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

BATTLES OF C0uTRERAS AND ClIURU BUSCO.
Total Defeat Of Aie lNcricans Geacral
Scott Encampcd mitain tro and haif
miles Of the City Of Merico--Armisiicc
betmccn the tiro Armies-Ncgosiations
NTH Mr.. Irisi for Peace Commenced
The u. :. steamship Mary Kinesland, Capt.
John Davis. arrived at an early h1ur this morning
by hcrwe have received our letters from Mr. Ken.
dali from the - 10 the 2S.h August, all dated from
Tacubaya. A courier desp .tchei by him on the
2Jh, with the first accoun. OF the latte fought on
thar day, was Gu, Of.
From map and plan Of the battle feds be fore
US. we note that they are cal ed the battles Of ou-
ireras and Churubusco-- called fsom Il. Id wor
Of The enemy oil those names. The victories we're
decisive, bat - far as we can judge from hasiy
Defusa oil portion OF our letters, the proposition
Tor al nr,nlslce WINS made by Gen. Scott -proha-
bly, nj she suggestion otthe British embassy The
report we have hitherto given, that the city OF
Mexico MAS al our mercy, appears IL have been
unfnuadrd. should peace nni iollow from the me-
gn;ia'lons nov pending, another battle must ensu.
the enemy hasing "A force at from fifteen 10 tweniv
iholsaad msn yet lett. Blu, the road appears IL
ana nall miles from uui encampmegt.
Oar victories have been purchas ed M va 81 loss
oi valuable life. n will be seen BY the f,llum IN.
tst--wc viii give a fuller one Tomorrow. W.
see Inc tame, %; men, n; the loss OF whom I'VE weep
but NIL have thcis !.ie"ts, and we make NJ dis
,inctions.
OFFICERS KItLED--RrGutAns.
Nalor Mills, 18th Infantry: Capt Burke, ii,
Artillery: Capt. Hanson, TIL Infantry: cani,in
Thornton, 81 Dragons; Capt. Capron, lst Arlil.
lery; capt. Qdas.es. 18th lnian,ry; Capt AGaer.
SON, ? Infantry; Lieut. Irons, 1t Artill nv. but
attached To G'n. CaaNallader's Il #. Lieut.. Pres
ton Johnson. lsr Artillery. hut attached To Masru.
def's battery: Lieut., Easily, I'll Infantry: Lieut.
Goodman, 10Th Infantry; Lieut.. Hoffman, lst
Artillery.
VoLUNTrres-- 'ea.. Chamber. New York Re-
yimrn; tol. r. \. Batlcr and Lieuts. David "A
ans and w X. Williams, II the South Caro!inF
Regiment.
S'xiy-six officers are said To have hecn
slightly or severely wounded. The Plea
sune gives the snrnames of these. bu, as i,
promises Il complete list, we will avail, il. |
Oar entire loss ia killed and wounded i. shor, of
eleven hundred; that ~ the enemy ls moi wei
known lis 10 in Killed alone Il believed 10 be
that at least 1000 prisoners We're taken The
Number Of his woua.cd was not asrei,a ned, but il
IS supposed 10 be very large. Gen. Scott himself
rcteiv d'a wound IL the lee below the knee. bot
i.on the nlinner IN which Mr.. X, naall speaks 81,
1t, we aie lei 70 hope the injury is slight one.
Editorial CORE .pondence off the Picayunr
TacurA,o (nrar Mexico,) Angus, 81, 1917
The celebrated Archbishop's Palace OF
Tacnabayo is now occupied by Gen. Scott, |;
anda portion OF the army, after twice de-
tca'ipg the enemy n Two of The hardest
fought battles oi The war, arr auar,e,ed
immediately around lin. The present,
letter masi be bu. hurried synopsis of The
battles, With have she'd sucl, additional
glory Upon the American arms.
On The iiIh inst u reconnaissance modc
by CD. Duncan having proved that road
lor artillery aud wagons could be Gu, from
Chaleo To San Augustine, Gen. Worth's
DIVISION moved on the afternoon Of The
18th IN tia, direction. Gen. Pillow fol.
lowed The next morning.; a, tie same hour
Gen. Qui'nan broke up his cncamrmcn,
u. Buena VISTA, small hacienda between
Vienna de Cordova and A,o,la. and i,nme-
dlaiely Gen. Twiggs was in motion from
the latter place. By this move new line
Of operations vas taken up ON the south.
ern and northwestern side Of tic CITY az
Msx'co, aud the strong works Of the Pc g.
non and Mcxlcalsingo, upon which Santa
Anna lad bestowed such immense care
aud labor, were completely turned.
On tho l';'h Of August Gen. Worth
marched as lar rs The hacienda of San
Gregorio, beyond which i, was found ,ha,
the enemy had cut up aud d:cicd the
miserable trail along which The artillery
and wagons were obliged to pass. lie
would have gone 10 Santa Cruz, anolh.
hacienda league farther or, had no, an
order came up from Gen. Scott Tor hall.
II seemed that Gen. Twggs Ind me, i
large force OF the enemy drawn up ia front
Of him near Chaco, rs ifw,h the intention
OF aispnting bis advance, cu,lin. him or
from the main body Of tho army, and per.
haps bringing on general action. Gen.
Fwlggs promptly ordered some Of his
heavier guns To be unlimbcred, aud after
a few discharges The enemy WIS dispersed.
with the loss of five or six killed. bui The
demonsiraiin made hy the Nj xicans, as
! have before said, caused a lali Of Glen
Worth $ disis OIL before halfa days march
was made.
Ai6.'clock on the morning Of The l7lh.
Gen. Worth resumed his march. his route
running through corntields and narrow and
rocky lanes, along which carriages had
never pissed before. The filing up of
the bitches caused some liulc delay, bu,
by 3 O'Clock The advance was in sigh, oil
Santa Cruz, aud the spires aud dornes of
the noted capital of Mexico could be dis.
cerned in the distance. The obstructions
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