Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-09-23

engaged wilhtbe outposts Of the enc.
my, and the heavy booming Of cannon Z
now gave tokenthat the noted 2tttliyi-s.
sion had fallen upon another strong
work.
fRat Few minute. more and a ire
sinebdoas firing from the right, and iIn-
main road from San
Augnstip .the capital, made it
evident that tssn. Worih's division was
actively engaged. He had completely
turned he strong works Of San Anto-
MO, !, but while: doing 50 the enemy had
abandoned the. place =: with the loss
other heavy guns, and had, fallen back
uponshis second and strobger line Of
works. 1t was now at the Commence (
ment ofthe battle, about cne O'clock
in the afternoon, and sure such rat.
aling Of fire arms has seldom or never
been heard on the continent Of Ameri-
ca, accoI panied with such boomingDf
artlllerf; antislhis was continued .over
two hr lrs and untilthe enemy was full,
sly routta from every point, and until
those who were not killed or taken
prisoners wee in full flight for the
city.
/ Let nj endeavor il, wore's ,to gire
the reader an'fdea of tRs' position and
works Of the enemy.a As you come
along the road leading g. IF Ssp su-
guslin to the capital, and in ' q,
this ide the Puenie del Rosana, the
Mexicans. had thrown 0p ST. ing and
exceedingly well-buiIt battery, COM
handing iheroad completely. On the {
right as you faced the city, stretching
for long distance, was continuous
ditch, behind the bank Of which an i'm
mense number of Mexican infantry
were posted. On the left ofshe tefe de
pont, or work at the bridge, three hum
eHed yards distant, was the church Of
Chnrubusco, or San Pablo, strongly
fortified with works. for infantry, and
also having aSwell constructed battery
containing a number Of guns Of heavy
.caibre. e
This work was a little advanced
from the tete de ponf, and nearly inR
linz. betweehit and the village Of CO.
snoycan. Further on, on the other side.
of the work at the bridge, and about
three hundred yards from the road, was
alarge building, well adapted for the
protection. of infnntry, and in which
the enemy had also posted an immense
body. The ground in the vicinity Of.
all these points was completely cover
ed with corn, and other fields, cut up
in every direction by wide and deep
bitches, presenting obstacles innumer-
ableto the advance of our Troops
No reconnaissance of the position Of the
enemy had been,made, anc consequent
ly itssstrength could only be ascertain
ed by hard blows and knocks.
The divisions Of Gems. Twiggs and
Worth were at once engaged, The for
mer with the church apdstrongbold Of
Churubusco, and tbssSatter with the
batteries at the Bulge; md sisthe mean
time Gen. Shields's tfigades-the n.
York and South Carolina volunteers
together with the 9th, 18th and 18th
regiments of infantry under General
Pierce, we're hurrying onward from
Conoycan to attack the hacienda.
Soon they too were engaged, and now
the battle became general. The enc
my had over twenty pieces OF cannon,
all in admirable position, and served
with more that admirable skill, while
but few Of our guns could be brought
to bear. The battery Of Capt. Frank
Taylor, tits trpe, opened a well-direc-
ted fire upon Churubusco, but So ex-
posed was its situation tia, it suffer-
ed most terribly, both in officers and
men,.
To describe the fierce conflict, even
now that two days have elapsed, orsio
give an account Of the part taken by
the different regiments, were IMPOSES
Bile. From the opening ofthe strife
up to the tire the Mexicans were en-
tirely routed and in full flight for he
city, was one continuous roar of cannon
and musketry, accompanied BY the
loud shouts Of the victors, as some new
vantage ground was gained; and high
above estlinsrose dense column Of
smoke, at times completely shsoudhg
the combaiants.
The strength 81 the enemy at tins
battle is known 10 have bee ss W.
at least, many say 2o,9c *
troops and 4a Tosi:a staunxbd - - =
strength 0ppose'eni III s.o
bout 5000 Ame III SS.s'
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