The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-18

than cespeasaed fer by ITO enlistment " huodrsd
and ufy yelarsers frosa Aaoas as .4ssal prisoners
captured - tue light. TIE ,esat j. singular the
way u came ABOUT
On the evening Of the the 26h prospects looks cd
aooal a. gloomy they "eh eoaid bs. gsos. .u1s
ssenled on the point OF giving as
non looked US in the face. Maize not TO- he had
thousands OF bungry and lnr,aecd tic
streets, begging for bread make II T. Money
was Deccln ng almost scarce Inaize iusit cyl
DENT 70 every one that crisis was at hand Besides
months inact'on was beginning TO tell upo the army
ana In day or two the dsasfection which vas
now only slight would become widespread Something
must De done council OF calledat the Cruz
and held long and anxious deberstion. fiIay the
solve taken.
II was determined at daybreak on the 2sh General
Mramon with all the available troops should attack the
enemys position and sndeavor carry ii by torn. All
the generals united in insisting that Empor should
not risk his life in the ght and he reIuctany gave In
TO their representations He remained q the Cruz
with two hundred OF his best cavalry principally Hun
garian hussars.
No disguised from himself the fact thst the
was desperate one. Least Of all did Mcmillan /
have seen him under Ore dozen times when he
the coolest OF all present Then II only his
life he risked. Now, the safety OF twothrds Of his
army, the lives Of thousand wounded mon in the Hos
pas certain b massacred II the liberals entered the
city, and tho ives and property Of hundreds OF the
citizens wsre staked ON one throw OF the dcs. No
wonder that his usually rubicund face wss banched,
that he twtchsd nervousy at the enes OF his long beard
and kept much possible cat Of sight Of his STAFF
Taking every man that c0pid be Withdrawn from the
lines the attacking force barely numbered three thou
sand men. Even the withdrawal Of this small number
enemy nigh. have forced passage into the
that for Nifty days has held this city against the
tire liberal army It has been nominaly rated at twelve
haved and with The best Opportunities Tor judging
believe M effective strength has never exceeded six or
seven thousand. Every preparation Tor defeat had
gramme that II the attack failed, tho Emperor, at
the head Of his hussars his foreign officers and such
other cavalry the moment could DO got together,
should his way through the enemys lines and take
to the mountains, there to form junction with the
forces Of Overa or 70 make such other as
anticipation OF some such disposition had previously in
tmated in the proper quarters that II would neither COM
port with my instructions my incnaons to reasin
Querearo after the Emperor had et, and that was
prepared to take all the risks involved in following his
fortunes wherever they might lead him. The result was
position Maximiaus stan. Four O'Clock in the
morning US all booted and spurredaand ready for
the start Il was singular conconrse shat gathered
together front Of the old Couvensof Ia Cruz There
poor little Mela dying slowly Of ncurable disease,
sitting n the porch hadSisd up In MA blanket, like
Aaurre Mini,ssr Of Public Instruction. betrayed ag
TALON on his smiling face But the preectshorn for
the nonce OF his official dignty-looked decidedly IN
comfortable and did Macy Others whose prominence
in the imperiai service rendered unsafe for them TO
stay but who, apparently, at thai psrscuar monenn
point Of danger between going away ana remaining De-
hind. .ag
AZ four O'Clock just as the first glmmer Of day ap.
peared the a.tackog tofco moved out-as nearly as
could Judge eight haar cavalry and less than two
thousand infantry 'c seen all seemed 10 n,gn spns.
undertaking. Noise.c ~ threading tue oarrcades
which intersect every Of the CITY, they marched
down TO the Aameda tuat little park Of which mention
the left Of the Alameda win be secn BY referonce to
the or s III
the advance guard lines tho south sdt OF the
city II from this point that the attack
Hcre the enomy's works wore not protected " rifle
pits like the rest Of their line II was vulnera SPOT
an Achilles heel and the best use was made Of in
fantry charged the position and snked It at nd the
whole Attacking force moved down she line AZ e
moment battery Of I've guns " tbs A1smedss> cnea
deadly Are on the enemys works lower aosn, wnsfe
short range ~ might be expected every shot told with
fatal ecacy Before twenty shots had been fred tho
euemys sharpshooters jumped out Of their rhepi the
artiIlcrymen le their guns and all took TO fight with,
out waiting the approach OF the attacking force a
x or ~. per Who captured thu
reuimenta chest and its contents, and made good
thing Of u Whole companies threw down their arm
bravery than the rhsy len their baggage, thoi
ire. General Vega, with bic whole command and tw.
heavy forces Of artillery, pus for Celayo and VA
brought back by liberal cavalry General Regul6s him.
self, who was in command Of shs line, va.
ono Of tho Hrst 70 skedaddie His horse, his
tent and all hs private were oy
lance quarters Of An hour after the attack wai
begun half women Of Queretaro were In the enemys
for
want OF mules could not be brought away. They re-
turned 70 the city with blankets full OF corn and rce
and coffee provisions enough to drive on starvation
| for q week. ~
Miramon continued his victorious march all down the
euemy's line from opposite the San Francsquito to th'
fortified hacienda Of Jaca. which he carried He cap
tured twcny guns-one thrtysix FOUNDER, thre'
| twcnty-four Founders, seventeen mountain guns o
from tour 70 Twelve pound, sa nearly SIX nun
I'm 10 this time our loss had been little or nothing
/ Tho capture Of al the enemys artillery did not cos
i thirty lives, and actually effected py less than
| hundred men, who from gum to gun, ali along tn
/ line The enemy had begun 10 run, and there was ~
knowing when they would stop. A. least three thou
sand of their infantry we learned subsequently, pu
straight for the mountains and the cavalry had 70 b
sent after them with lassocs TO BRING tnom bacs bu
here disastrous characterization occurred The orieina
plau was for Miramon II he carried the line Of III
Cimaisrio double back along the valley lying between
the Cmaiaro hill and the Cmataro mountain, and tne
TO attack the enemys position The mountain OF Car
retas. Tho idea was good one, bit u wa
spoiled in the execution. AL this gme Gen
| and four pieces Of artillery, occupying tn
valley extending from lines TO tn, hacienda OF Cal
LEILA which captured and to the foot OF the hill
| Cucsia China, with view TO prevent the cnomy RI
ceiving endorsements from Escobedo's camp on th
Carreas IL does not seem 70 have occurred either
Miramon Castillo that II the valley at the back Of tn
Cimaaris hill available for Miramon to advance
attack the Carrctas Il was equally available fc
troops from the Carretas 10 march down 70 the attac
i OF Mramon. whiic Castillo patiently watching I
OF the Cnesta China four thousand Of the enemy
best troops wcrc quietly marched round the back
nd xvho WI nd Inc mat
TO return he encountered them. This the most ur
fortunate event OF the day. Other mistakes had bee
made In the attack the hacienda OF Jacal Miramo
| had lost some considerable men, and tn
| movement perfectly useless for the In
slant the place captured was abar
| doned again and reoccuped by the enemy withou
one Of the fortincations being destroyed. Bat now b
met decided On his advancing TO the attack tn
Fourth regiment Of cavalry, one Of the worst olcero
and worst disciplined regiments IN the SERVICE snomn
| ousIy turned tail and fed The enemy poured IN
heavy Are Of grape and musketry, and amer few min
ufcs' incncctual struggle retreat was ordered and th
imperial troops Withdrew 10 oeabe good order 70 thei
entertainments The enemy once began TO rooccup