Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-04-01
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GEN. TAYLOR
VyCTORIOUS!!!
ea American officers Killed
and Wounded.
sAYyETHAc k An Ex asn A.;TMAEvL ok. 10
LOSS OF COILS. YELL, M'KEE; HAR-
DIN AND HENRY CLAY, JR.

We stop the press TO announce the suthen-
Intelligence received BY this evenings mail,
,fGen. TArLoR's glorious victory At Buena
Tlsls.
twill be seen that number Of gallant sol
,ers Of the Repulc have fallen--among them
cd HARDIN, late Wing member of Congress.
dtheeallantsonof HEsaY CLAY. SANTA Az
=, oivps a somewha, different account Of the
flair. but it is clear, even from his own bonn
b,s,ic iargon, that he has sustained most dis
,.,rous defeat The news is from the N. o.
picayune, for whom il was prepared by an Of
fccr Of the army, and may be relied on.
Gen. TAYLOR was every where in the thick
e,t Of the fight lie received d ball through hi,
oyer toat, but ,cas not injured
The scene Of action was at Buena Vista.
about miles west Of Salllo.
The lighting CONNIE need on the 22d Februa
~ and ended on the 23d Santa Anna retired
70 Aqua Nueva, distance OF 10 miles, leav.
ng 1000 killed and wounded upon the field.
lheloss on ourpart was 700 killed and wound
3D. SANTA ANEA's forces amounted 10 al least
5000 That OF Gen. TAYLons,o about 5000,
Almost entirely volunteers.
His army is composed Of Washington's and
Brag's Artillery and Thomas Batteries, one
SQUADRON Of the LIST and second Dragons, the
Arkansas and Kentucky Cavalry, a brigade
Of Illinois and one also Of Indiana volunteers,
the first Mississippi and second Kentucky reg
imenls and one company Of Texas volunteers.
Dr. T. broughta list Of CO officers killed
end wounded. left in such haste that | was
unable to obtain copy, but recollect among
the killed. Cap. Lincoln, Assistant Adlutani
General u. S. Army; Col. Yell Of the Ar.
kansos Cavalry; Capt Moor Adjutan. Vaug-
han, and three others not named Of the Ken
lucky Cavalry, Col. Mckee, Lieut.. Col Clay,
sou Of Henry Clay, Capt, Willis, I'd Ken
lucky Infantry, Col. Hardin and Major Gour
man of the Illinois Brigade; together with ma
nv oc the Indiana Brigade, several Of the Mis-
s5sippi Regiment, and the Leuicnanis Of The
Texas Volunteers Among the wounded,
remember Gen. Lane. Col Jefferson Davis,
First Mississippi Regiment; Capt. Stein, Is,
L. s Dragons; Capt. Conner, Of the Texas
Volunteers; Lieuts $ c. French and o.
Brian, Z. s. Artillery; Lieut.. Barbour, I'd
Kentucky Infantry; Lieut. Corwin, LIST Mis-
sssippi Regiment; and Lieut.. Whiteside, Of
the Indiana Brigade
The officialdcspatches Of Gen. TAYLOR have
teen cut off.
Col. Morgan's regiment Of Ohio Volunteers
teng reinforced by a command from Monte
rey, had reached that place in safety.
Col Curtis, of Ohio, with one company,
capt Hunter, of the I'd L. S. Dragons, his
own regiment, one of Indiana volunteers, the
Virginia regiment, and think some Texas
Rangers, in all about 1000 men, were about to
leave Camargo, to attack Gen. Urea. who is
sad to be about so miles south of that place
with an army Of 1000 to 5000 men, principal
Il rancheros.
After the battle, Gen. TAYLOR demanded o.
SiSr, ASyA an unconditional surrender Of
his whole army, which the latter GecGned but
IL return requested Gen. TAYLOR 10 surrender
immediately. Immortal be the reply Of old
Rough and Ready, as delivered by the gallant
lieut. CRIrrENpES-
GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRExDERsi"