Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-01

Ito him my note offhe 9th. HIS reply,!d
tied the same day, received the next morn.
ing, was absolutely and notoriously.~f;alse;
both in erecrimination and explanations Il
enclose copies of both papers, and have had
no subsequent correspondence with the
enemy. f e3 ,Fs<e "a a@e
r. Being delayed by the terms Of the ar
mistice more thari typ weeks, we bad now,
late on the 7th, to begin TO reconnoilre the
different approaches TO the city, within our
reach, before. I could lay down any definite
plan Of attack . -
Ehe same afiernoo laEge body ofthe
as DISC SO sll1otn fliis
lllo7s1o del Rey, ssiiifi1 4 nIile and sa ira
Of this village, where am quarterei with
the general staff and Worth's dlvislon.s
1t might have been supposed that an at-
tack on us was intended; buts9 knowing the
great value to the enemy of those mills,
Cllolinos del Rey. containing cannon
foundry, with !large deposite of powder
in Casla .Mata near them; and having
heard, two days before, that many church
bells had been sent out to be cast into guns
the enemy's movement was easily un.
derstood, and resolved, at once, to drive
him early the next morning, to seize the
powder, and to destroy the foundry.
Another motion for this decision-leav-
ing the general plan Of attack upon the city
for fuller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, that we
knew our recent captures had left tho enc.
my not fourth Of the guns necessary to
arm, all at the same time, the strong works
at each of the eight city gates; and we
could not cut the communication between
the foundry and the capital without first
taking the formidable castle on the heights
of Chapultepec, which overlooked both and
stood between. s
For this difficult operation we were not
entirely ready, and moreover we might al-
together neglect the castle, if, as he then
hoped, our reconnoissances should prove
that the distance southern approaches to
the city were more eligible than his south
western approach.
Hence the decision promptly taken, the
execution of which was assigned 10 Breve1
Major Gen. Worth, whose division was re-
in(orced with Cadwalader's brigade of Pill
4 lows division, three squadrons Of dragons
! under Major Sumner, and some heavy guns
Of the seige train under Capt. Hugar o
the ordnance, and Capt. Drum Of the 4tl
j artillery-two officers of tho highest merit
For the decisive aud brilliant results,
beg to refer to the.report Of the immediat
cofn Observation-Disclosures General WORTH
whose Communications of the gallant off
GERS and men-dead and living-I h 7ar,il,
concur; having witnessed, but with littl
interference, their noble devotion to fam
and to country: SO
The enemy having several times rein
forced his line, and the action soon becom
ing much more general than had expected
] called UP, from the distance Of thre,
miles, first Major General Pillow, with hi
remaining bridade, (Pierce's,) and mex
Riley's brigade ofTwiggs' vision-leav
ing his other brigade (Smith's) in observa
ton, at San Angel. Those corps ap
preached with zeal and rapidity; bat tn
battle was won just as Brigadier Genera
Pierce reached the ground, and had inter
posed his corps between Garland's brigad
(Worth's division and the retreating enc
my.
The accompanying report mentions, witt
4just commendation, two of my voluntee
aids-Maior Kirby, paymaster, and Majo
Gaines, ofthe Kentucky volunteers. | al
SO had the valuable services, on the sala
i field, of several other officers of my staff
general and personul:-Lieut Col. Hitcf
cock, acting inspector general; Capt. R
E. Lee, engineer; Capt. Irwin, chief quol
l,er-master; Capt. Grayson, chief commi;
sary; Capt FL. l.. Scott, acting assistar
=. adutant general ; Lieutenant Williams
) aid-de.camp; and Lieutenant Lay, militar
| secretary. basin s,-. - - .; -. a5'57e27
:, have the honor to be, sir, with ;hig
r respect, your most .obedient; servant, ri! 3
AS ,'.,5azz3 WINFIELD SCOTT.
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