Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-06-12
GES.' G0frS SffICIit REPORT OP The BifTLR
mad i99io7q OF lCERR0 lG0RD0. HH1alas aal
OH bgg cid HEADaUARTERs os TAX ARAy, ..5 . "a
Plan del Rio, so riiss from Vera Cruz, Aprii i9
SiK-'fhe plan of attack, sketehed in Genertl
HEADaUARTERs .

Sfk-Ihe pan or uttacR, sketched IN GcDerEl
\ Orders, No. II. herewith. was finely cxecutec
by TINS gallant army, ocIoro , O'Clock, =. NJ.
Yesterday. We are qDIic embarrassed with the
Results of vlctory-prlsoucr> of war, heavy ord.
nance, field batteries. sl;u, arms, auI a,coulre
mcnls. Abou! 1900 men .asY down their arms
with the usual proportion of iinI and compn,
officers, besides i've generals several Of them OF
great distinction. Pu~Du, Iarrcru, La Vera
Noricga, and Ubando \ >iN;h general, Nasluez
was Killed IN defending the battery (owcr) in the
rear OF the whole Mex can army, the capture Of
which gave Us those gorInus results.
Oar loss. though comparatively small in num-
bcI>, has been serious. Hug. cen. Shields, IL
commander Of ACTIVITY. zeal ana a.cu;, IS fear.
if not dead, mortaIIy woundcd. He Is some five
miles from me al the moment. The field of op-
rratOnS covered many cIncS broken by noun
luus and Lccr cutslns, an have not a report.
as vet, from any aIvIsIUI or brigade. IwIgus'
division, iuiiOwcu by Sun'Is' (uow Col. Blkrr's)
brigade, are now 1T Cr ar JaIupa, and Worth's 5
division Is IN route thlhrr, all pursuing. with
gOol results, rs | learn, that part Of the Mexican
army-perHapS SIX ur seven thousand men. who
fled before our right had CARRIED tho tower, and
. giIrd the JaIapa road. Pillows brigade alone
IS near nc at tins depot Of wounded, sick and
prisoners. and have .Imr only 10 give from aim
-
Lieut.. {. q. GitI, both OF the 2i Tennessee foot
ltlaskriI's regrmrnt,) among the killed, and IN
the brigade lO6. Of all ranks. kuIrd or wounded.
Among tho latter. the gallant hriIIdI-r general
himself has a smart wound in the arm, but not
Disabled; auL Major X. FurQunaraou. ID Ten
ncssec; Capt. H. +. Murray, ID Lieut.. q. NJ
Sutherland. lst L,"ut. W. ?. Hale (adjuIant) all
Of the same regiment. severely, and lst Lieut..
W. lcarwooI, mortaIIy wounded. And know,
from personal observation on tho ground. that lsl
Lieut.. Ewe, Of the Rifles, If not now dead, was
mortally wounded, in entering, sword in hand,
the entertainments around the captured tower.
Second Lieut.. Derby, Typographical Engineers.
also saw at the same place, severely wounded,
and Capt, Paurn. II =. ). Infantry, lost his right
hand. Major SurlnCr, , t. 5. Dragons, was
slightly wounded the day before, and Capt. John
son. Typographical engineers, (now lieutenant
colonel Of lntantry,) was very severely wounded
some davs earlier while rcconnolcrug. | mus,
not omit 10 add that Capt. Mason and 2I Lieut..
Davis, both of the Rifles, were among the very
severely wounded IN stOrnIlng the same lower.
| estimate our total loss in killed and wounded
may be about $50, and that Of the enemy $50
| In the pursuit towards Jalapa l25 mikes hence)
| learn we have ndLed much 10 the cnemy's loss iu
prisoners. killed and wounded. In fact, suppose
his retrcating army TO bo nearly drsorganzed
and hence my haste 10 follow, in an hour or two
to profit by events.
In this hurried and imperfect report must no
omit to say that Brig. Gen. Twiggs, in passin.
the mountain range beyond Cerro Gordo. crowned
with the tower. detached from his division, as
suggested the day before, II strong force 10 carry
that height. which commanded the JaIapa road a
the foot, and could not fail, if carried to cut of
the whole or any part Of the enemy's forces from
a retreat in any direction. A portion OF the Is
Artillery. under the often distinguished Breve
Col. ChiIds. the 3d Infantry under Capt. AIe.an
der, tho 7lh Infantry under Lieut.. Col. Plymtor
and the Rifles, under Maj. Loring, all under tn
temporary command of Col. Harney, I'd DR.,
goons. during the temporary confinement 10 h
bed Of Brew. Brig. Gen. P. F..Smith, compose
that detachment. The style of execution, whic
/ had the pleasure TO witness, was most brilla
} and decisive. The brigade ascended the lor
and difficult slope of Cerro Gordo, withou, shelf