The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-16

rapidly cOmmander
and opened position two hundred yards distant
from the work around the church of San Pablo situated
in and constituting the key Of that portion Of the
mys defences; sezing the prolongation Of principal
face, in space Of FIVE minutes by fire of astonishing
rapdity, the enemy was driven from his guns in that
quarter and the infantry from their entertainments,
the main body taking refuge In the chnrch and under
its yard walls The fire then turned upon the
church. and after few rounds several white flags were
thrown out by the enemy the FIRE ordered and
officer despatched the Of the
To this period there had been psrceptbe abatement of
the fire from the town In the direction
lacking the opposite face immediately thereafter
troops in the vicinity pushed to the point where por
tions of Gsrands and Carkes brgades yet engag
ed in hand conflicts with the of infantry
on the of the captured edw first refer
but under the triple oour musketry the
capture Of the st de pon and the sencng of the fire
In the directed upon other divisions of our army
the main body OF the enemy was soon to be In
full and confused retreat Pressing along the highway
In pursuit of the enemy the division ntersect
ed by the brigade Of General Shields approaching from
the left with the remainder of bis brave conmand,
ssting Of the south Carolina and New York regiments
and by the arrival Of Lieut. Colonel Graham with
remains Of his battalion Of the 18th regiment
Of Infantry; these portion Of the main army
,suting In the opposite direction Of the town. the right
md reserve Of the enemy under the immediate direction
of the Cenera-inCheF The pursuit of the enemy by
the first division acting in cordial CO. opera
ton with these forces continued within mile
this point ignorant first Of the magnitude the deeuces
at gara and secondly Of the Interior views of the
Generain- Chief ordered halt OF the united forces,
after consulting with Major General Pillow and Brgader
General Shields Colonel Harvey coming at this in
slant with two sqsadrons OF cavalry was permitted to
make dash at the Of the enemys retiring forces
In the eager pursuit the head Of the column pressing
closely and disregsrding not hearing their
manders recall came under fire of the battery, and su
ered severely The ground which the troops operat
ID of the high road, is remarkably intersected loose
oil growing grain and at brief intervals deep bitches
the purpose Of drainage and irrigation These bitches
vary from eight feet in depth about the same in
width with from three to four feet Of waterthe reverse
banks lined with the enemy's light troops.
When to the nature Of the ground and the fact
that the division q 800 strong Of all arms was engaged
from two to two and half hours in hand to hand con-
hct with from 900 to 1000 Of the enemy having the
advantage Of position and occupying regular works
which our engineers will say most skilfuy con-
structedthe mind filed with wonder and the heart
with gratitude to the brave officers and soldiers whose
steady and indomitable valor has under such crcum
stsnces aided In achieving results honorable TO our
country-results not accomplished. however, without
the sacrifice Of many valuable lives The little profess
sons skill the commander may have possessed, was in
tnsey exerted TO spare the aud yet with the ut
most care, have to mourn the loss In killed and
wounded of thirteen on GERS and three hundred and
thirty rank and file Our country will lament the
+ te and honor he memory OF these brave men list
n. captured ordnance has already been handed In 90