The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-15

the 2d dragons, besides severely woundng guide iona.
Gen. Garand's brigade now ordered to occupy The
hacienda OF Carers wnhin plain sight and range OF
AIDE and The battery under Col Dnncan took station Ia
the close by The officers az onca sent
out 70 reconnoitee by Cen WORTH the praci
cabiliy of turning the strong works of the enemy and in
the mean time Gen. Scott had despatched Capt Lee vita
and body ofthe iith Infantry nnde Col eira6am' 10 A.
certain The practicabity Of finding by which the
village OF san Angel could be reached and thus the
stronghold at San Antonio This party sha rp
with The advance of the enemy, the main body
beng found posted at strong point far from the acto
ry Of Conreros.
Ia the skrmish six eight Mexicans were killed
anu as many more taken prisoners side
was touched The result of the reconnaissance proved ia
yorabe, l was escertained that road could be made
which would enable the army reach San Angel, and
thus turn the strong batteries at San Antonio and perhaps
and the city of Meaieo The tIexieans We're plainly seea
IN force at commanding position Contreros and
but nj council held at night, determined upon
attack them the following day.
In the mean time, while this reconnaissance prog
ress Gen Worth had established his headquarters tie
hacienda of Curera, while from the windows countless
OF San Antonio About they opened upon the
hacienda with both round shot and Shelf nearly every
the building Latc in the evening the batteries again open
ed, but with other result lhan showing the position
the different guns For marvel the batteries silent
during the night Had the fire been kept up the hacienda
might have been torn in pieces and the entire command
Before going further it may be well that the city
o. Mexico lles about nine miles nearly north of San Angus
recuon while The point occupied by Gen. Valencia near
see s aa n nnd ia 'dh, ne AZ sI
was ten miles the way many OF troops had to march,
for you cannot imagine rough, uneven, and Jagged
surface
AT eight O'Clock the morning of the l9h, the batteries
again opened ON Cen Worth's position the haciend :,
San Antonio the balls crushing through the walls aud
filling tue rooms with fragments of plaster and broken fur
nue. Shells also burst in the air the building, and
the pieces dropped among the men stationed the
So no, was the fire that the troops Obliged gam shell
behind tue building but SIN did not give up the posi-
ton About nine o'clock the divisions OF Generals Pillow
Contreos, and by one IN the afternoon in plan sight
of the eneys batteries and within range Of the heavier
The brigade Of Gen. p T. Smith ordered to advance
directly towards the enemys works while that of Col Riley
moved towards small Village TO lie rah with orders /,
gain the main road and thus be enabled any re
Inducements which might be -ont TO Valencia nom the
advance Of Cen smith, and 5000 the rides We're enaaaed
Ia skir.ns with the pckets of the enemy ana dvne
them in.
The 2.pounder battery of Capt Magruder was pressed
forward with all speed as was also the ro,ket and moan
,ain how,t1er hatterv noy h -, Tauan
# the ordnance dep,rtment As soo ~ thew con,d @ain
position they opened pom the enemy but We're so much
enc.d Lieut Johnson of The =, lrv bu a,tachad 70
ande wan oae was moIa y IoInsa wh'e Lieut.
AZ three O'Clock tie brigade of Gen Calaader was
ain en- on ,hel W., n f heaVy e'orcsnena
peree's breade was ses, To- sustain CA any sm,h "a
np from tie batteries Of the enemy coo,inued ;nnesn,
Will, from I'M last onts;de of ,h m or Of ,hei @ m
anac was most pr,nd AMI IL av -, = u ''ei guns Tue
nsnse ,no,b If h oo atso, n,a sea ne
ShiaLl'L hrigs5 fr,n 60 49,, -, - $500,
1,,n,n,s ssrnnanI 30 ~, -, ~ a. pe u
adyalad.r and nreven, If aousl,e aP, sy " , h
,rcas ,,n;,,, On, 60, - s, "a ny " VI ie
u, tv of he ,novenanis ~ az oi, ~ a
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hann,r,, shaw ,oo,s ~ - i u, ~ aue us s
ba wss r1eIs y an motion OF the
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,osn, In T, ntrv ,v,r. s,a Jrs,, 10 20 az, -, IL ~
,r;ns ,pi, lo,,, iinas ~ - , " " ' "a
onei in the rear as aa,,p, th oh of y Me'e To- ~,
soaram ch, rges of he lsar u.ra M CO., W.
~ Colonel Riley who had n,oved bis hrir IA ~ an. nm
=, 80, ~ ,.l "a: i,s " iuN az oho une
Ioncl 81, maj ,vas m In 80 ;o,n :, @ Wins
,rv n The scene ~ action In, - - JsraJ ,,,t. -
roct,cabe The natnrc ~ ,e ,ro"na 90 ,oh ~ ~
nfntrv even had rre,t iitn,1, ~ ,;nd;,, ~ n.y., :, 80
ne yedyepal IA the Sexcans FERN H. co,,sd Iii
harp iaoyed rocks e 800
UnIii yht had fairly closed in the fir, fro mo a,eny,
,a ,eries did MOI sjacken-it f,,d haen can,i,os ~
Tor men ry six bonrs General Scott .t red 70 San A,rs
an lbont ght o,nck and in lie ,ydst Of a h.r So
which had lust com inenceJ fanm r.enero ,;i,
ploy COW. IL ,hn, n Soil. e., ~ - " sS '''n
a,,aJ II ,,,s 49,, y, Nottiipeu7y e@
exceedingly broken ground IN which How h,d ..n ,e,
TING for nearly twelve hons $3.50 ~ ~ N'
Not anticipating the inmeuse STRENGTH of Tho sy,rta nj
The enemy, or the almost usurmou6table difficulties o
reaching them IL had been AT r.t ,ho,oht bat r h,,n
ries would be taken NJ dash and thar The troon ,yonld
be all comfortable 0uartered in San ANGEL far he 1h
instead OF this n afpe portion of hen yere com eled t
ovouac without blnkets in the midst of n pitIess min
and where tlev couJ rot .van srs,nb ~
selves out Add to this the prosnects of the morrow wee
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jis,p,v IN, H.
.toutes heartshat the enev vonl donlpss rein,or.e
and strengthen his works during the night havno every
mar the men were weakened by lonr exsrtions wan, If
to,d and chilled by The Continuous ;1 rainapoa - 49,
k,aylna too much To assert thai the h,vonac or ts ,a W.
| August was gloomy i'm the extreme 80 -
Earlv the of the 2hh Can Uorl, ,yao
ed to move with part Of his divisionCaJnmd haa5
Of aetion ot Contraros IL ~,