Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-24
MExicu AND THE WAR


ihccr', srings dds,lcj Eeoun, Of the late
l'oe'aclions arar the Cry Of Mexico 800
Z They are very volnm,nou', and ~ they
I state na'h,rg new we d, not think il adv.
aide 20 pnelsh them. aud Ne donbt Nhcth-
e. our rcalsrs woaM wade pailcnlly thtoug h
thur l,nglh,ned i ssila
B,low will be found letter giving m
exceedingly sueeInci and graphic account
Of The interesting battle, preceding the inal
capture Of The Meticaa capital by our
t,oops AMI as il was written bv on officer
from our own State wtIl be doublv inter
cs,Inv to orr reader.
CITY On MEuco. Otl lG tSI1.
Il IS noV nbnu, five months SINCE / have
wnrcn to any Of Won q, homc-my hN
being tiom Pu,Lh, soon Dtcr NY atr-
'aI there IN May aui which suppose YOU
never received MS | sent il 10 V,fa Cuz hy
SOME McAlcan express tenplnycd hy ny
and never heard II be go,lhrongh Oar
communication TO the rear was at lla.ti.ne
AMI has been ever since entirely cut on :.
our hHcc bang 80 small That wc wrlc
Obliged to keep oil a, the head Of the line.
without leaving any to garrison the road
IA HE rear. suppose yon have long ere
has heard Of our complete aud cnlirc sue.
c'ss in The greatest and most remarkable
expedition Of which history bears record
OnIy ihink ofl small army Of ten thou.
sand men invading couLlty u eight mil.
ions oI 'nbabIanls Tor upwards Of three
hundred miles md attacking IT., capital.
that capital being de(,nlcd by thirty thou.
sand soldiers, well arm,d, ,n,rnchcd. abun.
dainty supplied with all the munitions Of
war, aud one hunlud pieces Of artillery.
and assisted by population Of two huulnd
thousand, aud the bllJ,sl and most daring Of
oil, the invading army leaving us commu.
nIcailons with IT'S basis ofrpcralions.' (Vcra
cruz 'nurcly cut or aud without hcpcoi
lcIuIotccm, uls.
shall not attempt TO give YOU any dc
scrplion Of the battles we have had IN the
valley cf Mexico, as you will guii by The
papers. We Grst came upon the cncmys
positions on the l2lh Of August, and halted
and brought together our whole force at
Chnlco, from which place we were recon-
nolicrlng and marching round and inspect
lag tho roads, and making them over, ni.lt
aud day, Tor three days, when we finally
took the road or San Augustine, marching
entirely around Lake Chnlco. and on a
road almost impossible and cut up with
dnches, and filled with stone nnl rock. O
enormous size, rolled down from the hills
by he rascaIIy Nexicnns md when with
IN nJ.ut ten mills Of San Augustine they
commenced fling upon us frcm the hills,
but we kept going ahead, driving them be- /
fore us through the 6elds-lhcv not being
IN force, Tut onl y ont to annoy us md I'M
prdc our march Ga the night Of the l7'h
we arrived n; SIN Augusinc, ten miles
hom Mexico, ind found that Santa Anna
had l,i there but ll,lc white before nld
that his whole army had come out and for
uhcd lhc cnuscwnys, The entrances into the
city, and occupied two positions unE.n
sigLt and about three nil S from us--lhc
one San Antcnio, on our lighr. aud Con-
tfcra', on our l,h The first we lhrcnu
ed Ly placing Wort's division in front Of
It and even within the fire Of rs guns. whir.
the rest Of the whole army On the 10Th
marched out TO Conrcros, where they
fought all the afternoon Ia gGtmg orr
positions our OBJECT beng TO luin The place .
aud get possession Of the road in their rear
and thereby cut Oh lbelr Tur,at as also ~
prevent their bong reinforced fom san
Antonio or the city. This was ,n,c M
'hc darkest anl rain, ea NIGH, ever wi'. .
~ sod and Mt dawn in The morning orr
troops haIg'd INTO their Qualifications from
three directions beiore they had time 10
discover ots move IN the Short space
pl nineleen minutes they were compilI y
routed and we had al their works, lw,nry
seven cannon, and murc ammunition than
wc could usc, together with about one thou.
sand prisoner; among lhom Grn Salas.
But when the Mc1icaus broke and con-
ceOc to run for the road t,a, leads to q
'hy, II ever asct Of men got apoppering it
was them same Our men followed then.
giving mo them as they run, the 'greascis'
hroNing away lh,ir guns sud running fr
dear life; and he ground was perfectly
sfcwcd wnh their dead, the entrance
10 the causevay they were about THREE deep
This was The niUer Of Their army, com
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