Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-17

The troops, too, were out at an
early hour for drill before the ex-
treme heat of the day came on.
All trains arriving last night
brought crowds and the country
people began to come in by sun-up
and the stream of all varieties of
and people on horseback
and on foot continued to pour in
until noon and after. The after
noon trains, also, brought in large
delegations from all adjacent towns
and by 3 O'Clock the city was
crowded, the streets being almost
impossible, besides the crowd on
Fair Grounds all day was large.
The best OF order prevailed every
where and everybody enjoyed the
maneuverings of the troops, drills,
&c-a rare sight to nearly all the
vast throng.
The Fair Grounds present hol-
iday appearance with the big Natl
onai flag floating to the breeze from
the top of the grand stand and the
whole amphitheater is bedecked
with flowers and flags.
The sham battle will occur after
this paper has gone to press, but
it Is safe to say that tn" "skirmish"
will be witnessed by 5000 people.
The battle is advertised for A
O'Clock, but will probably not take
place until half an hour later.
THE BATTLE OF MEXICO.
The troops are in the very best
of trim and promise the crowd
genuine old-time battle-a real
representation of fight between
Americans and Mexicans during
the war of 1S4S. A short synopsis
of the fight is herewith given: The
hour is supposed to be just before
daylight. The beginning of the
fight is a sudden surprise of a Mex
lean outpost by small party of
Americans, the advance guard of
the main body. The slumbering
Mexicans are taken completely by
surprise and are driven, dispersed
and hotly pursued by the Ameri-
cans, who narrowly escape capture
by following the fleeing Mexicans
almost into their camp. The
Americans are fired upon by the
enemy and retreat in bad order,
but are not pursued. They return
to the main body, stopping on their
way to destroy the camp of the
Mexican outpost and carry away
the plunder. An intermlssion here
takes place during which the
Americans prepare for battle and
advance with sklrmishers TO the
attack ON the enemy's position
The enemy opens fire with heavy
artillery, compelling the Ameri'
cans to retire a short distance ir
good order, when they again ad
vance to the front and continue
their attack. The Americans
however, soon retire in bad order,
but are reinforced by fresh troops
who form a new skirmish line ant
vigorously attack the Mexican fort
but they in turn are also sooI
driven back and an armistice i
agreed upon to remove the wound
! ed from the field. After a shor
interval the Americans advance t
the fight in force and make gen
eral attack along their entire front
The fight is hotly contested at thi
point and the Americans are oblig
ed to retire on two different ocoas
ions out of range of the Mexicans
artillery fire, but final vigorou
charge is made by their entir
forces, and they charge the fort {
the Mexicans in double time, wit
, bayonets fixed, driving the enem
in bad order from their fort, VIII
leave their guns behind them i
the hands of the victorious Amer
cans.
A reporter of the LEDGER visite
the soldiers in camp this mornin
and a better behaved and mol
chivalrous set of men we nevt
met. Every courtesy that coul
be rendered was shown us. In con
pany with Col. G. D. Comfor
It Maj. J. r. Hereford, Hospit
i Steward T. A. Buckland and th'
d invincible ''parson," John \
It White, of the St. Louis Post-Di
a patch, we had the pleasure of visi
:. ing the most notable places in IL
camp grounds. This mornings e:
ercises consisted in a military dri
l. and preparing for the sham bait
h which is to take place as aho'
7, stated.
Or The troops were reviewed ye
re terday evening at 7 o'clock in fro
D, Of the grand stand by Gov. Fra
,e CTS, Col. VIM. Bull and Adjutar
I'd General Wiokhana, and the milit
y ry tactics were gone through Wi
re in fine style. The Governor al
st aids rode up and down the lin
j. booted and spurred, and the CO,
,e teous waive of the Governor
r |,gauntleted hand showed him to
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