The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-24

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the lady from whom he received thanks and salu
taons and assurances that II chance should cause
them TO meet under different he should be
entitled to the distinguished and respect
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she soothing him in his misortuues and endesvorng
To assuage MS reverses by that kindness and devoted
attachment tor which the women of this country are
justly notorious-and no doubt In the of
two months from this time His Excelency will be d.
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COCK ngntng1n which cembsts he has heretofore been
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THE sToRMINa OF cHApULTEPEc--THE REPORT OF
MEXICAN GENERAL BRAVO.
ExcELLENr Sir: Having to give you and the nation an
OF the late at the fortress of Chapu
full necessity Of doing the present note which az
you may only relative to the days Of
to that Time from his exceency the President GEN.
ral-in.ehief, Don Lopez de Santa An ma
On the afternoon Of the iith the enemy took posses
the woods OF Chapultepec the side which move
ment plainly indicated their intention of attacking in
that quarter natural suppose they could
no other, In retakiDg possession points they had
abandoned on the sth This indicated likewise the ne.
cessty part Of attending to the defence of the
wood the of that depended that of
the fortress for without 1t the garrison would have
deprived OF all assistance and would have been in
need OF water, which was obtained from there
The forces which had under my command on the
morning Of the 18th amounted, according to the
closed account to $50 men, distributed in the
therein stated and pieces Of artillery three heavy
calibre Ave smaller and two mountain hOwzers all sup
piled With full ammunition and artillery or the
said forces there 1857 to keep the lower points
and roads Of the h and the rest kept the heights The
Notifications of the building had hardly
the fort protected by wood too feeble to resist
the artillery Of the enemy In this state affairs the
envy commenced firing at half past six the morn
ing OF the 2h from three batteries situated at the
cacenda de la Condesa another the
de Tacntaya, and the third on the hills of Moline del
Rey Their firing continued until half past seven at
night Their different projectiles superior to ours did
not cause much damage at first owning the badness
OF their aim, but rectifyng their aim the edhce sus
killed. wounded and hurt. Among the latter was tho es
teemed and faithful Don Nicolas Soldana This arp
only answered by three OF large pieces the carriage
for The fourth not having been sent FROM the citadel
had been requested by During this day two aids
de-csmp from his Excslency the President, and one
from your Excelency sent to me to know and to
ascertain If needed any assistance in defending the
fortress My only TO his Exceency that one
or two batalions should be sent to to be station
ed In the wood to support the small about
In 1t
The active battalion of San Bias, under command Of
its olonel Xecontenca cent but recalled in
the evening by his Exceency the President without
giving the chief, who had charge OF the position
any notice whatever. Between q and P. M, another
from the President received which induced
me to 30 down TO he gate Of Rastrio and see him In
person He then told me that he had already recalled
the battalion Of San Bias, and gave orders to with
draw the small force they had supported, his Excel
lency was determined to abandon that position and de-
fend the height alone.
Your excelency il aware of the observations made
opposite to that resolution and that the effect they
induced the President to with that it
ed to send another battalion that very night ia
TO maintain the position In the woods and reinforce the
Of its being promptly done stating to his that
with the troops then there, 1t was impossible to
it, the battalion from Toluca had nearly all deserted
and that tho small force remaining had lost all moral
courage, from the effects Of the fighting that
But the President concluded by saying, that he would
send them Immediately, he did not wish to con.
cenrate too large force in h fortress and thus pre-
sent greater body to the power OF the ensmys proec
in time The battalion offered not sent, and this
obliged to dismember the force had guarding the
heights to augment with 100 men that which
tanning the point below, and with 1872 men the outer
works Ofthe fortress with orders the
iu of m attack by superior force By this
the force that stationed In the woods comprised
Of 374 kept the advance outer works and 243
the fortress During the night the deserton continued
though in less numbers the garrison Of the out work
likewise diminished, and of all the battalion from
Go.ney, which, when reviewed IL, amounted to 450
there only remained ~ and the officers, D.
Leon Cardenas, D. Julian Mulua D. Manuel Irmsnez
D. Jose Maria Cortes and Angel Colna therefore, at
daylight the 18th, only counted little 200
men In the principal part Of the fortress to resist the
assault OF those OF the enemys columns $500 to 1000
strong; and many Of these few demon
by the fatal example OF their companions and that
some OF their Ocsrs mat they attempted hight In such
degree to make it to fire upon several
them, who were letting themselves down from the
top Of the battery In view Of the difficult position, and
knowing that the enemy would commences the assault
immediately and judging by the activity Of their fire in
the mornog directed you hour after my note ofthe
18th in when stated the deseron OF the
absolute necessity of my being reinforced by different
kind OF soldery otherwise II would be impossible
defend the fortress and that my responsibility would
leave ut that moment.
The aid de camp who took this note returned to thu
fortress and told me that he had delivered the note into
President who also read the note, at the house OF
Alfaro Seeing that the time passing OF, that the
enemy had commenced moving his columns, and the
help required did aot arrive in spite Of fourth note
OF that morning and the repeated offers Of the Pre-
sident to send Two thousand to the fortress in
time of need aud knowing that General Razgel's
brigade near the fort sent two aids to request
his assistance then which in short time would DO Of
no avail The Generals Rszse aud Pima Barragon an
swered by the last OF my aids that they could not
to my assistance without the orders OF the Presi
dent At nine In the morning the columns OF the enemy
protected by an active ire from their artillery commenced
entering the woods the side OF Meno del Rey and ad
vancing by the Tacubaya road. The weakness of the
forces that covered the abundant trenches towards the
woodforces that had been diminished Iy assertions the
night beforelet the enemy advance with slight obsta
Giles and take possession Of the works being
per to observe here that the troops had been
ut these points did not fall back the fortress
ordered.
The hill being completely surrounded by the enemy,
they charged their greatest force on the west side
which Is the easiest OF access and for which reason
had prepared mines the train of which posses
sed by the Engineer u. Manuel Aleman, who had been
instructed to blow them up when ordered but this off,
although he had been particularly charged
leave the place where he receive my orders any
account whatever, did not comply, and when he was
sought for at the critical could not be found
hence the prepared mines were Of avail and the
my had this great obstacle out ST the way This crcum
stance the hand, and the large number OF the
enemy the other, and the want of all help and the
falling back of troops that defended the outer works
spread among the artillery men who had
wounded and they few from their ground and confusion
shortly communicated to the few soldiers that remained
that earthly effort could contain them aud make
the enemy's triumph dear to him.
The enemy however, sustained proportionate loss TO
the resistance that made, and through it, and the
remembrance without doubt Of that they
in the action of the 5th tho result Of which had consi
dsraby disheartened his troops he
Ia the assault hres and the advan
tages he had gained Therefore, IL be assured that
with little more help In the way OF reinforcement with
which We could have prolonged the defence for some
tine the enemy beaten would have to his Damp
at Tucubays, to put In execution the retreat which
few days before IL reported had been
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