Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-09-15

troops would be all comfortaDly quarlereu
! in San Angel for the night; instead of
this, a large portion of them were COM
lpelled TO biyouac; without blankets lin the
midst Of pitiless RAIN and on ground
where they could not. even stretch Them
lselyes out. Add to this, the prospects of
the morrow were far from hallering-were
enough to dismay any but the stouiest
thearts-that the enemy would doubtless
reinforce and strengthen his works during
the night, having every. superiority in
knowledge of the ground-add again TO
this, thai the men were weakened by long
exertions, ,gwanl of food, aud chilled by the
continuous nis sht rain, and it is not saying
loo much 10 assert. that the bivouac Of The
lsl9I of August was gloomy in the ex-
treme.
Early on The morning Of the Goth Gen.
Worth was ordered to move with a par!
of his division-Garland's brigade, towards
The scene of action at Coutreras. TO aid in
,lhi, attack upon Valencia. for TO force this
position was deemed Indispensable. A
few discharges Of cannon were heard about
7o'clock, and a heavy rattlins of muske-
try, and some even said that in the distance
they had seen large masses of Mexicans in
full flight towards the city; yelfew dreamed
that the batteries a, Coutreras had been
stormed AID carried. Yet so il was. Gen.
Scott himself, accompanied by Gen.
Worth, started for the scene of action,
when they were met by Capt. Mason with
The joyful intelligence that Valencia had
beon completely routed after shor, but
terrible struggle. The attack upon his
works was planned by Gen. Smith, and
resulted in the capture of Is pieces of
artillery, some l,5O0 prisoneIs-among
them Generals Blanco, Garcia, Mendoza,
and the notorious Salas all the ammuni-
tion and camp cquipase. while the road
along which those who escaped hod was
slrewed with muskets. No less than 700
of the enemy, among them many officers,
were left dead on the ield-the number Of
wounded was undoubtedly far greater. |
have no lime now 10 enlarge or comment
upon this well. .plancd and brilliant achieve
ment, but reservins more full description
for sonle TIME, must past on to other excl
ting events.-The works at Coutreras
completely in the power CT the American
army, General Scott at once ordered Gen.
Worth TO fall back upon San Antonio, to
turn aud capture that work and then 10
push on towards the capital by The main
road. while the main body Of lte army
under Gems. Twiggs,: Pillow, Smith, Pierce
and Cadwalader, moved on towards San
Angel and Cohoveau.
Scarcely had the advance Of General,
Twigg's got halfa mile beyond the latter
village. before a rdlting fire of musketry
announced that it was actively engaged
with the oulposts of the enemy, aud the
beavy booming of cannon now gave token
iha, the noted % division had fallen upon
another strong work. But few minutes
more and a tremendous firing from the
right, and Immediately in The main road
from San Auguslin TO the capital, made ii
evident that Gen. Worth's division was
actively engaged. He had completely
turned the strong works Of San Antonio,
but while doing so the enemy bad aban-
doneds dsthe. place with the loss of their hea-
w guns. and had fallen hack upon his
stron gerline OF works. Ii was now at the
g ssasRGsHauk 2E The basIl aahasS q aGIk,
ia the afternoon, aud sure such aerattling
of firearms has sseldam Or never been heard
onslhe continent of America, accompanied
with such booming of artillery; anu this
over two hours aud until the enemy was
routed from every point, and
until those who were not killed or taken
prisoners were in full flight for the city.
The divisions Of Gems. Twiggs & Worth
were at once engaged, the former with the
church and stronghold of Churnbusco, and
The latter with the batteries at the bridge
and in the meantime Gen. Shields bri-
New York and South Carolina
olunleers-togelher with the 9Th, 18th
and 18Th regiments ofinfantry under Gen.
Pierce, were hurrying onward from Cohoy-
can to attack lhe hacienda. Soon they
too were engaged, and the battle became
general. The enemy had over twenty PIE
ces of cannon, all in admirable position,
aud served with more than ordinary skill,
while but few of our guns could be brought
to bear. The ballsry OF Capt. Frank Tay-
lor, it isrrue, opened well-direcled fire
upon Churubusco, but so exposed was its
situation that i. suffered most terribly,
both in officers and men.
To describe The fierce conflict, even
now that two days have elapsed, or TO
give an account OF the different regimonts,
were impossible. From the openning of
the strife up 10 The time the Mexicans
were entirely routed and in full Aish, for
the city, was one continuous roar OF can
non aud musketry, accompanied by loud
shouts ofthe victories as SOME new van
tage ground was gained and high above
The din rose dence coIum Of smoke at
times completely shrouding the cornba-
tants. The strength Of The enemy at this
battle is known 10 have been $4,000 at
least, many say20, 900, all fresh troops,
and in position OF uncommon strength.
Opposed TO them were about 600O Amer
leans, ;aded aud broken down by marches
and couutermarches, and by incessant toll
beforethe stronghold Of Coulreras aud
San Anlopio. At Churubusco, the Mex-
leans themselves say, Santa Anna COM
manded in person, but that he left early.