The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-09-23

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ncen n continuous rosr nearly six hours
I Gen. SEQ, retired to San Augas,n about 8
o'cl OK, and in the midst If hard rain which
had Just commen. cd falling. Gems. Twiggs
and Pillow came in ahuat |! o'clock, wet
and completely exhausted. It was impossi.
bic IL nsc horses on the rough and exceeding.
| y broken ground on which they lad been OPP.
Grating lnr nearly Twelve hours. Not attic
! irat:ng The immense SIR, nush Vi lie works
oi The ,ncmp, or the almost insurm.unlnble
difficulties OF reaching them, il lad been at
/ first thought that lie batteries wuuid be tax.
en- al ash, and that the troops would be oil
comfortably quartcred il San Angel for the
night, Instead IT this, large portion uf them
we're compelled to tivouac without blankets
in the midst vi pi,iless rain. aud On ground
where they could M, even stretch themselves
| cut.
| Early TN tic morning Of the ooh, Grn.
Wur't VAS ordered y move with n part OF
his division -Gailand's Lrigade--towards tho
scene vi action ut Couiregas, tn aid in the
| aisnck npoa Valencia. for To lurcc this posi-
ti"n was deemed Indispensable. A few dis.
charges OF cannon were heard about O'clock,
aud heavy ra,iIing of musk.,ry. and some
even said that In The distance they had seen
large masses Ut Mexicans in full flight to-
wards ihe city; yet few dreamed that the bat
lei'es at Cchireras bad been stnrmed nd car.
ned. Act 80 IL was. Gen Scott himself,
accompanied by Gen Worth started Trr the
sSnc "i action, when they were met BY Capt.
Mason "ih the joyful intelligence HAT Va.
iencsa had been completely routed after a
short hni terrible struggle. The attack up
"n h,s works was planned by Gen. Smith,
ana fesi':,d Ia the capture OF fifteen pieces
o. ar',i cr,. some l,jiO prisoners -anuny
'acm ten, Blanco, Garcia Mendoz.. and the
notorious Saia>; all the ammunition and Camp
ein'pagr, White The read along which those
wh', escaped He'd was strcwed with muskeis
NO les Than 700 of the enemy, among them
inany ciiice-s. were left dead on the tield-,hc
number al wounded xas undoubtedly far
greater.
The works al Couircras completely in the
hands OF the American army, Gen. Scott at
once or cred Gen. Worth To fall back upon
>an Anion'o, 10 turn and capture that work,
and thcn IA pu>h on towards e capital by tho
main rad, While the main body of the army
under Ieas. Twig-s, Pillow, Smith, Pierce
anu ladauilader, moved on toward. San An.
rel ard Cuiioscan. Scarcely had the advance
~ Zen. Imisgs got half n mile beyond the
latter village. hciurc a rafting tire of mus.
R''fy ahnC utcsd that II was actively engag.
Cd VIII The oh'posts vi the enemy. and tho
heaty booming ~ cannon now naye token
ihst the not, I'd division had lien uuon an.
her strong work. But few minutes moro
ana ireg'.n9ous firing from The right, and
im'nedl,tei III tive nam read ir1m San Au.
enstih ~ The capi'u, made il evident that
ucn. Worth, division was actively engaged.
lie had completely turned the strong
works oil San Anioao, but Wide doing SO
the enemy Ind abandoned the place with
the loss ut their heavy guns aud had fallen
back upon his second and stronger line Of
wnrAs. II was now al the commencement
ut The battle. atont one O'Clock in the af.
'efnuon, and sure such ra,,linu uT fire.
arms has seldom or never been heard on
the continent of America, accompanied
"iiii such booming ot artillery; and this
was continued over Two hours aud until
The enemy was fully ionled from every
point. and na,l those who were no, killed
or taken prisoners were in full Il Oh, for
The city.
The divisions Of Gems. T.icgs and Worth
we're a, once engaged. the former with Tho
church ard ssron. hold of Churubn>cn. and
tie latter with The batteries al the bridge:
and In the mean time Gan. Shields brigade
The New York aud Sou h Carulina yolun.
'ecrs-'oceher with the 9th 18th and 18Th
regiments @. la'an,rt under Gcm raj Pierce.
were hurrying onward from Cohoysaa 10 nj.
tack the hnrirnda. Soon ,lcy 100 we're en-.
gnged. aud how the battle became general.
The q envy had over twenty pieces Of cannon.
al' IN admirable position, aud served with
more ilian ordinary skill, white bu, few Of
our guns could he brought to bear. The bat.
terry Of Capt Frank Taylor. il is true. opcn-
cd we'll directed tire upon Churubusco. but
80 eaposed was its situation that il suffered
most hnfrihly. both in Ulcers aud mcn.
To describe the fierce conflict, even now
that tw" days have elaspcd. or to give an &C.
coun, Of The par, taken by The d,icseu, reri.
men's. we're impossible. From the opening
OF the strife mp TO the Time the Mexican, were
entirely routed and in full fliph. ter The civ.
was inc continuous roar o. cannon and mus
kerry. accompanied BY the loud shouts of the
,'c;or> as sv,ne new vantage ground WAS gain.
ed; and high above The din rose dense column
OF smeae, at times completely shrouding the
comnatants. The strength OF the enemy at
this battle Is known 10 have been fifteen thou.
sand n; lens', many say twenty thousand, all
fresh troops and in a position Of uncommon
strength Opposed 10 them were about six
thousand Americans, jadcd and broken doxn
by arches ard couniermarcLes, and by in.
cc.>an' toll before the stronghold Of Couircre.
nd San Antonio. Al Churubusco, the Mex.
leans themselves say Santa Anna comman.
ded il person. hut tina, he left ear.v. Tho
noted hai,aliens "fihe Hidalco and Victoria.
and 1T lndepcndicia-iLe Po,kus or Young
men ofiic capital. from whom so mich was
expected nearly oil He'd wilhou, firing gun.
In the different works tbui mostly IN tho
church, taken by Gen. Twiggs. rear 2.OOU