The Hartford herald., 1875-04-28

nermitteJ to participate n the storpring
Of tbe Fbe;gl,ts that the old hero of
Ju,av,s>L,s,,e ,,ls,sa,l et -s,n,.l, esser-
ness. promised him as hot a time as he
.o,ld desire and ,,ss;,o,sd him and his
,,,e', to d,tu fr the occas;o,, r;h General
WoRTH ,uLose command .torned the
kead.ts, erjt..leda.en., and Captain VIII
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IN tbe ,no,,tb. .of kloh;pa eu,po., and pla,,t-
81 e st,.,.u ,a of H. eo,n,tyy on the eap-
t,gei b,qest,royEs III, i . s, for -1 6iis gallant act
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cruz o''''"s''o''y'' '''' an 'i'i' .o"No' P.o.
y aHa anu folllalt,c o man anu nc Heiols II
never occprredf Heiier'u "oHIhs ;
command d'd not storm the famous
heights, and ltds r9piased utere It did
oule the attaoE. We. find the following
account of the brilliant and successful
assault ASA It-I,,, on the ba;gbts of Germ ;ordo
a.
III Dkooks I1isUory VI the 4heAicii
War" and it will be Seen that Colonel
afterwards General) w. s. HARNEY,
now Of St Louis. commanded tile as.
sault and If will also he discovered that
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t,s tIsi.11;'1i % 'ri' s, w "'' rf"i N t,rSS
clAqslssiy 'ol reg guar foel'S'' anu sfi''' y
" WILLIAMS 'iiidepenuelf'' company was
conspllcluoou;slysapsent lcl tnere1rom. says
the ihistoEiap: p9 Co.,, s..-.s rs. SIS. ?
throughout the night there were 5000
Mexicans living pom gl'i and around the va
rious heights. protected ,by breastworks
and fortifications and further secured from
direct a,ssaanIta by de4erpr ravines and almost
nnrreecinitous rocks mn whose steen sides
they imagined a man would scarcely dare
10 climb. In addition to the force thus
formidabiy posted, there was a reserve Of
6,000 men, encamped upon the plain in
the rear of Cerro Gorde, and close to the
Jalapa road laii - .l.7..e o.. alE-b y
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ilN5;i iiAfNEf was orgalliling nif
stormlng party ms CONSISTED Of the the fth
lnfaniry pnder Lieut., Goii PEYM,lProN' the
rihes' under daJ'-L -LoRIsG,iiour companies
oi tue is' artii'ery under ooL OHilD' ano
SIX cou Pa'es , oi te oio inlan'rs unaer lota
Captaipp ALLAAsDh1HH DEE An An 81 tnese coHPo11
sing Tue ioriorn nope were regulars Pckea
men, daring ana resolute. many on them
were veterans who had passed not un-
scatped 'nrousn tne aesPera'e oaltles Q
ta,s Ai'o ana tne Feim hasne ana .ns
sun inoie ueauiy s'of'h oi "ohtaha. NOW
'nes Wefe a0ou' " -'' WreSs,e Win 1n uanet
perhaps more W lihuiinen' mum NJ lnah any lney mac
hi'pei'o eno'u"'sieu' sa37 -a'+9.a ~,
Onward they rushed impeiled by the
double consciousness that the eyes Of The
Oenerai-in-cA'ef were upon them ana o
'ns 'ers,o'e oon'eqae11 'uA' ~ou'a 'o''o" r
coasn;o,,o,s,.s ahora aII en-. H. b;.S'i'
military un;form and his commond;ne
stature Waving his sword and calling
on his men to follow, he rapidly ascended
in full view OF the enemy while his cheer
ing voice Infused into the breasts OF hi
command the same energy and dauntiess
en'nu''asm mn'cn an'ma.ea nus own. =
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,anksssH bu, tbs ourv;vo-. st;J n,..sa,
on, and still above the thunder of the wa
rose high, distinct and clear the voice o
their intrepid leader. The key to th,
whole position was ours, captured undei
the eye OF the General-in-chief, by an as
sauit that stands out as one of the mos
hely ana Uesperae opsess oi h0asrh war
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