Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-30

of soldiers otherwise would be impossible defend the
fortress, and that my responsibility would cease that
men' me ad-decamp who took this note returned to the
fortress and told that he had delivered the into your
hands having found you with his exceency the PRESIDENT
who also read the note, at the house of Afaro.
Seeing that the time was passing off, that the enemy had
commenced moving his columns and the help required did
arrven spite OF my fourth of that morning. and the
repeated oilers Of tho President send 2O0v the for
tres In time of needand knowing that Gen. Ranges brigade
the fort aids to request his assistance
them which, in short time, would be of no avail The
Gems Range and Pena Baragan by the last of
my aids that they could not assistance without the
orders of the President
AT the morning the columns of the enemy protect
ed by active fire from the artillery commenced entering
the woods the side of Moline del Rey and advancing by
the Tacubaya road The weakness forces that covered
the abundant trenches towards the woodrces that had been
diminished by deseons the night befoe-let the enemy adj
with slight obstacles and take possession of the
wokst being proper to observe here that the troops who
had been beaten at these points did not fall back the fortress
ordered
The hill being completely surrounded by the enemy they
charged their greatest force the west side which is the
OF and for which had prepared
the secret of which possessed by the Engineer d.
Manuel Aeman, who had been instructed blow them up
when ordered but this officer although he had been parc
ay charged not leave the place where he receive
my orders any account whatever, did comply and
when he sought for at the critical could not be
found and hence the prepared of no avail and the
enemy had this great obstacle out OF the way This crcum
the hand and the large number of the enemy
tue oher ana the want OF all he and the falling back Oh the
troops that defended the works, spread amongst
the artillery who had not been wounded and they fled
from their guns, and confusion shortly communicated to the
few soldiers who had remained that no earthly effort could
contain them and make the enemys triumph deaer to him.
The enemy however, sustained proporonae loss to the
resistance that made and though and the remembrance,
without doubt of that they experienced in the action of the
Sththe result of which had considerably dsheaened his
troopshe vacillate in the assault, nowthstand
ing the smaness of fires and the advantages he had gain
ed Therefore it be assured that with little help
in the way of reinforcement with which could have pro-
onged the defence for tme the enemy BEATEN would
have returned to his camp in acubaya put in execution
the retreat which few days before reported had been
determined on
is impossible for TO give your Exceency
account of our loss, because in my position prisoner,
in want of all the necessary documents only
you that OF all those who remained in the fort up the last
moment, those who killed either wounded
taken prisoners Among the former have to mention, he
being of those have been able to find out Gen. Don
Juan Nepomuceno Perez, killed by a ball, (Which
CHANGING struck my aid Lie D. Francisco Iazo Estrada
The Col of Engineers D. Juan Cano, and my Adutant D.
Lncan Calvo whose family particularly recommend the
protection of the Supreme Government The greater part of
those who accompanied complied with their duty and
their behavior correspondent with what the honor and sancy
of the cause engaged in demanded
All Of which have the honor of informing Exceency,
in order that you may inform his exceency the President,
and offering you the consideration of my great esteem.
God and Liberty. Tacubaya, Sept. IA, 1917.
NICHOLAS BRAVO.
To his Excelency the MINISTER OF WAR AND MARINE.