Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-11-02
Prom the N. q. Pieayune,
The Storming of Monterrey.

aug Dear Mr.-Afer a most obstinate and sansu
nary conflict which was continued fiom day 10 day for
days. Gen. Ampuda capuated this city on the 9lth in.t
Our loss IN Killed and wounded has been extremely 60
'o mo- ,sss man SoV, ainongst whom OF the
'S''auap'e "heefs OF inc regular army, well vol
Tn p..,., .,r
me IN, ~. neg'men' OF tennessee volunteers, commanded
Poei sue'ea more severely perhaps, than sny
| Ll.a :. - 81, e'"s u,o seiee. having had ~
| .m W 'ie neio. suo 90 wounded, some OF them NOR
-, aao " =, NUN 'eriousv' end THIS out OF force e
resi,,.n, sh.S - - 'nis tremendous ios., the
o,s.r os;esss ST So 90 su " i's gsian, colonel and
IN, r,or,,.J ,h- -, , 'snen' whieh siofmed the
s,,inc. u,o 10. ..iI. .S' 1 un,uiieu inc stars and
which was pour;,g unoo 4, "ai' so'm' OF balls
| These Mexican tovns .nd f,,,..... 49,. t., ,,,,
and few men oh, be,,., ,n, -. -, eeu'oy suonR
walls or arc NOR, adroi, in the ma, ~ soe
than the Mexicans In these ae,ion. den Tsy n y
| told, about 5000 men, Will, Gen AmpnJ,a, $50 'u ~
sisted OF 10 500 infantry and cavalry besides niI, -
che.os &C. Gen. Taylor hud eighteen pieces of s,,;,
| Of which seventeen ,ycr, field MACE. ,xh,. o.. ~
had forty -four pi,ce. thirty eigbt of vbicb ND.
dards Of colors, are now in our possession
Our Army arrived before Monterey the morpin, or g.
tuidsy the 18th instant, and about half past O'Clock while
accommodating the works OF the civ ball d,cha,y.d
from ~ FOUNDER struck near Cen Taylor and staff and
bounded with terrible velocity his head at which tho
oo nero dd not change muscle Of bat his eye This
Jay the sh was spent In making reconnolsances OF the
pace ana ITS various ouiposts amidst good deal firing
on the part OF the Mexcans from and short gun
an eseopeie which carries large ball to distance
| VI SoV OF oou yards.
va sunday tue 2uth, Ten Worth was detached by Gen.
,h,n ~ SSnn o' ns 20 division OF the regular Ar
| D. N i'OV su0ns! snu ooi nays regiment OF Texas
a.. g., 81 s " wv '"V"1 WIN we" o' turning
co,,isg "a. ,h Sl.o oau o' 'ne purpose OF
were ',iy e,o.c,sd d Gn S menus; wn'sn
| vision per,,rn.d H., mach 49,; - Ga, i'e ~
es &e-a distance OF about,ix or seven mile. md
the vicinity of the enemy in the .vsnin ~ -, = $500
when IN. General ,,i,h an 60, f., =, IL, ~
was fred on BY the batteries placed on the bs;.h,s
| also by n corn. of an, cnemy,. ,h, 49,. - ,
throus cotn6eld to cut off his party WV ''"'
From this time until IN, anDs ,,,nr. ~ ,h. ,h;, A. -
the evening OF tue 24h, the division OF the Army
maaded by Gen. Worth was necessarily engaged and wa,
ever ACKNOWLEDGMENT one nome or ft.r
ing-putting TO rout the enemys cavalry ON IN. nl,ns
wing his infantry through chappara and from the house
tops. scaling immense heights capturing guns and storm
ing iorfosses which not only deemed
but which seemed be almost accessible And he's, Of
ait hese brilliant exploits were performed with the loss Of
fourteen Killed and nifty SIX wounded aud during Tho four
Gays contest mere occurred not the slightest
take on the part OF the commanding General there
nme the least iaerng or hesitlney tho part Of
'he 'ineers ana men-tegulars and vouneers-in
ung ms ouers Indeed IT'S dheult TO determine which
mos. worthy o. he energy displayed by the able
ana aeSompshed COMMANDER or the gaantry and ardor
wiz H'.t nc was sustained oy nose under his command
"hen me olheuues and apparently lnsurperablc obsta
s are venture me assertion that the series
oo'aheo oF 'he DIVISION under Cen Worth's
I'm ~ t tio ieee' ope'auons against Monterey, wall
oIa i"Sao'e eehPAisIn win the proudest achieve
=; VIC Hicrioah arms lie was opposed by great
o' "n'on was wen served with artillery and
f - $500 .isu'ss Pe-As % Tue sierra Madfe lie
~ - So N me- P'eoeS VI a''hety' turned them
go -; 80 '. 49, Snu he aiu OF one OF his
49, c.ds ~ . % y p'a0I ~ upon me summit
- &C., - H. sS 70 -s''op . mace oight nun
;nss,;n,.h ss,, S L' -. S WIN the
cibIs .,i,;,. ~ ,I S' sae uauos' Shd invln-
,,ron,bnId ~ ,he .,.,, "a - e. " teuueeu 'ha'
which no ,,,nsd ,b. 60 he ~ ,a ~ p' upon
"a his 100 10, d. 80, - 49, So e oi'ouseA-
ne., dav ,f,e, homh, rd,, ,ho 80 ui .ue
res into he s,,e.,s .;Ss, L = -, I.a nus of-
his per.on He was sen .v,ry,.bo d a.
driving the enemy from his bs,i. fi h 's.
10 street and house 10 house until ngb, ended ,h -
fict He maintained his position in the CITY p,ced ,e
inch in one of the strongly fortified squares IN a.
rect which he placed that gallant and siul officer Mac,
Munroc, with instruction 10 fire shell fweybn nins,,
pounds) every half hour during the NIGHT This dv v,
performed with terrible effect almost every sb. f,l; -
the plaza where the ensmys forces were collected 10 tho
number OF 1000 or 5000 men He had made oyer n,css
say preparation for pursuing his advantages the v
even to placing some Of hi. artillery on the IONS Of b;sh
buildings, which would command and sVeen the bons.
tops from which the enemy fought
Such was the state of probaton yybe, C;e, Ar,5i,
ca9ituated the CITY, rtec,ing equal honor unon the ,i
~ skill of the he ad which conceived and the ndo;,,h
Il.