here the enemys batteries sir take il
roiens roens May dashed upon il with his squadron,
and os, third of L. but he cleared tho battery and
captured its Commander Gen Vega was In The act OF
raising portdre fire piece himself when May took
bis sword and brought the General OF.
The enemy re- manned the guns and lost them the Sc
cond time to the 5,h Infantry. Captain Ba-6our
of the Sd Infantry with his single company and a
few from the 5h who joined him in the chapparel
threw his back against clump Of bushes and gsanty
repealed Rchsrge Of Cavalry. Capt Duncan with his
battery DID terrible eSecution-he 10 most promising
officer. Lieut.. Rdsiey was also among the foremost
In truth 1, series OF brian, skirmishes and heavy
shocks In which 1900 lighting men met with 6coo hand
10 hand, overwhelmed them With the precision Of
their volies and the steady GOODNESS Of the Ssyonet
drove from the ied with the loss Of their artillery bag
gage pack mules fixed ammunition, and near 1000
stand OF muskets.
The fort mesahile had been summoned with true Next
dupcty, and told that Taylor was dying The Aats-
moros newspapers and official bulletin called him cow
ardy tailor. In the summons the officers pung
ed their swords into the parapet and replied To the hit
Uptohe evening ofthe 9th 1900 shells and 5000 shot had
been thrown and the only loss tina; OF the brave
mander, Nsj. Brown, and sergeant and one private
killed and wounded The General returns TO the army
tonight and will the river morrow or next day
The fort will DO increased in and especially provided
with mortars. which will bring the town TO terms. The
navy will cooperate the mouth OF the river The steam
boats begin 10 carry supplies BY that route.
Gen. Taylor has just given Gen. Vega letter 10 Gen
Gaines and letter of credit his factor The officers
here and In body Wed with their commander In
delicate attentions 10 brave and accomplished energy
who their admiration on the Held, ana was TAKEN IKE
soldier In full harness and fighting calamity to the last
Our loss ahou, 80 killed and +e wounded. Mexican loss
Pao Alto is set down by themselves at 49, At Resaca
de Ia Palma 1000 missing.
Since the battle our dragons have been exchanged
grade for grade The Mexican wounded were sent over
Mstanoros By the next arrival you will hear OF the
fall fthe town and probably m offer from them to re-
cevc Mr.. Sldel In any capacity Ii ought to be men.
toned that Of our regiments are full Two oil
them only have about 300 men. Many instances have
occurred of handing their canteens to the wounded
MeXcans and turning from them to hre upon others
There not single occurrence OF cruelty toward the
enemy. The morale of the army at lis highest; II
can accomplish any thing, and they would die for
commander who does ask them 90 where he 10 not
Hing to lead and one whose Judgment hey fully con-
hde In.
The steamers Galveston and Augusta arrived at Brazos
St. Iago the l2th and di,charDg when the Col
Harvey left The schooner James Cage left Hrascs
ST. Iago company with the Col Harvey with dispatches
for aveston consequently the next arrival TO Le looked
for will be the steamship Galveston.
The officers killed and wounded the American side
follows:
Major Brown, killed Major Ringgold wounded (snce
dead) {; Capt. Page, wounded; Lieut.. Luther, do.
May 2th-Lieut. Inge, I'd Dragons, killed Lieut..
Cochrane 4h Infantry DO; Lieut.. Shedourne, sth tar-
try do Lieut. Col. Mcintosh, wounded Lieut. COL Payne,
do; Capt. Montgomery do; Capt Hooe do Lieut. Gates,
do Lieut. Seldom. do Lieut.. Mcclure. do; Lieut. Bur-
bank, do Lieut. Jordan, do Lieut.. Fowler, do Number
Of non-commissioned officers and privates not known
QalcinI lisnaicb.