Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-20
LATE BATTLE ON THE RIO GRANDE.

| The Brownsville Flag" Of the 2Sth ultimo fur
nishes the following particulars Of the recent battle
on the Rio Grande, between the Mexican troops and
CaryaiaPs band of Flibusters, which was decided
adversely to the latter:
On Friday l20th) Caryaja crossed the river few
miles below Rio Grande city, and marched slowly up to-
ward Camargo On Saturday they were metby the forces
under the Mexican leaders At this time the force under
Caryaal amounted to indefinite number ranging be-
tween two hundred and five hundredreports differ SO
widely-sixteen of whom were Indians also having
twevepound gun and good supply of ammunition The
Mexican force charged Caryajal with uncommon i'm
petuosy with hundred and fifty cavalry On recey-
ing this first charge, large body OF Carvaas men broke
and fed in great disorder The force which first COM
menced the stampede said to have composed the COM
nand Of Capt Nunez and mostly, if not ALL Next
cans; but in their progress they took with them many
Americans These fed the field and never returned.
Those few not eighty men, who stood the onset re-
pulsed the charging party by the discharge OF their gum
double-loaded with canister, making great slaughter
through their ranks The charge was repeated three
different times, with the like result After this the Next
forces retired and crossed the San Juan river Also
about this time the remaining forces of Carvaal left in
small parties, 1t being between eleven and twelve
o'clock at night, and quite dark In few hours from
that time the battlefield deserted by both contendng
parties When the Mexicans discovered that Carvaa had
left they returned and took possession of the ground with
-out opposition their opponents having left their only
ammunition, wagons, &c. The Mexcans report also l2O
stand Of arms taken at the same time"
The report of Gen. CASALEs is that the Fhbushers,
under Carvaal entirely routed and driven
the rivers San Juan and Rio Bravo such confusion that
many drowned fortyeght were found dead on the
field, and twenty-four wounded The account given by
the followers Of Carvaal is very different One of his
redcubtable Colonels who appears to have been in
mand of the Fbustiers and claims for them victory,
reports to his chief as follows
I'VE have deplore the loss of ten Of killed
and tcen-three rounded including myself We had,
have already stated all told only two hundred and forty
four men, Of these, the Mexican squadron acting
videttes, and not in the action at ALL The Cariso
spies in the of the fight but speedily
away skulked About seventy of the second bat
talon and four of the first, away entirely in the
action; hry-tpo killed ROUNDED, and considera-
BILE number secreted in the chaparra under the
river bank The number of actually engaged in the
fight and by whom the victory gained very little
ceeded fifty"
This refers the withdrawal of CANALEs from the field
who the Fibuser colonel says, did not halt instant
in the Of Camargo, but rushed through it in such
trepidaon to lose twenty-five thirty of his
cavalry by being drowned in the San JUAN into which
they plunged to escape their antagonists The Colonel
goes state however, that when night on an
other panic seized his men, who refused to advance
upon the town Of Camargo, and away, leaving him
but twenty-five Under these circumstances no al
tentative left to retreat the Rio Grande