The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-10
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Additional Details OF the Attack
ON MatamOrOs-
THE ASSAULT LED BY AMERICANS.
AN IMPERIAL 0UhB0AT IN THE FIGHT.
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GALLANT CHARGE LED BY GENERAL MEJIA.
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THE LIBERAL GENERAL ESPINOZA KILLED.
THE ASSAULT LED BY AMERICANS.
THE LIBERAL GENERAL EsPNozA KILLED.
Repulse Of tho Republicans, with Loss Of Five
Hundred Killed and Wounded.
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moros on the 25th u extracted vem the New Orleans
Times OF October go fully confirm the graphic report
OF the affair published In the HERALD Of November 2:-
The United States despatch boat Eliza Hancox, shultz
from Brazos via Galveston, arrived here this morning
To Lieutenant Kent, of the staff would express our
thanks for valuable courteses.
following Geographic despatch from General WeZel at
OCTOBER rs, 1885,
AS FAR as can learn Escobedo reconnoitred Mejias
lines this morning. General Ynoza misunderstood the
orders and attacked the fort below the town. his column
being led by about seventy Americans They carried
the works with little loss because the imperalists
say, the garrison ran out Of ammunition Meia in per-
with his favorte troops charged and reook the
works Furnishing the liberals pretty well. General
Ynoza and several officers and quite number of
Qiberals) are here wounded The fight lasted about
three hours, and is now
Everything quiet. Liberals say they will make at
tack In force tomorrow Will keep you posted get
information. G. WEITzEL, Major General
THE IMPERIAL ACCOUNT.
From the Matamoros Ranchero extra Imperial organ)
"a Oct. 25 p MI
At five O'Clock this morning the outlaws made as was
expected an assault on the Notifications surrounding the
city They appeared at different points in small force
leaving matter Of doubt whether attack feint
intended. At length charging party found to
tack in earnest the artillery pckets at the southwest
part of the city The charging party made up in despe-
ration what they lacked in numbers for a time The ar
tery picket was forced back leaving their guns behind
At this juncture the gunboat Parano, commanded by
Colonel Anselmo Grube steamed down the river TO the
assaulted point and by well directed fire put the out
laws to fight when the artillery picket retook their
time the fort commanded by our contemporary,
senior Don Miguel Pena. opened a shocking fire
aided the gunboat in clearing he chaparrai of the
last scamp General Meja learning that heavy assault
was making on one Of the forts put himself at the head
of five hundred cavalry and galloped down to the
sauted point and arrived just in time to the fleeing
outlaws disappear in the chaparra While the charge
being made at the lower end of the line furious
tery and musketry fire was being kept up the upper
forts, but without eiecting anything Fully thou
sand were led against these forts The forts main
tanned heavy fire upon the outlaws and kept them at
respectable distance An imperial cavalry force up
see how things we're going where SO much smoke
rising and upon seeing the situation of affairs with
General Meia at their head dashed in and put the
Gals TO fight taking from them one gun. Altogether
the firing continued for two hours when 1t died The
admirably.
The citizens responded nobly and were on hand for
fight in which they were disappointed II possible, the
confidence in General Mejia augmented. Although
nftyeight prisoners were taken and large numbers Of
outlaws killed and wounded, the imperial loss
era wounded and less than dozen killed consider
able quantity Of ammunition abandoned by the fleeing
outlaws has been captured. The Captain Of the gun
boat Antonia just arrived from below reports the out
laws swimming the river in great numbers and In the ut
most CONSERVATION
General Espinoza, second in command in the outlaw
army Is killed. and his body is In the hands Of the i'm
peralsts. General Mejia has just returned from the
front, where no was from tho beginning of the fight
until tho common enemy Of mankind disappeared. The
very latest from the front leaves the mpcrast troops
pursuit Oh ueelng IL ID reported
very good authority that General Hnojosa was wounded
and takcn to Brownsville. Reports from Brownsville
justify In saying that the outnw loss exceeds five hun
dred men in killed and wounded
: Entente C0rdiale Between Mexico and
Italy.
From the Florence Correspondence OF the Opinion Ma
tionale, Oct. n.
King Victor Emanuel gave audience to the Mexi-
Ambassador the 22d when the representative Of
MAMMALIAN addressed the King as follows:-
''The great affection Of tho Emperor Macmillan for
your Majesty him regret that long nm inter-
val should have elapsed without his being represented
your Majestys The Emperor hopes that bonds
OF sincere amity now existing between the two young
soveregns may be drawn still cosern
The King replied:-
81 wish all happiness to the Emperor, to his family
and 10 Mexico The present relations bstween Italy and
Mexico cannot but grow and more satisfactory,
and you will always find me disposed TO promote the
same Ms far as possible. "