Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-05-18

fine style The enemy are Well supplied
with ammunition and provisions. naea
~ e4sss4. u, FL. In haste, P.
Force ofthe Enemy 15,O00-THree strong
iortresses ctth "a s-Desperate
Detence-The Enemy sound Retreat
: Santa Anna Escapes ruth the Gao
alry-He as closely pressed by Col.
Harney--Leares has Coach and takes
to The ChappdraI-His Wooden leg
Gen. Shields MORALLY srounded-I The
names Of some O our killed and pound.
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PLAN DEL RIO. April 1S.
Eds. Delta The American army.
under Gen. Scott, has just achieved an
other great victory over the Mexican for
ces under Gen. Santa Anna. The fight
was fairly commenced yesterday by Gen.
'rwiggs and Col. Harvey, and concluded
about noon to-day by General Worth and
Gen. Patterson's divisions. The enemy
could not have had less than Is, 900 fight.
ing men, While our force was not over
$4,000. The position of the Mexicans
was one Of the strongest imaginable, and
our brave troops had hard task 10 per.
form in routing them. They were en-.
trenched upon several large heights, upon
which no less than seven batteriess were
planted, mounting % guns in all. One by
one they fell into our hands. - ''.i 3as
At about 10 O'Clock charge was made
at several points by the regulars, the two
Tennessee, and two Pennsylvania regi.
rnents, which, for a time, was strongly
opposed by the Mextcans, who fought dee-
Perately /; but finally their trumpet sound.
ed retreat, and away went Santa Anna
and the larger portion Of his army as If
"Old Nick himself: was after them =
Not so, however, with Gen. La Vega,
and. 5, 900 of his ommand, including four
other Generals, all Of which surrendered,
and are how prisoners of war in camp,
with all their arms, ammunition, &c, &c.
Gen. Santa Anna, in his retreat, was
so holly pursued by Col. Harvey, who had
command OF the 9th Infantry and Mounted
Rifles, that he was forced to leave his
splendid carriage, trunks, some $4,000
in silver, and one Of bis cork legs. They
are also in camp, and attract much atten.
ton, and cause no little merriment.
Our loss in killed and wounded is Sc
we're, while that Of he enemy must be very
great. Among those killed and wounded
on our side | regret to mention the name
of Gen. Shields, who fell mortality wound.
ed at an early hour in the day. The vic
tory, in short. is brilliant one, and adds
another bright page to the annals of our
country'5 history. I have not time tc
write more-all did their duty nobly, and
all share alike in the glory Of The day.
annex the names of some Of the killed anG
wounded, among the volunteers, as far a.
they reached me: s'- eA '.s.le'a go
i Killed I'd Tennessee Regimen, unde,
I Col. Haskell. -Lieuts. Gill and F. b
Nelson; Sergeants H. s. Byhum anc
- Brown; privatos Go, Keehey, VIM
0. Stripping, Fleming Williams, Ephrain
Price, @. A. Sampson, Samuel Floyd
Robert Herman, Thos. Griffin.
Kilied-Kentucky Volunteers C;orpo
raj I'm, F. Edk;ns VIM. Durham. g
Wounded-lst Pennsylvania Reg imenl
John Linhart, = Lindsey.
Wounded Pennsylvania Regimen
Jacob Simons MORALLY; Edward Cruise
Thos. Ham, John Charnler-1AalI- of Phila.
delphia RaBgers--James Shaw. .Abrahan
ROWAN, VIM, Wilhelm, Fred. Semers.
Wounded-2d Tennessee Regiment
Brig. Gen. Pillow, very slightly Lieut..
Col. Cummings; Major Robert Farqu.
harson, of Let regiment;) Capt. Murray
Lieut.. Yoewood Lieut.. w. P. Halle
privates C. Ross, Benz O., Havre, Jonas
NJ. Woods, George Dearmond, VIM. Eng
land. Richard II. aRoh.nan. John Guutey