The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-30
hem araasd., cana in by the road leading from San

Of attack Ths battalion unds command OF L.sutenAnt
% r. ss e. e ;ss y II *.
ds WAS to be charged By the force under command OF
Colonel Fry With whoop and : ysl, rush wa.
by the enemy ascending the ennsncs which concealed
the approach to the city they salutsd With vol
Obstinate resistance On both sides Of tAs piAzx
brisk and incsssAnt firing was kept up By the
the democracy charged them With much rapidly
that In less than dve minutes the AusricAas were
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to tho baicAces and ortressed houses and rom those
S sa sss "
gave testimony of the efficiency Of their preparations Cor
defence To prevent tho destruction thatmust inevitably
ensue from 40 fa Al engine Of tho determine ou
instantly formed and carried into By sus
Col Saunders OF taking II from the possession Of the
Csons Ii :o
needless Of peril int, the face OF the msn.cns DAGGER aud
essential weapon Of war Il was immsdisssiy brought
ard the southeast Of the plaza AMI
and atspa I s f..
10 It .ss also sszsd and isw minutes only eispsss
tlon of the dsmecrrtic forces was pouring dsai 6s
upon the discomftsd Costa Rcans. Ohagrined and
snrssed at che loss Of their they made several bld
attempts to repossess It, but i laundering tone rapidly
followed By the deadly discharges of the Msaisspp ribs,
n.ndatedthes land drove them bAck to thsr
remen had stationed themselves the root of build
ing from which they could painy discover large body
OF tco eU0ny on the DAok 6tT0otg. CONTINUOUS
kept up BY those gsIan! fellows and at least hundred
Of ths enemy fe from their destructive aim. Toe
ic bcame too fierce for tho Costa Rcan invaders And
rapid retreat ia the direction Of San Juan del Sag Fol-
lowing the retreat Of the 800 about IL oook In ths day
TIE enemy received reimbursement Of ESQ msn from
possession OF the tower aurountng the unfaisned Ca
thsdrsi en- the north side Of ths plaza immediately
approach, and body Of men WAS rent Z, protect tha.
portion q the town In the meantime Captain Waters
upon them with their rifles, and did most signal
execution The intention Of the enemy OF completely
n the p.ss was t. wsrd WITH mott grs,ns succsss
r was not accomplished ho xevsr without long and
fierce frng ct the enemy from all four Of the Of
Tbs north corner held By COL DON Bruno Naz-
mer and Msjsr O'Nei with their command, and over
sn s
men. The sou Invest corner In charge OF Captains
the exception the position held By Isu Col Sanders,
was the one from which the greates danger bs
apprehsnded Those brave officers and their trusy
maintained their ground against concealed foe with
frnees and ccu,sgs deserving Of the highest oommenda
ton. Some OF our nobleHt spirits in the exhibition ..
in the Of democracy. Among those should not be
deemed invidlous to mention Lieut. Morgan Of General
Walkers ttsf and Lieut. Doyle Of ths army, men OF
sterling heroasm and true hearts belonged to
humanity.
maintained from o'clock in the morning until nooa
-Four hours OF unremittng service in the hed too
tedious march Of more than two days h.d necessarily
;lesisble fatigue. Tns enemy TOO seemed to Iva hs
come wearied cf the fight and little firing r =. Sor. v
s.s done g ssssi sas sasses ss,. e. ID
cessation of vioen. hostlliss BY the enemy wa, dis
covered, however to bs rue, for the purpose Of
eIe possessing themselves Of the building the north
ess corner of the plaza, whence unhsrmed they c,ud
pour destructive fire upon the American troops Sta
tic1ea in every direction upon the plaza. This strata
ant service doubsis.s saved sas lives oi many 81 the
Ncsraguan soldiers and terminatsa more Apeady the
enemy was communicated BY him. and volunteers s,,it-
cd to make desperae charge and rout the enemy from
their close approximate to the position they covsted
Colts revo,vers we're all that were required and In
stantly the REQUESTS number fully equipped for the
number vas composed ofofcss, among whom we're Car
tains Houston and Sutter, of Gen. Walkers staff Col
kswsn volunteer aid to Gen. Walker Major Rgsrs, Of
Breckenridge and hahon, LieutenantA Winters, smith
and Gay Ae. prvates also volunteered iuc easing the
Of the enemy they pressed through the building
hs WAS sought he possessed By the to the Ear end
wall From Ssy eau ou.s
surveyed the approxmadng enemy, and hastily deter
mining the plan Of operation the order to charge WAS
direction Q, ths picket fence behind which the enemy
we're cautiously nas!sg pfogrsss. The tel was imue.
oasey responded to By ,voley Of thirty gums bu,
ss tie attack was sudden, the ,disooneerted foe
damage effected single wound inflicted upon
iDg at al viii his prosecution of the charge.
The fercs was gained without any loss, and thence
for protection behind nsishborins building, whence
w Sy
from that vicinity and In order to get position to effect
that object Was necessary to cross stree! exposed to
It Was hazardous experiment, ss tho opposition force
was escertsined to be more than . hundred strong.
Nothing daunted, however the thirteen esssyed the
fearful proximity TO- them, not man WAS killed or
The RsI thy W.. and
fns the s With Wit % Ss souss
to maintain their ground, and returned the ERE With sp
parent zeal and esgsrnesf In this engsgsmsnt lCspt
With his parting spirit escaped the pussuon OF true
and valiant hsart He was man Of fine attai,ments Of
S As an stonemsns pss' for ths I death Of Csp
tain H,.. .aaton, not less than thirty Of the ens-
my we're n.'ds to bite the dust. The ere Of the re-
manning twelve Aecame too disastrous for the Costa RI
can braves and he we're compelled again to rellnquish
their position and seek or security elsewhere. They
began pscpitse retreat oas we're aq pursued sy
adobe wall they again turned upo2 their pursuers, and
opened determined 9re In this asaut Lsut Gay was
from the wall and take possession OF 1t was the object
and discrimination Of the pursuing party The enemy
with the loss Of eight or ten more of their number they
succeeded In reaching the building from behind where
Of thee
Gay WAS mortaiy wounded AID Louis kno as French
Louis killed. Leut Gay In the first battle of
Kvas and In all the subsequent conflicts in Nicaragua,
and bolder and deter mined never lived. lie
died from an excess OF CALAMITY from reckless ex
pcsure to the enemy's FIRE, He the pro-
iector Of this assault, and TO him may be at.
tI'buted in great smeasure the triumph Of the day.
The enemy still pursued, made good their retreat,
and little execution after effected. The fight
the plaza had almost entirely ceased During the
firing, except from few Of the enemy whs throughout
the conflict maintained their conceAlment and with
MIME rifles menaosd every visible inimicAl object The
posssssors Of these weapons evidently Englishmen
and Germans who had long experience in the Of that
de,dly instrument The majority Of Americans killed
fell at the hands Of those foreign miscresnu who have
allied themselves with serysm against hs liberal party
of Central America.
This battle Of Ryas-the second one fought Ia that
city by Gen. Walkerwas warmly contested. The strug
gle loDg and arduous one and the liberals we're
compelled to fight every disadvAntage The number
OF eerves four times exceeded the liberal force and
fhou k~er