The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-15

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minutes after s. or q minutes before O'Clock, was
minutes after the one hour or minutes before the ohe-
aAbout what time in the night did the brigade of Gen
consd the presence of said brigade The 18th of August
rA-About 70 O'clock when Lieut. Hammond reported ed
opinion a. the time In mareng ont to the attack u u
the highest importance leave force the village
that was the key OF The whole moyement ana coua
Improperly. For instance if Santa Anna should have moved
into the village when moved out he would have put Us IN
his and that Of Valencia to the city ana
M S.d have become master OF the main ROAD VINO"
Questions 1u DeemeDoes the witness know to , waq se
division the hozers and Magrnders battery belong anu W
A-They belonged believe to General Pillow ,sr av
az from e' a 1b snds
Gen Twggs orders The time d ea Heo@ from Whom
ne 5eceea s 10 the arrival of General Scott the field
s I f f. rs eS Sfsss Genera,
Pillow order got On that day was from General
made 6e dispositions responsible for them do
speak of the principle but q the facts The presumption IS
aEWhen you arrived at the villages of Ensedo and &C.
ronimo the 18th August did you find Col Riley and Gene
raj Cadwaader in OF those villages, and had the
dSeessd s
4a Sen R les ION OF the village
it and had moved further up towards Valencia position
learned in regard cavalry ColoneRlley that he
Gen Frontera at The upper end Of the village towards Va
lenca and finding the enemy too strong as he reported
to his back to the pedregai not knowing there
were other troops 1 taking possession of
the village was an important 1t did not Sd e nose
vent his joining Valencia il had such influence upon santa
camp lest our army should inierposed between him and
the capital Holding the village ought to have influenced
Of the village to the capital found Gen ; Cad
walade already in position on the right flank OF the village
Q1Had the force under Santa Anna been brought to
stand eSs o s1' s to the road before
reached it, and then moved around parallel to IT, ale got
Q-Suppose Santa Anna with his forces, had taken pos
session Of this village before was occupied by our oE
cuites of, of the ground and other obstacles?
G Sns to ay y wa # had
well defended it could not have been done ~
does not regard its on 18th ens1ng the
1@The Whole operation on the oh was based upon the
Of the , f pe who Of the yase Va e
cured and founded that but the attack
Gsfoe that IS the proper attack for ONE being the
l in. The attack Valencia was determined upon
means OF reaching his position with certainty and the dark
ness had prevented us taking the first
Cadwaader taken by chance and not under whose
ss Ry vent there by
Iwiggs orders having seen him separate from me at the
who sent Gen. Cadwaader; presumed OF course he
deTed there her coo.., p,,o,,.
alluded TO- conversation, by Colonel Riley and General
Cadwaader, other officers, who occupied the village
whether the position of these troops did not cause him to sup
pose that the Object was to attack the rear or flank OF Va
Al thought that the whole movement of these troops
and M @
and that these troops were there in conformity with that order
about $3.50 men in the face OF i5Goo or 600 and &C.
caped myself with the OF defeating them, without
iect OF getting possession OF the road the city and
not object to make attack particular
from which to choose points OF attack,
battle being fought, the 18Th August; and that
The object dslodge the and possession OF
Al know nothing road the Petlegal. know
mat the enemy Were opposing our passage across the edre
Ct the San Angel road knew nothing OF road
snemy's camp, except in flank rear!
Al think should have attacked it, unless in flank
it DONE would not have attempted
cannot say the thing was impossible might nave doneit
great attacking the rear and if had had an
hour of daylight, should have attacked Santa Anna
md, having deteaed him, Vaencia's position would have
Q.-WeIe all the movements of the 10Th of August
well those Of the morning of the 2Ot made in
onoImlty with General SCOTS general order to gain the
A-As fan as was concerned they were as far as knew
conformity with verbal order Of one Of General SCOTS
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more detail than the written order directing the bag
age to be left behind, and in reference the move
Of San Antonio by seizng San Angel road etc The
written order merely exrac-ess detail. do MT
ink ever saw this order-he general order having been
eff battle to be there and then being fought
Ill the witness suppose that the troops had forward with
Ut he orders OF the senior officer charged with putting those
Al never knew Who was charged with any such move
rent knew that had gone over there in conformity with
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eneral SCOTS order OF that morning also; through what
der. did know 1t was impossible from the nature
the ground to see who was the commanding officer
isn Tower accompany Goone key GanUy and
axe neir reconnaissance before you had crossed the Ped
and was their reconnaissance made Irrespective your
Ain company with Colonel Riley they crossed the Pedre
ey brought me the intelligence after Colonel Riley had re-
red TO me- believe the reconnaissance made before
Questions BY Prosecution-The witness has said that
s sen PILLOW overlook the witness while the latter and
nsei How far that place from the intrencied camp
stance to the nearest end OF San Angel "
-Ihe witness, to question to him. has said Thu the
the senior officer May such presumption be contra
,ted by facts and SO far as any plans orders of
a. Gen. Pillow concerned, such presumption con
dcted IN the case OF these operations on the 18th and 10th e
A@fhe presumption may of course be contradeted bv
cts in every With regard to all my movements after
king position along side Of Magrudes battery all those
esent with those movements receiving orders from nobody
being in communication with superior officer Except
'neral Shields senior officer until the arrival of
n. Twiggs. Gen Shields did the command u;
l-Has the witness to believe that any rein r
dement's were thrown into Vaenca's camp before the ar
al Of witness, or after his arrival the village of Ensado m
Ado not recoect- small party moving between VI
nta Anna and Falencia but probably party sent II
ward to reconnoitre the in front of Santa Annals
see. ~ '
AIS not military principle that where general orders
given, the details must be filled out by sulordinates
a.-Undoubtedy. tn
General CADwALADER called by special order of the court
General Scott objected his being called at this time as his
had been closed He did not object to the
hes Ieng recalled but at this time he had witness wait 20
ght &c on the record. The said would consider il tai
decided to call him. 1 ''"'''e' IT, -"
!nes9ns by DefenceThe witness has said on hisesa "
on that he expressed his opposition the Tacubaya Ar
nee Dd me witness understand that General Pillow was ia
osed 70 sad Amistce because surrendered the advan III
Is we had gained without any thing in return fol
he lime OF the conversation, which was previous TO a
OF the terms of the Astice no reference cond Tn
peen mad to the terms of what knew nothing about
NE Commissioners had not then AT the time neither
UNDERSTOOD what the Amstice be- Gen Pillow NJ
amy dd Object to Amistice that did not give us dec