The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-22


l,he:bisouae of,he Il lelh of August was gloomy IN
! EARLY on the morning OF, The 2olh, Gen 'vorth
was ordered to move with part of his division =
tGarfand,s bngade towards the scene of action ,a'
! Conlreras aid The attack upon Valencia iof
TO force this position was deemed indispensable.
! A few discharges of cannon were heard about
I O'clock, aud heavy rat,ling Of mosketry, iand
some even said that in the distance they had seen
large masses OF Mexicans In full flight Ins
! city yet few dreamed that the batteries pf Cons
| freras had been stormed and carried. ! et SO IL
| was Gen. Scott himself, accompanied py Gen.
Worth, started for the scene Of action, when they
were met by Captain Mason with the ]oyiul intel,
iEgence that Valencia had been completely routed
after short bat terrible struggle. The attack
upon has works was planned by Gen. smith, and
resulted in the capture of fifteen pieces OF artillery,
some 1900 prisoners, among them Generals Bla9co,
Garcia Mendoza, and the notorious General Salas,
all the ammunition and camp; equiPage, WPile the
road along which those who escaped He'd was
strewed with muskets. No less than. 700 of the
enemy, among them many officers, were left dead
on the field the aumber of wounded was I'M
doubtedly far greater. is.@ r.. : 1'H
! / have no time TO enlarge or comm ent upon this
we'll l-planned aud brilliant achievement, 6uL EeseTv-
| ing more full description for some oIher time,
must pass on to other exciting events, The works
al Conireras completely in the power of the Ameri-
cans Gen Scott at once ordered Gen. Worth to
! fall back upon San Antonio TO turn and capture
that work and then 10 push on wards the capital
by the main road while the main body Of the
army under Gems Twiggs, Pillow, Smnh, Pierce
and Cadwalader, moved ON towards San Angetand
Cohoycan. Scarcely had the advance Of General
Twggs got half mile beyond the latter village,
before railing fire OF mu>keuY, announced that
il was actively engaged with The ouiposls OF the
enemy, and The heavy booming Of cannon now
gave token that the noted I'd division had fallen
upon another strong work. But few minutes
more, and Tremendous firing from the right, and
imme ediately in the main road from San Augostn
10 the capital, made il evident that Gen.s oith's
| Aak
! ly turned The strong works Of San Antonio, bot
while doing The enemy had abandoned the lace
with the loss Of their heavy guns. and had fallen
back upon his second and slrUnge. line oi works
II was now at the commencement OF the baltie,
about O'Clock in the afternoon, and sure such
rarIling Of firearms has seldom been card
on the continent of America, accompanied with
such booming OF artillery; and this continued
over two hours, and unli the enemy was: fully
routed from every point, and until those who were
not killed taken prisoners were in full fight for
the city. 20 E
Let me endeavor in afew words TO give The feader
au idea Of The position and work: ofIhe ehemy. As
YOU come along the road leading from San HuSus-
lin TO the capital, and immediately 'lhis side the
Puente del Rosana, the Mexicans had thrown upa
strong and exceedingly we'll built battery,
mdnding the road completely On The rrrgiIt, Is
you faced The city,, stretching for long distance
was o continuous ditch behlnd the bank of W hch
immense number of Mexican infantry were
posted On the left Of the teie de point, work
al the bridge, and about three hundred yards dis
tant, was the Church of Churubusco, or San Pablo,
strongly fortified with works for iufaptry, and also
having u. we'll constructed battery, coniaining a
number Of guns Of heavy caEsre. This work was
lllle advanced from The tefe de point, aud nearly
10 line between ii and the village of Cohoyc can.
Further on, ON the other side of the work at the
bridge, and about three hundred yards from the
road, large building. we'll adapted forIhs pro-
lection of Infantry, aud in which the. enemy had
also posted an immense body. The ground ia the
vicinity Of all these points completely covered
with corn, and other fields up cry
by wide and deep duches. presenting obstacles in
Vulnerable TO the advance Of troops. No re-
connOissance of the position of the enemy had
been made, and consequently its strength could
ouly be ascertained by hard blows and knocks.
The divisions Of Generals TwiggS aud Worth !
were at once engaged /; the former with the church
the stronghold Of the Churubuscn, and. the latter
with the batteries at the bridge and in the mean
time Gen. Shields bfi2ade-Ihe New York aud
South Carolina avolunleers-ioselher with the 9lh /
l2h and 10Th Regiments of Infantry, under GEN !
Pierce, were hurryIDg onward from Cohoycan to j
attack The hacienda. Soon they too were engaged |
and now The batlle became general The enemy
had over twenty pieces of cannon, II in admira Bile
position and served with more than ordinary skill !
while but few Of our guns could be brought TO bear
The battery Of Captain Frank TAYLOR il is true
oPened a we'll directed fire upon ChuIubusco, but
20 exposed lis situation that il suffered most
erribly, both in Officers and men. .,.t
To describe the fierce conflict even now thattwo
lays have elapsed, give account Of the part
aiken by the different regiments, were impossible
: rom the opening Of the strife Up TO- the lime The
HexIcans were routed and in full Il CHI For ihe ciry
vas one continual roar OF cannon and nluskrlry.
accompanied by the loud shouts of the yiclors as !
ONE new vantage ground was gained and high
boVe the the din dense column of smoke q; {
lines completely shTouding he combalants The
trength OF the enemy at this battle ia known to
ave been 600 least, many say 5000 all fresh
IooPs and IN position of uncommon strength
Opposed TO them were 6G00 Americans jadrd and Z
roken down by marches and couutermarches and
incessant toll before the strongholds Of Contre-
as and San Antonio. AT Churubusco, the Mexl- l
ans themselves say Santa Anna commanded in G
erson, but that he left early. The noted ba,laI-
'ns of Hidalgo and Victoria, and OF Independen- 1
Ias-the P0ikdS, Or young men of the capital p
on whom so much was expected, nearly all fed a
'ithout firing gun. ....1 2. ..Ir-s.l ~ : 4
Ia the different works bat Inosyin the church q
lken by Gen. Twiggs, near 1000 troops werec cap C
lred. Among them were Gen. Rincon who com b
handed IN person, Gen Anaya, lately President
usttfuto, and Gen. 'Arevafon, as also Col. Coz
stIza formerly Ministerial Washington. Gen Ga c
lry was captured near San Antonia by General I
Worth, and several iuAuentia officers among then
nt the most important capture Of all was The en-
re Foreign Ba:tallon mostly made up o. desert Il
IS from our own army, with their comma der The b
glorious Rley himself. They now under close Il
nard. and trust will be strictly dealt WITH, Fri
The loss on our side has fallen most heavfy upon t,
Ie South Carolina and New York voionIeers, the Il
h Infantry and Smiths light battery attached 10
lagruder and Taylor: The South Carolina reeI- D
lent was nearly cut 10 pieces losing l37 out of
IL men, with which il went into action:3 The
81 artillery has suffered severely in officers. b