Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-11-16
DESCRIPTION OF MONTEREY,
In The p,orinee q .New Leon. .Herico,
srrrrnnrR 80, 1916.

ioni Ntslto East, and tie norlh side ol the nv
81 - juan, wlc Tuus hetneen II ard the hlll unill Il
reach,s thu .nd oi tie to~n when HE ronrse II the
uy,t i. n,srly nmlh. The thus beog bound-d by
tir fstf The south shd East. 10 the north vi the
Town If ley'l PLAIN nj some miles IN eNieh
! h. nalf streets ntay I. and W. The length
OF The town being about y miles, and. It's average
breadth from 10 mlle say nuf ur five streets. The
houses MI sfone fiat rooted covered with cement
The ofs; 81 lint they are incombusble and the
vail, are lack. say from To 3. feet The gardens
surrounded suh walls varying from q 10 3 feet high.
Averaging lc eer tollt Of ,ud masonry, and many ol
rhem loop hocd.
On he south side If the lown frtu 10 Of mae
and near whtre The principal assault was uadc, The
banks 81 he =if,am ~ " - tet high surmonnf=
ted by garden wall ul about the same Atlgf all Il
vhph Wtie pierced wnh leoI hles,-and redoabl at
each ettnm'y. Al The maln feris were barcaded
With paraar walled both sid,s, aud ifun 9 O lre
thick and 10 q ltel high, win eAiefluf dlfoh and
ARMED With ! here about 80 Of these bar
ucadts; STUNT hlvc enibfazutrs. On he w,si Of The
taWG (and mosl remote from tho Camp are tnu hills
/ about 81 /. al mile lfm zach otter, ihet SUBMITS
sbuul parallel CHE SOU ern OF Which Is The commence
U The At HE foot OF Which II has beer alfei-
dy slaud the l,wn lies This h varies from 2 10
100 feel height the northern hill is not quite so high
The other, and lis eastern doclvy Is large bull
ding called the Bishops palace both llese hills
occupied the very SUBMITS, and both have batteries
besides tie orc al The shops place and The other
! ndoubt parallel 10 II. Al nile from the palace Is
the irs ptza.' IN which is The cemetery with high
walls, loop hd,d AMI Strengthened by patapes, aod
suuug chapel. tom his plaza two streets lead
To another hall Julie distant, (betwesn which ruf ad-
vances were mnue, The trpups getting On The
slr,eis considerably beyond The second square " paza
"a quarter oi u mr iurittr on, aud street TO the
SOUTH l. The main plaza, on Which Is large barrack,
HIge Cathedral and uhef buildings, Immensely rong.
The houses between these plazas' and for u consdera
BILE dIslaure W.sl u the srcoud continuous.
Going Oh tom HE main lozl, and he Ia the north.
are those five bridges small stream, nne mlkng
mil dam (to the \. aud f. Of tins, Ten. Iayur's
lhlors "tIe SO terrible cut up,) Proceeding through
harncndrN and lnrleacles we come 10 three srong Re
doubts and t,cO MOI quite large all aelng The east
and standing the border ot The stream The banks ol
which are 10 10 feet high. On the opposite side liz
hlnhs are low aud level or some dstsner. lima edate
ly ia II The musi nurihchy redoub tnnntfy and
dlstltfy and the houses about them all scattered,
and the aud ulhc vegetables gov high aud lhcL
Ihe enemy had IL pieces al Artillery, generally heaun
uI bass gems at Eopllsh manufacture, Is poun-
deus, some rs aud smaller cabres aud good many
ho@lzars, say = 81 &, ard an nmense supply OF amnu
nlnon and military sluus ul all kinds
Dmeclly norh OF the town. IN the plain. is n hrgt
regular loludtation. called The uadol, with cubn
cures on the faces. and tanks Cor thriy Two guns. l.
Is square bastloned work, with deep dry dnch-ano
Is capable VI huIdlng 5000 " thin it are III,
walls oi Cathedral, % feet high very hCk OH,
building has never been completely which they had
f, prepared II deIenec, aud Which completely d,hndtd
the lerf pen ul 'hr curtains. distant fifteen twenty
yards hr owuand these worhs Were defended by 5OlN
regular Infantry, 3oootsolH Cavalry aud ABOUT 2ooO
Rancherns.
+ Our camp from which we marched 10 battle was up
peslte the castefn tNlremny ul the t,wn, aud about
miles distant. 10 reach The lon hIs side Ia
To pass between the CITADEL and the r,duu6ls | hav,
spoken Of
The ASSEMBLING The west end of the town wss com
nalitd Ia Tat ID dlvI>ln. conpos,d of the Anl'lery
BdIalun. thu Slh uh aud 5h Infantry. and Ila, : re
ment al mounted volunteers, (IeNaus) aud Blancl-
Il company oi Louisiana Infantry volunteers. W.
had 10 march about seven miles. making own road
WHEN We attained The west end OF tie town, distant
Nv" miles, and came 10 high mou TAM al the foot Oh
which No hvanaehod III hand rain Without supper ct
co'er ny shall not tempt 10 give Description OF
onr vrfal assaults aud various manTuvres, as you
vi" SIC en- nd minimum, in The papers Our part oi
the assault WAS ndcloasly, prudently and successful,
performed by General Worth. | would could say the
assault On he east nd WAS equally "jndclous"-but
1t strikes me very much the reverse. In the first place.
our troops advanced Ia tuNn under fire from the
Of the Citadel which very trying: and from une
'he fsdooo's ON The eas-a constant cruss IRE, and
when they got In lhe suburbs where they were with
out otd'is aud without commanders, each on his own
hook. they were hemmrd in narrow Streets exposed
constantly 10 Three cross hrys of round and grape sp
lfom lwo OF the tedonblS and from the Cathedral besides
muNhelD rom The house tops. This was all lIule Ia
he north oi the bridge have named and 10 the ives
OF The redonbs and tannery
have been aver the ground since ,act ompancd by Of
hcfIs who were present the whole limc. aud had point
I'D out s. me whrro al tn officers fe' TIE Il ne
ana walls ae ltltriy II d with TounI and grape OF
ana my wonder Is not that many tll, hn that any
escaped 10 tell the story. Bat our gallant fellows did
shIe 4" then escape, and our laie Army has not d.
Unfinished The luetfe OF the Pao Alto and the Re.ara
OcrourR Isl
writing 20 you Yesterday an account of this Cly
'h'ugt uiGh have exceeded a ll,tle in desctiph,n
o. te acs have I'll retre til m ,rniny and ", tpnlay
again gone over the eastern The Town. and find
nave gwen you an inadequate idea vi the siren 9Th II
me Pace counted seen rpd1ubs at differ en points
on mat and the south side of The town. the greatest par
ol lheh connected strongly by high walls well uope
"'a and all or The greater part reversed and having
Wide aud deep bitches IN front | fud too, that many
oil TIE 0aIrlcades have emhraz and all deep ditch IN
mont. lhey ale made of masonry filled in with earth
OF the regular orm and abuut the width of an ordinary
pampe'. What Is remarkable all their drtences lnked
10 an attack from the east end of the town Every one
"' NE nl'teadeS is made Ion the cannon To pnnt th,t
way (rAcePuug those of the cross streets which v,rt
: intended 10 play On going either way And in my
opinion nothing saved from n more severe cdh 81
uan we dld have, tut making our main NJ.
aeh on me lu!htS On the west Thus, no.
"oy ueiedl h9 a Their plans If defence hut III
t'N oNfarul9 'hen seeing what they supposed
h'if s'fl9 mold III our pnweT.--Io This and Ia tl,e
great nor and physical superiority OF our men d., | al
Hibnle enf success heir soldiers viii not and cann,l
stand against ours. cusev observed about 1000 -.
mem AS ihty marched at the Town rbe ,ni,ers
>lhdl Is the c"mpiny uGcrs) are inirrior-d NOT nL
IKE Ethl' men-nod have 4 iurllve duwncasl loek.-
'"e 'he' are small and have the bearing and carran.