The New York herald., 1863-05-26


he f e.,,mit,es orxsttng everything dead and pass
iv away, ard fixing It's view upoh high and holy
Cptes has more riseu when u apnoared falen,
has rlied Its forces miraculousiy breaks with foreign
aid All Tho bonds OF much comnlicated situation, and
hong already IN NJ of imperishaole glory viii
fnnl the promsrs which, In s name been De to
the world liberal democratic and civilized, BY Hdago
The 18Th September 1st0 BY Tara&oza the oh OF Nay
1862 and BY Gonzalez tega and A0za the 2otn o. April
So severe was the blow received by the French be
25th u that mp 1--WE r. NJ Of the 18th the date OF tho
following letter from General Gon.ales they nad
ralip chief determined 10 take the initiative. We know
already that the reason why the Fre'ch did not lose
their coors in the that they suffered was that
tbey did not carry them into the batesa very sensible
thing II 10 possible that the soldiers would not
AMT they might avoid the risk OF becoming prisoners or
dxna IN hattie That is On excellent mode Of escaping
from eavipg trophies n the hands of the enemy Rare
perspcacy Is that 81 sorsy r"rssehg Ad%,raO'e %
which we reecrred and which contains interesting state
meuts, ID as follows;- u
SAN GERonxo, April 80, 1888.
Received In Mexico at nve minutes past nveP Pm.
General Don Tesus Gonzalez ortega In letter Of yes.
terday, which have just received says
~ ZARAeoza, April 2e--5P P. N.
TEAR FpIENp AND CoMRApE-I send you all the docu-
mens and general orders that have been pnbhed m he
army gard TO the action OF the 25th inst. Have tho
goodness forward them tho Minister II War either
by telegraph express. Since the 2sth tho firing has
initiative. ] arranged on the 27th that General
Negrete, with strong column OF the three
should ey = @ inc santa Anita .% road ,s, 70
the whole south line should its artillery and musket
~ on the enemy's line and that all these operations
should be made simntxneousy-that Is. at the moment
when should indicate by an understood signal rom the
tower.
also instructed General rrozabal that as soon as
che firing would be close. he should attack with snail
force the orchard which Sanchez Roman formerly
ried with no other object than that OF burning the rub
md onQHn md Nyhi no
using nthe construction OF parapes and to cover himself
from our lre.
No. T. Of the 2bh instant, omitted saying that on the
I'D 23d and 2lth forts OF ZaraRoza Tectmihnacan
salyways from those forts Cen. Pinzon, with the
Guerrero troons General atoni. with the troops of M
y snns s
enemy from the points where he had earthwofks 70
The enemy has Continued TO throw shells and other pro-
ectiles on the plaza but slowly He has also continued
some earthwotks extending his parallels and covered
roads 10 attack Santa Anita He has already suspended
the works which he had against the Carmen
fort You will remember that to-day We have had fcrty
vs DAYS 2. siege ana tory one Of onsred srencns: And
many assauitstw0 ony OF which were favorable n the
French arms, in which we lost dsmanted fort and
orchard For thrtyone days there has not been lost
single hands breadth Of ground IN the line which
have proposed U defend On the other hand army
attempted to assault. have endeavored to force him
to- enclose o letter addressed 10 me by one OF the
French officers taken prisoner After tho whole force
officers and soldiers were eagerly seeking the ag OF the
Zousve battalion but they discovered that the flag had
not been carried into the fight and that IL was In the hill
or San uap This fact explains why the French forces
lcse no banners.
The army Of the East is proud my friend for having
fought month and half with an enemy as cunning and
skiiful as he 10 brave AZ matter OF Justice viii saw
you that any other general than Forey had attacked
this city he would have been already routed
ORTEGA
have tho honor Of transmitting this for the nfOrma-
tion of the citizen constitutional President
Liberty and Reform
SAN GERONIMO April 80, 1863 COMONFORT
LETTERS IRON FRENCH pEsERTKRs
We COPY the following letter of thanks addressed to the
President OF the republic by somo OF the iunumcrabe
French descrtors before being m,rched 10 the
SENIOR PREspESr-Wc do not wish to separate from our
new sovereign without expressing to him our thanks for
the Kindness which we have experienced from the Mexi