Washington telegraph., 1851-10-01
Their loss must have been very great

ASy "N'0 oHoiOiSCu Uy the Sou.l0ef,
who, in his eagerness, forgot his duty so
far as to ask if they were Crittenden's
men. This was the first intimation Capt.
Kelly had received that Crittenden was
not with Lopez.
Capt. K Immediately reported himself
TO Gen. Lopez, who approved of his
course and appeared extremely glad to
see him. Capt. Kelly wished to 90 back
and ascertain what had become of Crit.
tendcr, who had eighty of the best men
In the command with him Gen. Lopez
replied that he had sent two COMPANIES
that afternoon 10 Crittender's relief, and
that they had returned and stated that it
was impossible to get thro, gin; that his
troops were already under matching or
ders, and that II was absolutely necessary
he should leave there that night, as he
! Would be again attacked by the Spanish
troops in the morning, with artillery
he intended to make for the mountains,
where he calculated to meet some Gre
oles who were said TO be in arms there
Capt. Kelly says that Gen. Lopez appear
ed to be very anxious 10 Join with Col.
Crittenden; but it was absolutely neces-
sary that he should leave his present sit
uaton before the Spanish commander
could receive his artillery, as their posi-
ton would soon be rendered untenable.
Gen. Lopez had no artillery, nor did the
Pampero bring over any, as reported
He expected to find a Creole force in the
MOUNTAINS with artillery, as he had been
informed. Las Pozas is situated about
! twelve miles from the sea shore, and at
| the foot of the mountain forming the re-
gion called the 'Vuelta Abajo. About
twenty minutes after Capt. Kelly's arri-
val, the whole command were on the
march, and shortly after commenced as
cencing the mountains. About daylight
they reached house used as a sort Of
general post Office for the district, and
about mile farther on they came across
| another house, where the men got break
fast, which they ate with a rigat good
will They rested here until the after
noon, which was much needed, as Capt.
KS men had now been on the march for
two nights and one day.
Ia the cool of the afternoon they again
took up the llne of march, and arrived al
hacienda formerly belonging to Gen.
Lopez aoout or O'clock on the morn
ing of the 10Th. While taking break
fast, party of abou. 200 lancers charged
down upon them, but were soon driven
back. Almost Immediately after, news
was received that large force of Span
ish troops were in field abont a mile
oil, and Lopez Immediately matched
/ thiIher, where ABOUT five hundred of the
| enemy formed to receive him. tie i'm
mediately attacked them with his dimin-
ished force, and, after a short but sharp
conflict, completely routed them, they
Aving in all directions to the woods In
this fight Gen. Enna was killed.
After lhis, Lopez resumed his march
and crossed the mountains, passing
through a thickly settled country, until
they reached coffee estate, where they
GOT something to eat. They continued
| marching about until the 2lst, when
their guide brought them TO within
| few miles Of San Crstobal, where as
Gen. Lopez learned from a countryman,
there were upwards of 1900 Spanish
troops They proceeded TO the top OF
small hill, whence they saw the troops
patrolling the valley below. They re-
| NAMED here all night, exposed to heavy
rain and in the morning started back
about fifteen miles, over a road rendered
very bad and slippery by the rain of the
night before. They again turned south,
on their way to the house of friend,
where they intended to rest and put
their arms, which had been much dam
| aoed by the rain, in order. While taking
breakfast the next morning, (he 23d,)
they were attacked by a large force OF
Spanish troops. Captain Kelly thinks
between four and five hundred, ard here
the invading troops met their hrs: reverse,
owing to the bad condition OF their arms
It was deemed advisable to retire to the
mountains, and Lopez gave an order to
that effect Some twenty or thirty men
left the main body and made for the
woods Some of the others who re-
manned with Lopez threw away their
guns.
BY the time they reached the noun
tains, it commenced raining, and ralned
furiously for about forty-eight hours
This completely ruined their guns. and
all their ammunition, besides preventing
them from making fires and getting any
thing to eat. When it cleared off, they
killed and ate Gen. Lopez's horse, the
last food they had. A consultation OF
officers was now had, and they demanded
that General Lopez should take them at
once to where the Patriot forces he had
spoken of were stationed, or at least
reach the coast, where they might embark
for Jamaica or Yucatan. Lopez con-
sented to their demand, and they started
for the Patriot rendezvous TO the south
The guide, however, nistook the road,
and led them again to San Cristobal.-
| IIaxa tho1 found thenSeluaS in front Of