Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-05-11
CAMP NEAR PLAN DEL RIO, }
April 1S, 4 o'clock, Pm.

b. r..- AtIA ACS GIOCkS L. NJ.
sa The Americao arms have achieved an
other glorious and most brilliant victory
Qrtnumbering Gen. SCOTS force materi
ally, and occupying POSITIONS which looked
impregnable as Gibralter, one after anoth
or OF their works have been taken to day,
five generals, colOnels enough to command
ten such armies as ours, and other officers
innumerable, have been taken prisoners,
togethef with 5000, and the rest of their
army driven and routed with the loss OF
every thing, ammunition, cannon, bag
gage train, all. Nothing but the irbpos:
sibility of Ending road tol the dragons
to the rear of the enemy's works saved
any part of Santa Annals grand army, in
GLIDING his own illustrious person.
Among the prisoners is our old friend
La Vega. who fought with his accustom.
ed gaTGntry. Nothing saved Santa Anna
but the want of dragons on The other side
OF their lines. As il Is, his travelling
e. coach, together with all his papers, valu.
ables, and even his wOOden leg, have fall
len into our hands, together with all the
money ofhis army. No one anticipated,
when they arose from their hard bivOuack
this morning, such complete victory.
The loss on both sides has been heavy
how could it have been otherwise p
r The rough and rocky road, cut through
rugged defiles and dense chapparal by our
trOoys, is now lnned with our wounded.
Con. Shields was severely. and am fe ar
full, MORALLY wounded. Gen. Pillow was
also wounded, although slightly, while
storming fertilization on this side com.
manded by La Vega. All the field Off
GERS of Col. HaskelPs regiment were
wounded al the same time, save himself
Ofthe Rifles, captain Mason has lost a
leg, Lieut. Ewell has been badly wounded
.. Lient. McLane, slightly. | have already
mentioned the gallant Maj. Sumner and
other officers wounded yesterday.
rof have specified some regiments above
which si9halized themselves; it happened
to be their fortune, in the disposition of
the battle, to fail upon what all good SOL
diers msy term pleasant places-the most
difficult works TO storm--and brayely ard
witeout faltering did they execute the
perilous duties assigned them. At o'clock
I this afiernOcn Gen. I'wiggs, whose divis
a ion has been in the hardest of it, was
pursuingthe flying enemy towards Jalapa.
> Piarson, who commanded the forts near
est Plan d.r Rio, asked Of Gen. Worth
time to consider before he capitulated.
q DESTROYS to come TO terms, Gen Worth
gave him fifteen minutes, and he surren.
dered unconditionly! Had he not done SO
: the. slaughter would have been terrible.
t'-I write in great haste, and have no
time for particulars. The NAMES Of the
= killed and wounded | will ascertain as
soon as possible. think that FIVE hun
dred will cover our entire loss. Had it
not been for the positive cowardies of
Santa Anna and Canalizo, who ran, before
the bnttle--at least in brave mems hands
was half lost, it would have been far
greater. No one, at present 8can eitima: Q
the loss of the Mexicans-they are scat
tsrsd on the hills, in the roads, every where.
al What disposition Gen. Scott is to make
OF the prisoners is yet unknown. He may
set them all at liberty on their paroles,
from the difficulty offeeding them, and to
accelerats his own advance movements.
We shall here By tomorrow. wish he
could send The officers at least to the
United States, for there is a fine string
of them.
Il IL now impossible to name officers
who distinguished themselves. connot
however omit to mention Coils. Harvey,
Riley and Childs, of the regulars, Coils
Baker, FoHman andHaskell, Of the volun.
asers,. as every one is talking ofthem.
II write this in great haste, and with
noise, confusion, and every thing else a.
round me. You cannot appreciate the
victory. To describe the ground and for
tiicasions Of the enemy, the difficulty of
turning their outer works, and the toll and
peril undergone by the troops, were inn
possiblO.
MOI time to say another word, send
this off by an express. II Is Gen. SCOTS
intention, / know, TO push on. towards the
city Of Mexico with all haste. Tomorrow
Twill write more fully, and send by Gen
Scots express. Yours, G.. W.K.
The Mexican loss upon the heights was
awfhl--tbe ground in places is covered
with the dead Their loss in the retreat
was terribly severe--every by path is
s.rswn with the dead. Canalizo, with
his noted lancers, had the prudence to
b0snoa early. g. w. K,