Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-02
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Battle of Guadml u lara, Mexico
FULL PARTICULARS OF uRAGA's DEFrAT.
Retreat and Reorganization OF his
Amy.

The Bulletin Of tie FEDERAL army, prirt j at
San Luis Po,osi Mexico. comes to Us WI iuii
and authoritative particulars OF tn i4.e NJ
tack urou aud repulse of the city of Guadsla-
isra, which has proved 60 disastrous |" the
Liberal cause.
Flom these it appears tha' Gen. triga.
awaiting the arrival OF soIe 5000 men, nade
no attempt on the place III the ESQ. On that
day his r,-iniorc. ueuis coming ny, he a one-
moved forw ward and demanded all uneoI q ton
al captulation, without any ot'er guar 'utte
than that the lives 0! the garrlso- shou lie
preserved.
AT THE time Gen Vol, the officer II CON-
rnand. had but about half the number OF men
Uraga had. and Miramcn was iapiii, csining
w. Nevertheless, he spurned the suu. .aols
with CONTEMPT, This was the evening oi tie
Z3i, At five o'cock, the next morrint the
eli. was attacked 1T three several i,elhi- at
the same tine and with vigor and deter
mina,ion hardly known 10 Mexican warf
tlye times the attacking lartles adsat ed
in soad columns az. ibst the works o. tie .be-
ny and on!y succeeded then Ia ealnn. . 8, OF
hotd. The enemy however, showed e'tleni
signs Of feti ,ue, aud were atout to tive way On
every sde, and 1t only needti ano'h tier lu puse
u Il axe the CoLstitutlonalists masters ot he
place when, unfortunately stray shell tell nn-
der tie horse oi Gen Urdga, burst into
THOUSAND pieces, killed the animal aud took oil
the leg Of the General ust below the kn.e,
b.s DIS killing several oi his rtnii on the -pt
81 Like IL lsh,ntg rays letter, "'ht ne"s an
back through The whole me now ajtaucii ( III
was sa den halt, al in Iiou.-i tie Whole
column b-gan Ia 'al! Lack, as II stricken with
a body ; the booi u eaen man ran COD ; there
+, error"
Nevertheless, there was no confusion. every
| BODY stood IA !, W.r., Ierh h.d and "a IT,
m.autlrny ! the wounded GeHtral Wa b rne IL
toa ousx near by, WhrLcr he issued order,
| Tor the whole atmy 10 cease lite a-rAuit al q
| retire IL a. good order possible As Tor he
| GENERA! himself his irl.uds irl.d 10 persuade
/ hun to leave tie city also, tut iearig this
might iu Iejs the riiiien.ent OF the Amy, tie
bia,eiy declared he prefriied 10 n,hin q
| prisoner in the hands Of the enemy hes
| parteu ar u functions Tor an orderly Retreat
/ were gwen v lih the knowl.d-e rha, Miian a.
| following hun up with some 5000 men, was
now probably in tie ,ciuuy OF t city, aru
would arrive that nigh, or the following day
| BESIDES. tie General knew that large mum
! Der oil his u-st officers we're eln-r Kill q or
] vound.d and lie feared the terrible con-e-
/ au-b bees of his iars- army falling iuto conIG
| sIon " hl!e resh troops stood ready 10 pouLce
! Gown upon III u.
/ Furtuuatsly, in consequence Of these wise
pr, cautions. tue retiremeGt OF the nit"cklig
| army IVES effected in excellent order; ; " lie,
| n the meantime. Genera! lraga was berg
| quietly conveyed 10 the house oi he freLeh
| :, onsui there 10 lie delivered up TO the enemy.
Curious enough. Gen. Vol. also wound. d N
| the sane l.g dur ng tn. attack. had irece.d d
h N to the sam houee, when the Two Generals
| Tor th. the firs, tiu.e net 10th wounded. but
! ole victor ous the other a prisoner. On the
/ exanina,ion o. their wounds, however, j: was
| found that ot NoH' we shgut. I;agas, II
| was feared would cause hin. tie loss oi his
n The meantime t6s F5trxssNIk kxrmy hadre-
| tired to the ueigsboring village Of Cocu.s,
| where they received reinfurc. ments 10 the
| number Of 600 msn under Geu, Ra as. aud
crepared to male a stard agsin-t Miranon !;
| ard lt was here, probably. that second en-
| gag men, OF which We have had &C cunts 'ooh
| n,ac. The Llb.rals at the tin are said 10
! nave numb. rel 10000 men II all, aud u hav
| been supported ty 10 pieces I artliiers. MIR
anon had only 4 500 men aid 40 cannon. aid
| vr- marching at bis les.re IL is said 10
| have been put completely 10 night, Ut u.
| particulars have not yet reached w.
i A. to the engagement IN the city, nothing
| conld have been better contested. Vol. had
hsd about 4 600 men. inc uding volunteers. al
Of whom wer. well posted and protected oy al
Efficient artillery 1t was 'gaiIst t Is strong
| force that Uraga ch srged five tunes, IN three
| sepsrate columns v thln the space ot "a man,
| bo,Is The streets were literally str.Hn with
| tie dsa. and diving :" A most rsharkahlt i
thiug," Gays letter, is that many ct the
bodies we're completely hacked to isc.F. o
Urayas officers were killed his second u CON
mar d the chief II his artillery, and the CON
mand-r OF a bridage oi riiivmen. large
number Of other interior 9TH :-rs were killed
also on the spot, or fell MORTAL, "oun tl
| VOLS officers also suffered severely, bu'
only the name Il Col Cnav-z has reached u
anon, those killed. II is believed In view q
| m. de.ner.,i,,, and success with which =
fought. that Urags would have taken the city
had he rot nee wounded