Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-09
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
Wan Drr,p1SIvr, Dccs4Jer /, 1913.

Wan DEr,pIxEvr, DecsMber |, 1913.
sIn: The OF military operations contained il
the Ia: ANIMAL report from this Depqrlncn, m our oors
late in OclCte', 1884, porseson Of the cspt II McKee,
and May sthe, important places IN that country. The main
acheyeeais 4 armies for that -esr prsscued
your .sds'aion b1 others Of subsequent date highly
ccdt.be to those engaged in 'he though u important
chane:er, dss.Eye notice and commentator.
On the evening d the I'D Of November General Lane
moved fion Pucba, with mud 4 on, one hundred
AMI s1ty fner, upon Maamoras disn about four miles,
n twelve hours. The place Immediately attacked, aud
the enemy, consisting Of four bundled six hundred
men, put 70 Eight with loss Of from sixty eighty in killed
and woun!ed quantity If ordnance and mentions was
catlred and tseyone AnercaI prisoners liberated On
is way bark 10 Pu,bs, the detachment was ai,sckcd by
Mexican force % sbou five huned ", under General Rcs
Acer so conici the enemy routed and dIspcrs d.
sustaining ur;ncr Ices u about fly killed and wounded
In January, peijn, comTosel Of four companies Of
roxsn rangers, two cogaes OF The 81 d'agoon and one
of tie mounted life egmcLal, under tie command Of
Genera Lane-were CIT fom tie city Of Mexico "to
&c " The county and drive the gueias from tho roads"
Having ascca nei a santa Anns with eg eslar troops
snI a Considerable irregular force, fehuscan, The de-
,achco, icoye5 rapidly and ,ok possession u that place
90 sd It's aprroach that Ssnta Anaa had barely tne
save himself ~ p;ecate fight The expedition pressed
Oaba and C'ioa, aud took possession OF these towns
capGrrg uaL;ry OF pubic property ard releasing nUn
~
restoring III private property there deposited which
kaG been tezca by gaea Lsrds, rcuued to tBr rnan
CONN al array Inc ciiy d Mexico, The 9th Of fe
buuy. 90 me len u the month"; Genera LanI lei
another dcachmcn osag OF hundrei and fifty Texan
ran-efs and hund and thirty dago,u Il ID, ID reg
r,ei asan-t no ruerilas who nj sing the country
iys lo"L aaJ 1rheas Of city OF Mexico. On thc 25
h. cac,aa;er.t b1y u tno ero'y az Stguah,psn aaj
after svcIe cJn,c, the town taken, and the hostile
fjcss ii, cteI with los u hun:reJ and fifty killed.
ard It. an hfy pri,cnets.
re command u General Lsne, those occasions, dis
e,i mich slisrprse, spirit, and sa.l1nty. His interest
ins tcoas with The documents accompanying them here
toa Irui cd.
tnacr lie ulicijus management q Colonel Nilsson, The
commanding iiccr of Troops n tie Calrnias the upper
poytcc beci kept tranquility ut ei,t;s mace
nv - oapsy recover posscssiOn II Lover California liz
Novcu,b,s Isi7 the pot Il Ia Par, With garrison Of
.hUlirc l1a Gsn. undr the command II Lieutenant
-Ccl1neI Gurou, II the New ok volunteer repeatedly
sseh"I by bbired force u MexcaBs, C,fonians, and
lIr sn ui from five HUNDRED The successive
attacks we're ls,d vita consiJeroJ loss the part OF
tie a sai'ab's.
The gln, dtfener of San Jose NH the capture Of Ma
1aan, ara scheyen'ns crtdItabe or arms. Tney
ttose5 ~ he naval iofce and will doubles be present
al 10 ydur srrcuar notice by The secretary of the Navy
Tn. oc ss u these Affairs contained in he accompanying
repsrs from he commanding officer in California.
Towards the close Of the last year people of Chhu
c1bi ed e,e rnioed spirit Of bo.ity and reaie with
.,riy American crtivns found among rc. form4,ion vss
served y Geiero Price, who was N command " coN