Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-10-21

q ,ddstanding as PRopHET OF THE RIGHTs or
\ ffNANt qna,yed, iunqbashed, -im The RREs
ENgE Or RoYALTy AND GoLDi
Cd Heg5amin Franklin, in, his cbrewys Goa
'fands dsblpeastockings, hooking to shame ths
! ponp Iof these Courtiers- glitterins
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q IMPORTANT 9 ll9'lI1AlN I, FROM THE ARMY.
j. A DECISIVE BATTLE.
ssT Observation-Disclosures ms TX ilied
~ and Two Hundred Wounded.
Il { IL ytglqpoFsom the Baltimore Sun. :
III We received by telegraph last evening,
tthef following thrilling news from the. Army,
! ttapdinnediately laidzit before the public in
ian extra Sun.
~ The PPicayune. hos received d hasty
.,Esmemorandum ofthe operation Of the Ameri-
fean:Atmy before Monterey, from the 10Th
! TO the S24th Of September. :, :. : 3 : :
" On, the 10th Gen. Taylor arrived before
N Monterey, with O. force of about 5000 men,
atfand atfan a ter accommodating the city at about
'ffltee1 or sixteen hundr ed yards from the
Cathed edrals fort, during whichshe was fired
fupon from its batteries. His force was
ttencampeds sat the Walnut landings, about
s4three miles short ofthe city. This was the
I Nearest position the army could obtain, a
'lSupply ofwater. and bread, out Of the reach
4of the enemies batteries.
\ The remainder ofthe 10Th was occupied
aby dhe engineers in making reconnaissance
of the city batteries and commanding
1heights.H glSfa f. a5eH1@Hs - 3a :
7 On the 10th, Gen Worth was ordered
spwith his division to move by. a. circuitous
sroute to the right to gain the SaltiIlo road
Ilbeyond the west of the town, ,and to, storm
I ,s1theheights above tfe Bishops palace, which
vital point the enemy appeared 10 have
strangely neglected, =. q,
T Circumstances caused his halt on the
D might of the Goth, short of the intended
s9position. On the morning Of the 2isthe
4 shcontinued his route, and after an encounter
s3wth b large body Of the enemies cavalry
4and in fdhtry, SUPPORTED by artillery frotntl1e
heights, he repulsed them with loss, and
4 finally lehcamped, covering the passage Of
] 1.-THE Saltillo road. 1t was here discovered
4 that besides the fort atthe Bishops palace
and the occupation Of tie heights about it,
two brts on commanding eminences on the
4opppositS side ofsthe San Juan has been farti.
tfed and occupied.
4 These two latter heights were then storm.
Il ed and carried CThe sgi,ps Of the last for,
acarried, being Immediately turned. with o
q plung gine fire upon the BishotS spaiaee. 8
. rOn this same morning. the 2Ist. the frs
division of regular troops psunder Gen
!, Twigps and he volunteer division 3unde,
Gem Butler, were ordered under arms te
!, make diversion to the. left of the town. II
t favor Of the important operations Of Gen
, Worth. The twenty inch mortar. ana tywy,
r twenty.four pounders canisters. had beer
I ti nut in battery on the night Of the 90tb. !,
~ & rayine about I4oo wards distantJfrom N,
Z lI.Caihedral fort or CITADEL and .were support
2 ed .bwthe .4th regiment of infantry At
O'clock e. M e1H on Lfhe Ifsf 3the iSr crderr wa
$ given for this battery to open no yhea accitade
and towiss af,diiannediatel,yI' after fbe f,rs
y divisiohg with the 3d. infantry h il
1sadyahee; sandSr Col Garland, were ofdere
( pto,g greconnoitYe and skirmist5 with the lenen,
$ on the extreme left ethe cityr ands sshoui
It prosnectlof success offer. to carrv. the mos
i advanced baaterv., vs., ~, :. 80 5I
Ala This a.tnck'&os directed M by Major Min,
''i6eld. epa;neers and, Major, Kirney' .onarte,
J, niastergof, The rTexas, division. Z x rheay
@ fire from the first battery was, ,immediatel
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