The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-14
OFFICIAL D2SYAYO20D
FROM TIE
ARMY ON THE RIO GRANDE.

terestng letters, relating TO the battles OF Pao
ALL - - OIL, - 7, ., ia l., p,ln,o -, a.
H''' on 'he ON, anu Aesaca We ~ aii'a' OH inc
9th of May, communicated by the President to
oo'u HOUSES oil Congress on AnuiSoay iast we
shall publish the residue of the correspondence
ror,or,o,y an,ong which win ha oon,a;,,.d ,ha
7 " - h'"iee. "'o
account OF the commandment and defence OF Fort
Rrou-n and other matters of in,arast oonnactad
-" : '''N AN0'' VI i'''eies' eoineo's0
win the campaign
HEAD SuAkIERs ARMY or occurArioa,
~ -, aiip lear na'ahoras Nay 10, 700
sir - have now the honor to submit more detailed
Iego'' % tno ae,o" " me ON INST
Ing ',a'h oou5 " .ne army OF occuPnou "'acheu,
nn'et my nnmena'e ORDERS, rom ROM isapei, on INC
ir" rom ."s. plase -, r,,.
,. ou, inareh was resumed me ioIopMhe morning
We Maer.noie Oh raio 1,'o le eNiysn troops were
rsposa our itS. m deed oo @ 1ccu
me "aer WIN Vlew 70 res, ana re,,esn me men ana
iorm oenoe,ae,y oul me " ns.'e ine MeNcah line
thr oaers 81 mile distant Tbr iM h;cs uua u
49, WA e Lo,. to - 80, 'e'. .e.,, " .ioh WIS
con,po,ea OF .ose Va eussis occupied the road
sscovs.eS in srassio, ~,e r;S ., IN
y ou1t, , . ilE Yul oMh loice
Our line o. Iae was now formed IN the following or
yer, ane ~ Vh we eNnsme rlgnt:-o,n infantry,
conn.a"eu y Lieut. Oh Mcih,osh; MAJOR RinggoLfs
rn 10 90 n'a.ry commande' Gy cap, Morris
p,n 10y Lea' Church,i' 81 ar
.'Iesl an ,nisnlry commanded by MAJOR q w Allen;
lns 90 IN, an composed the 81 br,ga'e un
der command OF Lieut. Col Garlanc and all the above
corps together WIN TWO squadons Of dragons under
,hor NJ ~ S, a3, voR9eI 'ne rlg"t wing under
battalion OF artillery commanded by Lieut. Col Chlds,
ai D"u an hsn' Aiuiieiy hno Tue eth infantry under
n,ana " i" c p 1og 'ne Is. o,igsde under
conanu W LEU. ,oI peihnap' me tram was packed
.ns uaus, ui.eeuon Q, apis Crossman and
o,capoI ,sa TO- ~ U b. nea squaa'o On.
~ oooeh We took UP he march py heads OF CO.
umhs IN tme arec.ion o. the enemy the Is FOUNDER
oatetv iohowihs me ROAD. WINE the columns were
sanolns leu. DiaAe, 'opog rapncai engineers so-
iuhteefe1 reconnaissance OF the ehemss line, which
was nahsomeiy peiiorleu anu resulted IN inc discove.
~ % a. ie ~ VI IN me intervals oil
tneil cavalry nnu na'r!, ihese patieries were soon
openeu uPo ~, wnei oue'ea ',e columns matted and
aeos 90 my NJ a ..e ie W oe returned py all our
. h ~, az. ,'i'i ! an Oh our eNueme Ieil was
i Ia 81, = .a' i.an ne hrs' hres oil the
Main re a,yx s Mne our 20 Ponnders anu
,et 80 IL &c, soo ,uisPeIseu the cavalry
s I'LL !; ~ ea c ~ @ Duncan pat'e ~ thrown
=, ,h I'm. cne, Me-, nS aoig goou eSecuilon
ms ue .aP.ai wa. s9uaaron was now detached
~ plO. .a ~ anu t.ie iei' " our position The
,a =. h s WV, 'Mo pieces 81 aruery, were now
; ~. y, ~ o .ioush me chaparrai TO our
ign, ~ ~, .t M, I'm ., make demonstration
,schaJ ~ hncr ,hs no D., y was immeua.eiy DE-
iiageiey; WIN section OF Major Ringgolds battery
80. 1900 ,o'"Pany " .oiunteers, eHectua'y
REFUSED 'ne ehemythe ON infantry repeling charge
~. ~ an ~, "a ;neIy uoips great execution In
- 80 s,;,, s,.har "as ~" ueacheu 10 the
bv the MAJOR Rnyrod a, ;, ~, se. threaten
Gu ~ .AI gu. ny s aihsBoiu WIN tne remaining
@ nut IL X M ,,h ,. au' anced POSITION and
The ,lrass Of he nra;rie had h. ;,.uc,
80, - ~ ,.o" s S aoviueltay urea ny
Concealed tbe armies from eacb otha nov partially
e',eu ie es iiua, eueu oher As the enemy's
boih
the IA nounJers on the ROAD neari T., @ ioiwau
u.o - p ~, ~ vac ,osa i,ealiy 70 me position hrst
49,, T., ,a ~ = ,,o, ns;.ia an eauseu .ne st Dri
E i ~ 1872 UP A1 pvsu s sun on me ielt OF the Is
f;.,N ~ n : -. au u, "ieeo itoHi its FORMER
new line The eaemv made Chance Of o; sns o. .ne
,;ns :, go o,, "a 60, a.,se VI POSITION cores
.uo a.,ar 49, rasn,aaS Suspension VI neaiiy an
~ The ire NJ artlierv Vas now moe, ao...
go - go .an, No. .Hr,r us thesnuolVe-oPen
rs onr 6r. .nd lis canstancx i,i h Wy ranks
iifantrv sustained this seye,c cannonada No. 1871 s
;s1 1 u'iS a;e ouhonaae was theme OF
4
. as,,;n and co. a ~, null on .ue ieiI OF the
enemy Position, ana surerea severely from the fire OF
nfan,ry ,,hch haa haen az ,araS 80 nc tth
dar haiory ,yas svnoses 4, mos, rapp .ie 20 Pomir
ger pa'tety, was esposeu 70 most calling ire OF srle-
j.,,naaroneIy ,onnaad 1ho anar,,. 60 .ap'an a5s
aga,ns, our ~ ncunder ba,iery AMI m. n, Vi
R;no,old !, i,s ycinv Th Naior ; S e i laJor
10 d,,ccting the fro of his nioces was s,r,ni ~ oo
non hal, ana mortailv wonpdod " ''u'A ~ q Can
/, tho maant,,ne The hs,taiion ., a,-;,,
~, , n = W 70 ssupPois .he aruiiery
now made by the enemy against this mar, az a no
and tho column continnei 10 ayanca 80. - oul Hae,
S re is anuIe ~ unuer severe hie
f,rmed IN scna,c and bed ,e,,r =. WAS instantly
Of cavalry but when the aaxancn Ine cna, &c
,r;,h;, cI,sa ,an,s d.a,J,, &c -, tuio ls weie
,.nnnnd a;snaaa ,h' ny 81 VI .anhiser from the
was now opened upon the sonare bv vS;ch az o., ai
Ger Ieut Luther 81 ARTILLERY was sl;rh,l, v ia
~, a ,. al, ac,aa y.lIar r-,, ~. ~ouueu'
s,acsa ali nher ine y ,h ne Iron; 0, me SQUARE
=, ~. n,,, raa,ir sarne - ~ IA 'nis quartet
hs riynt If our line he ensmx bau was oIosea On
driven back from nj, poson and i,,l., j., - ,,
agnins, our line wy -"'f'
While the above was going forward On our r;obt md
under nv ovn eve the enenv had ,naIa a .a So -
tempt against the left of our line Can,an Dunan in
stantiy perce,yed the movement and hy Tho ha an
br,Ilsnt mapnuyring of his battery comnIa,eIs ~
nnIssI 90 vera, ,ess,vc cs,,, ~ ~ =, ~
by the stn infantry an can't ersnns,r -, a.,n'
he CALAMITY held the enemy al bax AM Snoi
him vita Immense loss from the iej rho 49,, a 49,
enemy ret ed no the chaparral rear OF his position
Our army bivouacked tue grouni il occupied Dur.
ing the afternoon the triia nad been moved forward
about MALT a mile, and packed in rear of the new
position
Our loss this day nine killed. forty -four wounded
and two missing. Among the wounded were MAJOR
ousiy wounjei Lieutenant Luther slightly So aniex
statement OF the Casualties OF tne day.
herewith to have been III officers and , IL men-sg
gregate 2,2ss. The Mexic force according to the
statements OF their own officers taken prisoners in the
an r Oh the sh was not less than 5000 regular troops
win ~ pieces oil artillery and probably exceeded that
nh the N tarca HbaxI