Litchfield enquirer., 1847-04-08
Victory, Victory, Victory!
From tho N, 0 Nel:n. March 2l


 The Scl ooner Wm. C. Preston arrived yesterday from Brnzo$ tom which place ohe sailed on the 10th instant. The news fIom General Taylor, brough, hv this vessel is most cheering. The intense anxiety created among our ri,- LcnS by lhc many alarming runorS which have circulate d thr"ngh llc cUur'rv, re> 'icvCd Iis"It last Cvrulng :n ohe uniSCr- Sal expression of icy and ploud confi> dcncG in :hr superiority ut American Val or! Although these reports nlc si Il vague end indefinite. enough can be galEer' d from 'hc'n to give every as$ur- ance that Ia! Tor has whi. cd Santa Anna.
 From Captain Brown, passenger on ,ke Wm. C. Preslos, We gather the follow. ing rars:crIn's ct tue reports most grnc> rally received at the B,nZos.
 "Gcn. Taylor waS attacked by Santa Anna at .Agua Nueva, m! nfl,ra sharp battle fell hack iu good order, lo the vl. cinily of SalliliH Here he was again attacked ty Santa Auna, and n sharp engagement rrsued, in which Taylor was victorious. Continuing his retreat in grod order, Taylnr fell hack to Monterey where hc arrived in safety. Safety en- Ire. chcd ha,c, and findng Santa Annn wt u4d not attack hir,, Gen. 1'a}!"r salLied "ut nron him, 0nd gare him Battle! A long and severe conflict rnsuet, which >e:nina,rG in the total detnnt nf Snn'a Anna win n very heavy loss. Tho loss ,s rtI orlrd to be between and 5000 - This n ny be nn eXnggrralnn, hut when it is con> 'Gered that I'"y Tor hnd 20 pies c"s Of flying artillery, spIenddiy officer cd and nnnngrd. we venture the upn. ion that the Mexican loss has been very heavy.
 Capt. Brown states lhN, all the points on the Rin Gfande are in hourly expcc. ,atipn Of being attacked by the M-Xicans. At Cn'nnrgo. especially ,he number 0! MrXrans hanging about the outskirts ot 'hc town had created considerable anxie- " aud visilnfce among our troops. At Cumargn there were about 1900. uonps.
 The following is Il list of the American officers, killed and wounded :
 Regutas-Killcd; Cupt. Lincoln, ns- sis,ant Adj. General
 WounGed-- Capt. E.. Stein, Is, Drng. oons, severely Capt. s G. French. srv. rrcIy ; C"p,.J. J. P. o Bgieu, 4,h Antilles ry slightly
 Mississippi Rjnes-Yillcd, It's R. s. Moore and F M'Nul,y.
 Wounded-CoI. J. r. Davis. severely; Capt. M Sharpe, severely IL. A Cor win: severely, It's. pozey and Stockton, slightly.
 First Kentucky Cavalry-Killed, Adj. Vaughan.
 Wounded, one Capt sand tnrco Licu'ls (n" na'nes given)
 Arknnsas Cavalry Killed, Col. A. Yell. C'pt.A. Porter.
 Woun :ed. It. <. A. Radlrr.
 Second Kentucky Foo, Ritlrs-KiIlled. Col. M'ilre IL. Col. I II Gay. Capt. o. W. Morse and Capt W. T. Whis.
 W"uad'd, Lps. E. s. Barbour, Wi,hcrs, and M0Slrr.
 Indiana Brigadr--Wnunded, Gen L-nr 2d Regiment Killed Cnp,s. Kinder, and Walker and IL. pnrr.
 Wounded --Cnps. Saunders and Oa- born. and iis. Cnyrn, Pennington, Morse Lewis. Davis and Eppcrson.
 3A R"gimcn,--K,lIcd, Cnpt. Fagsct. Wounded, Iunj. GorhanI and Capt. Sleep
 ILLINOIS BRIGADE list Regimet kill eh-Col J. J. Hardin, commanding; Capt. z ariskir and Li"u, Honghton
 Wonudcd-L' cuts. J. l. McCornell md II. Ad,ms.
 Ed Regiment, Killed, ,'Cap,. Woodward -Lls Brun,on, Fletcher. Ferguson, Rol- lins. BArlh"son. Arhu>on and Price.
 Wounded : Capt. Coffee and Capt. Ba. k"r, L'ls. Pickett, Engleson. Steel and West ard Adjulanl Whj'rsidr.
 Texas Company Killed, First Lieut.. and Second Lieut.. Leonburd.
 Wounded, Capt. Conner.