Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-11-04
ARMY lNTELLlGENcr,
.rur cApTrrKr oF MEXICO.

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60 or N,x,co Sen oSl 1877
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r,rt ,f The t,,.. az coo,,vras aud Chnr1..ro and
,,,y h.vs q, oe ,n ,, al, ,, ,n "a, .eY,rely CONTESTED
,c,. which re,nl, in tho etfc npre Of the Menican
.,uv the All, The ,sri,s Ia nay kti.r q the Sd inst
~. "a, IN. n,rg,lin, an mons of the day nth regard
Tho rs,bi,it,es If r.,c. whc 4, iha, iire
ere,t The NEGOTIATIONS continued 10 br carried ni
N, appearance u SUCCESS anti, the h.a lien Nj Irs
reinyced ~i h the news that shc Men,cs, gu,enmen
rad rraxssd h The p'sfsS'iofs II lho American
,,n.nissuaers & at The saue time 6es >cgu discovered
that The cny being fortified - ytlslin al The arms
ice. lie gave Ssna Anna Mi IL NJ. iia ,h. 10 fern
r,r,ce the negotiations and tr hl. brscl ii tih
Put no aro!.c, came aud the time III action At
lasa
1tla sar pint ii the enemy Inc vas strong aBa
7T nafl orr ,nahie work on the Tap II step aud
rrki @, asu, Etales irin The city, and Was called
thlf4fsrs Us eahmn innlan drl ehurell 1he nun
ylage lecHedga "hrre Ten oe"ts and 9fn j.
Ntras e"dqusrers were. ss "ei' ~ lh' nai ifad'hs
q ne ely am The s1aednc' whe' supplies II win vi
ter. The h'll was slrnngy iofhn on al sld's ahb On
he top was cov'Ted ~ hasSi'e STONE huu'nts u '''f
Mexican Military oaii'ge lhe sdcs ii HE hal "tic
ragged. and III ch I'd nigh stone val I'm ""nd gfr
part g" H. Tn the side OF TIT hill arihfsi if1n IL man
read fv'm Iaca'"ya' TO Tic Guy. Was hmhdrl Which
waswpresn's'd ashifg nnprieei'd, but mil "i amnmn
iion. Il wac ihereine Dc rinhcd 10 carry II with the
intention u s,mmng C''ai'a,cfc On thai side. The
sitsck ccnmenced early an the morning III, sth. h, 4
.'arn'iae party Of h"ihs division, which vas at
tackled 81 tuvsusly. and s'eeSss such tremendous
and urexpcccs IRE ii a,'levy. that the, were obliged
10 fall back. ayne their dead and ~ouss"d lying upon
the fld The Mexlcsn, after the rctresi. oui and
killed nearly all The "onnd,d. among them oilres.
The whsle 81 WORMS DIVISION was 'en "dertd up, as
well IL Cadwalad'ts brigade, and alter furious and
tlcoy light 81 an hnf they hnaliy drove he eoeny oni
al their woih' WIN 'ss 81 iHh"s"d Killed a1d "onn
ded' lr''des (asa'ef"af,s tza''") :" 'n0u.ea ana
two officers The 'nomy s@'fkS we found 10 be much
stranger 'han was Expected consisting ii "goar fo,
word suTr'und'ng siro'r sono AMI winch was fllod
with men .snd which mooned TEN pieces ii atlller, prn
apaiv four aud eie, ponnd'fs The eneny, Who seem
I'd 10 "s'drr 'an me main aiark IN 'hapn'i'ptc.
tng'd With Iii- nWsl d eyed is'iisc, and courage
and returned NJ less man UNIV vines aef hey had been
onyen out. Our own hss. from the nature III the
gnupd. very great. iieenty orr nicers were
k,ed and Wounded ou, Of forty three pnsr0i, and
Iy eight hundred men There were in The acllun, only
about 3.5Dj Of on uSps. while the MeNican inrce
stated NJ themselves d, have been about 10000. The
sih lrisnfy suffered greatly aud ont with only
three officers. Lieut.. e. Morris behaved very gallant,
ly ori MAS ~ uptrlnnai' as 10 b" SHIT through The
ieg jest Shave The anre Tw'egs' dlvs.on was not
engaged 10 ~" h'iile Il .holno del hfg, OF hug :
MI y IS called The null Was tut op,wder. aud
si,sT ..e hght was over de" up hy accident and
killed Lieut. Afn'sif ~ Il He afib''J.
IN a., tHs acihn h's' u.s. llir lives al nRe Ulcers
oir oFs"n hao eeen 'y'e n The village ct Saa IN
te'u" NE ",sth"'n "' we izlh, when "ord came To
move mp 10 I'ea"d l'''r VII ge about 4" miles rom
1hspu'iepc' as wen rs 'rm nc ciiy The Doctor
gu nae " ~ 10 'he hoSp'a' lie t'td sad no =
ven. on N s"ae"a, a. ""s loo SICK to walk, lha,
= We a'''''u al ''ta'' "hrtr We ht'on''krd III"
-" Gay 'he S'"t,es' having teen rot ln'o position AT
iteA-aya h' nHn.9'''"g l. hapal''rcc. e'pn"trcd H.
ing AZ dayheht w = could sre The whtle II It + IN
@nste We were ahd 'n'i splendid 1ghi II Was EylN
h''' "th e'is""s '"n"! I'm im''dng aud ryrfy shcll
sor" up me "a" prs "h' lhtif fire. VS. Sa'oly less
~ ~ S.ffh"n aeil WAS madc 'r al picked nn.I
u zoe tofspf" NOPE, u Storm the neat mon'ng day
txhi
~ Gay {h on she i5'll, Ill We're IN expectation. At
q a; "a ue o'u,t cam" W s"'rn's 'rgad" To march
lAsnlnya. IN ten minutes wele On the Toad al
- hurry ih Tear We might he Ton l'c. We ep INTO
'ae fu''ga AMI nia.ched down tasrIp II Gov Qurlnp"
IN" - wv" ~. ~ -, '1Se vas very hea
as w" ''' eN' =" '"e i,af 9" our "" batteries,
" " ~ -. -" f"'sS sum, oat HN ont, We
'''"s VI ~ """" p'ih""} : theiod us nn
'nf '"o ~ao,ns eael""c' were oIdrTed to dcpoy as
sN,'. NW WV" u, we s'a''st aef ss me open hck
81 neeH'''! nun "h'o" n" 81 ihagarN plants
80 '"S "n , pace we "er'hen lTn'd nearly as
ne "ofn,', were n lAt Is al a Tie lot OF
~ mn =" wv ''R' nVN,"s te@atd The eIiy; an the
sh' 81 ne h"d ~ di'rh r2fally sheltered from The
z'9fny ''t' was YIN '''in orlsaie, while Two of
o'i c"hpu'''s We're d'F'!td IN ditch perpendicular
= we laia ana ahet one hundred and hhy yards from
a'e e"", "'''t"s, "'h. fiio" division attacked
IN ~" ~'' :" ue mn, opposite 10 Hs Alicr sbout
h"uss iaro hh2. the enemy 5 began 10 slackcn, and
tae "'fa WIS gwen "cat5n W rushed forward. and
ia'bne hfa''s we carried the frs battery. The Ri
MS 'n ffel F. "uery WIN lhs strmins party. Which