, 1859-05-05

From Me1ic
THE BATTLE OF TACUBAYA.
Full PARTICULARS.
The battle Of Tacnbaya was begun on Sunday
evening, April 10, at long rnnge tor artillery.
But little execution IVES done on either side,
h ,weyer. and both parties ceased firing early in
the ereninE The fight WAS resumed the next
morning, Of which, md the incidents immedi-
a&ely following, We coudense the following nc
count from the correspondence of our New York
exchanges:
RAT1LK OF TIE 11Tu-nor w0Ek-HETREAr OF
fHE FKDERAL1sTs.
At sir o'clock On the morning Of lie 11th, the
Government troops commenced to form on the
Iomds to the west Of T:cubuya. The command
er-in.chief, Gen. Marquee reviewed them, and at
little before seyen tue lines were formed for at~
tack. During all this time the Federaiists failed
to show themselves outside nf their cntrench
ments. As tile cathedral clock pcnled forth
seven, the Government butteries opened upon
Tacubaya, aud a simultaneous attack Of in-
fantry WIS made upon the Mo!ino dc Ealdcs.
a strong position of tue Fcderalists in the
highest par. Of Tacubasa. The Government
column, which wns about ..t10 stonE, nlorcd
val(Antly ahead, while their batteries in the
rear kept up M incessaat Gre from shout forty
pieces Of nrtillcry. The Fedcralists only re-
piled to al Of this BY tue working of two or
three pieces Of artillery, unit! the tlovcEnment
column had fairly come within rife range
They then opened musderous lire upon th9
attacking column. completely cutting up the
advance. The Government troops held their
ground but for moment, for with the second
ia
broke up in disorder, and were seen flying
across the fields. Had tue Fedsralist churged
at this moment. they mi Eht hare taken tl1c ad-
vanced batteries of the Government, and per
haps determined the fate Of tie duy. They fail
cd to do this, md thr Dispersed Of the first ut
tack were gathered together, and second
charge Of reserve infantry force was usndr
upon the same point, which shared the same
fAte.
AT this sccond rcvcrsc the tactic. Of the Gov
ernment Gcneral-in-Chief we're changed, and
tue batteries were ordered upon Molino del lcy,
ChApultepec and tue Condesa. An attack upon
the lust place was rcpulscd in handsome ulnn-
ner BIZ the Fcderalists and along nj! the line the
Government forces were held in check 30 soon
8S they came in rungc Of the rihcnen. But it
WAS evident that the Federalsts had no head or
plAn Of action, as esery advantage they gained
wa. thrown nway, and the Government forces
continued their perpetual cannonadc, which
at last had the effect 10 discourage the troops
Of the Fedcralisss. The valor Of the Federal
forces was most crident, alld it became distress
ing towards the last to sec HAT they wrre left
without person to direct tllcir combined move
lnents At length, after hurd firing for three
hours and half, the Fcdcra.ts, or rather the
Siaemeu, commenced to make their arrange
ments TO quit the unequal contest, and BY II
o'clock, they wera fnir]v on tho rctrent. But
notwithstanding they we're compelled to givc
way to the unequal opposiue furce, they left tho
field, carrying of all their sick aud wounded i'll
the hoApitals. and the nlajnr part Of their stores
and ammunition. The Government forees man
ifested no desire to pursue them, but, on the
contrary, entered Tacubaya only when the Fed
cralists, bad been gone near On hour.
ACTUAL trRESG7H OF TIE coSrESp,xa roncks-
LOOSEN.
From thoRe who were in Tae ubaya MI the
time during the siege, am informed that
the Federalists at no time exceeded s,nhp
men, counting Pintos md al the rowing
bands that came 10 one day and rode otl the
next. The entire sclinble force Of the Fcdernl-
ists, the people nf the frontier and the interior,
ns1sr numbered more than 3,"'0 men. These
were &ood men, but were badly. provided
with subordinate officers. The artillery of the
Federalists wss, for the most part, the veriest
rubbish. Not over Aalf:a-dozen pieces were
Of the slighteat importance for N attack upon
the works Of this capitnl. The Government
force brought to bear against the Fedcralist
could not have been less than s. .5t.' men, with
from forty TO fifty pieces nf tine artillery. But
with Ill this superiority Of the Government
forces IN numbers Of men and artillery, the loss
on the Government side in battle has been at
least twelve times greater than that Of the red.
eralists. The Federal loss, in killed and wound
ed. has not exceeded 80, while the Government
loss has been at least ,0ah. The cause Of this
was TINT the Government forces, although they
fired hard on 5000 shot and she'll upon Tacnba-
~, had their batteries ut such distance that
they really caused but little damage except to
wasted no shot a dt'tance. but studtonsly
waited Until fhe Government forces were IN tar