The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18

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and The rstillng u nnsksssy cd 49, nid thai
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sen Tying tewssds IL city. ~ - dssnst
yet IL va ~ Gen. Sect scssuDanisdhy Csa-
Worth, stAsssd for the $500 ~ sctton, wbsn
they wsrs met by Capt. Nsss1 siSh The joyful
intelligence that valench had bssn completely
routed after terrible struggle.
| The plan Of attack upon his works w1s
planned by Gent Smith, and resulted In the cap
ture of Is pieces Of artillery. and soune 1850
prisoners, among them Generals Banco, Dariea,
Mendoza, and the notorious Saias. We also cup
fured all the ammunition, aud camp equipaSss
whilst the roads over which those who hed a.
capped, was strewed with muskets Not less
than 1OO Of the enemy, many Of whom were
officers, were left dead on the field, whilst the
number wounded Yves far greater.
The works Of Coentreras being completely in
the power Of the American army, Gen. Scott st
once ordered Gen Worth TO fall back on San
Antonio and turn and capture that work, thea
push ON towards the Capital By the main road,
whilst the main body of the army moved on to
wards San Angel and Choieau; Gen. Twiggs
had moved half a mile beyond the latter village
when a rafting firing of musketry announced
that il was actually engaged with outPosts OF
the enemy, the heavy booming Of cannon nov
gave uOtlcc tndt Inc ucEOtcu GNlsiOu
fallen in another strong work.
A few minutes more and a tremendous nring
from the right made il evident that Gen. Worth
was also actively engaged He had completely
turned the strong works Of San Antonio, but
while doing so, the enemy had -abandOned the
place with the loss of their heavy guns, and hal
fallen back ON their second and stronger line OF
works. Ii was now about o'clock in The al
iernoon and about the commencement of tho
battles, and such a rattlng of fire arms had sell
dom or fever been heard on the continent OF
America; and this was continued over two
hours, when the enemy was completely routed
from every point, until those who were not
killed or taken prisoners were in full flight to
the city.
The strength Of the enemy in this battle is
positively known to have been $4,000 men, and
many say 20,U00-all fresh troops, sao On pos
itlon Of uncommon strength; while opposed 10
them were about 5000 Americans, faded aud
broken down by marches and incessant toll
AT Chiambuco the Mexicans say that santa
Anna commanded IN person, but that he "re-
tired early" late hours probably disagr-eing
with him. The young men Of the capita, from
whom so much was expected, nearly all Ned
without firing gun
The loss on our side has fallen most heavily
on the South Carolina and New Yorx regiments
of Volunteers. The 9TH Infantry, Smiths bat
TALON, and the batteries of Captains Magraoer
aud TAYLOR, and the South CarolInans, were
nearly all cut to pieces
On the Mexican side among the killed and
wounded, are Is Mexican Generals More am
munition as captured by Gen. Scott IN this bat
tie than he has used since he has been IN Mex
leo |,
Appended to the list are the terms OF the
Commissioners of the two Governments while
negotiating on the terms Of peace. Neither ar
my will be reinforced or build defences during
the armstice, nor 60 beyond its present line
In fact the two armies are in no way 10 inter-
fere with each other short of forty-eight hours
notice.