Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-02

,,,. which made him famous were such rs
~ o,,,,bt TO have learned In his young man.
80 and be had proved a poor student Of
I..rt n he did not There were before him
n M. Mexican campaigns and IN the eur
-, trft books and war histories u his
,.illtnry professionally days numerous In.
,,.nr,-. Of successful flank movements.
90 who s,a, his chiufinin aud must have
Zen his cxeniplnN was n master hand NJ
s,utinr and won his first laucls with
,lst .tyico tnctic- NJ l.undy's l.auc IN the
40 war ! remember that, ~ boy. ~
,s,i.t heard my older comrades discuss
,te.s nrittnfsanh assert that the best way
"a l.at enemies who stood Hrross your
r,tb to dispute Il with Rrrnt guns was .
s,ome s,oit over them" that u, turn their
,s.,tion hy a flank attack. This may have
i..n a iemini-ccnrc Of sohoolboy baitlcs
vith stswbtlls. but II was sound policy all
ne ann, aud u buots little who originated
the umaruNer
Porn.t, tho illitcrntc slave trader, who
hsramr the grratust cavalry general %
I'M. eontinem, Used tactics that won frd
,rek the Great hisgmndest Victories with.
an ,yer having heard OF the famous PfuN
san nnd his battles
Jackson may have brought little out of
nj. Mcxh4 campaigning 10 light the way
for MI. Ma,assgs and Charlottesville 81
MIDI. but not 20 his commander, Robert
4 iec. Lev doubtless put jackson up to
s,.fv uftpaf stroke be- made ~ a curtis loader
IN tie Army Of Northern Virginia. lie had
h,eu with Scott IN Mexico, aud was a
r-omiurnt factor IN the exploit nc Germ
i;orln where Santa Anna. with choice "
position. superiority Of numbers and much
,porr IN bis favor, was not only outilnnktd
ia Scott. ~ neatly q. llookcrwas by Stone
wall NJ ChAucellursvillc. hut his army was
eonipirtely routed aud virtually destroyed.
seott made a clean sweep
Crrro Gnrdo was Sc7tts first bout with
Santa Anna Il was after the cssful
tlecc II Vera Cruz. when Scott had net bis
farc toward the Mexican capital, ,hr no..
Client seat ~ the MnnttzumnN ten. Iach'
aty TAYLOR. who had been humping thf
willy dictator uu the llio Grandc line. sent
his best troops to rr.onforcc scott, and
Santa Anna ha,tenpd 10 the scene 10 snm.
ple The new American leader The route
from Yer, Cruz 20 the City ~ Mexico u
along the gfeat national highway ruunin.
through Jalarn aud pucbla AZ appoint
twenty miles east Of JAlnpn the McNlcan-
had taken position 10 dispute SCOTS ad.
yaner. anil 10 that place Santa Anna IT.
rciel oil bis troops from the Rio Grandc,
aud the endorsements gathered from thc
country NJ large. Ccrro GOr'o was a col
leetion Of huts belonging to . ranch on the
slopes between the mountains and the ltlu
del Plan Fast u Cerro Gorio the M.
iIonal ruad winds among bare elevations
tloplng toward the American approaches
and commanding the roadway for u Ion
distance.
The Mexican drfcnscs formed q semi
circle both ends resting on the liver On
the right three separate heights, 100 feet
above the plain, were fortified and secured
BY ahiti- and manned with m Hggrrgut,
d l,Jl1 troops mud % cnnnons. PARABLE
with the road behind these heights was ~
extensive bschstwoFk with $50 men and
lannon's, aud across the road NJ an arrow
pis, between mountain aud river were
lannon's and iO0men Farther to the ives.
and the Mexican left aud looking dow
upon the pass was cnnical hill 80 fcc
high, known as Crrro TELEGRAPH This I'LL
was fortified near It's summit with work
Of stone aud logs aud WIS protected bl
fallen trees, IL was the key oi the position
On the extreme left mound above Germ
uoflo runeh wa, occupied by q force will
icannons Al told the McXicans had 1900
men on the held tie day OF the light, Apr
is lsii.
Between the fortified elevations then
were deep gurges aud low plains, all swcp