The North-Carolina standard., 1847-10-06

can Army.
t-feuffuw1ng =up pzeyents--as closely as the some.
. what disconnected accounts will permit-in the or
. der in which they occurred, find that on the
18th General Scott attacked the Mill del Rey, e
Kings Mill in the immediate vicinity of Chapul
Jepec, and. according 10 the Diario del Gobierno
, land lhe Boletin, published at Atlisco, our army
was repulsed after severe conflict, in which we
lost 400 in killed, and from 600 10 700 in wounded
and fell back upon Tacubaya. 2We, give below a
translation Of the Boletns description of the en-
Igagemen !; promising that The reader will bear IN
mind it is Mexican, and is, in all probability, q
great exaggeration, if not entire misrepresenta-
tiona kis from an extra ofthe Boletin, issued on
the 9th inst: se9Ef.- .d &. *a.'Hf. .+.75
=, Al half past this morning the Srh the fire com
menced on two TANKS of Chapultepec.. The left
was resting the mill Of El Rev. close to the for
est CT Chapultepec. This point was commanded
by Gen. Leon and under his order were the battai-
ion Of Minon, whose Colonel was the patriotic and
valiant Bakferas, and the battaons Union and La
Palfia, Oaxaca, in one of which were included the
companies of Puebia also body from Qoeretaro
and some others-aH comprising the National
/ Guards The right flank rested the house of
Mata at the distance of a quarter OF league from
Chaputepec, and occupied bY 1900 OF the regular
army, commanded by Gen. Perez The enemy in
two coumns with his usual daring, attacked these
points--frst with artillery and aquarter to with
a rapid fire Of musketry. Gen, Perez sustained the
fire very well for abou, half an hour, when. for eau
ses a. present unknown, he retired with his forces
! although he had not lost ton men, The retreat
must have been fatal for Mexico if fortunately Gen.
Leon and his brigade had not shown prodIgIes OF
valor. Twice he repulsed the columns that attack
ed him, and in the second he sailed from his posi-
ton 10 recover the artillery Gen Perez had lost ;
but then he received a mortal wound, and few
moments afterwards the valiant Balderas was also
wounded and died on the field. The enemy, with
additional forces, again charged and took possess
! ion of the mill. Twice he was dislodged, but on
his re-taking it The third rime ii was found Impos-
! sble to bring troops to The charge.
| In spite of these two advantages which they had
gained In their endeavOrs 10 attack ChapultePec,
they could not effect farther advance, which may
be owing 10 their being inundated by the resist
ance Of our forces and the considerable loss they
had suffered. The result was that at nine O'Clock
in the morning The fire of small arms had nearly
ceased and they were seen EMPLOYED in collecting
their killed and wounded All l O'Clock the enc
my commenced retrograde movement, and by z
O'Clock in the afternoon he Withdrew all his forces
TO Tacubaya abandoning the TWO points he had oc-
cuI led, and blowing up the house Of Mata, though
some say il was set on fire by bomb fiona Chap
ultepec. Ii is believed that Generals TwIg9s and
Pierce directed the attack, and that they put IN mo-
ton about 5000 men. 1t is certain that the fire
more intense and brisk than al Churubusco. IL is
impossible TO ascertain the loss either side.
Ours does amount TO 100 killed and $50 wound
ed. There are few missing nearly all not killed
or wounded are retiring 10 ChapuIepec. The en-
emy, according to the confession Of an lri>hman,
who came over 10 in the evening, carried of 400
dead and 60C or 700 wounded. We have TO lament !
the loss of Gen. Leon since dead that Of BalderaS,
Of the valiant Colonels Huerla and Of the deiermin
ed Capt. Mateos, of Puebla, who conducted himself
like hero, telling his soldiers, on the point Of death,
that they must never forget they were PueblIanoS,
and 10 fight valianIly 10 the DEATH. We will take
care that he shall be buried in the Pantheon, and
that his unfortunate widow shall receive pension.
If The cavalry had taken the position assigned 10 /
them at o'clock in the morning, by order Of Gen.
Santa Anna, and it, above all, they had made the
charge which was ordered at the moment that the !
enemy attacked the mill of El Rey. instead Of hy-
hor Il
early, and the triumph would have been complete.
But they did not take the position TO which they
were ordered, much less make the charge com
manded, Gen. Alvarez being obliged TO state Uff-
cialy or through his adjutan that he did not make
the charge, because his subordinate officers refused
on account Of the ground being too uneven and bro
ken for cavalry, II 1t were not the Tor the
cavalry of the enemy. .s.s....
Il is believed that the enemy will renew the at
tack tomorrow by another Toute-eiIher by that Of
La Piedad, or by that of San Antonio May God
protect our cause on this occasion
One of the enemy's Guerrillas, who came with
Scott, was made prisoner and shot on the spot
We translate tine subjoined letter from JaIapa 10
the Arc0 Iris, without vouchIug for its correctness
When Gen. Perez abandoned the Mill del Rev.
a bomb discharged from ChapultPpec fell among
the ammunition wagons Of the enemy in the ard
of the miI causing four of them TO explode, by
which 300 Americans said 10 have been blown
up, (rdidron including Gen. Worth, who accord
ing TO the account had not been seen or heard of
tue next udy at 3CuOdya
The next accounts we have from the capta
come in letter to The Arco Iris, dated the 10Th ins
We subjoin translation Of il: -~ '...-.
MEXICO, Sept. 10, 1s47.
My Esteemed Friend :--rh whole day has
passed without an attack. At 9 in the afternoon
an alarm was created by the appearance of TWO
columns and Two guerilla partes " hch were seen
on the cause-way Of Piedad. A few shots were
and the enemy withdrew. According
10 all appearances we shall be attacked Tomorrow
at three points, as the enemy during the night have
been reconnoitering the coontrry BY means of camp
lanterns taroL de campana) The Government
has taxen 100000 which were being sent by
house to the camp Of the enemy. ..t
Gen. Smith has expired, and by the enclosed slip
you will that the Americans mutlated and
cruelty assassinated the unfortunate Irish who were
taken at the battle of Churubusco.. 3D."
Sept. l1.-It is 7o'clock in the morning and
thus far nothing new has transpired.
, In addition, we find the subjoned extract from
the capital under the date Of the 11lh and 18th in
slant, whIch give continued narrative ofthe opera
tions OF the two armies: a...s .--..-.- -, +
. .s.s.. .s Mexico, September II, 1917.
MY Esteemed Friend-U Under cover of what
sent you last night stated nothing new, al which
we were surprised, as it did not rain and we ex-
pected 10 be attacked. Thus we passed the morn
ing till O'Clock IN the evening, when the alarm
bell was rung and it was ascertained that there
was firing Of artillery at Chaputepec and San An
tonic Abad. In The first point was caused by the
took position on the hills Of rTacabaya moving |
from that village towards Morales, and there a |
skirmIsh with party of our cavalry took place. in
which captain and several of our soldiers were
killed, and some twenty of the enemy wounded
with the lance. .i" 7a.. 't't 5a' ~.