El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-21

Z said Gen Tay1or, put we ola not stop
to count I know that wished for
more soldiers"
Yes" said the senator but what
I was the order of battle2"
| why, senator, we pegan fighting
/ early IN the morning the first day and
we fit all that day. We lost a good
pretty bad
well, what next?"
! Well" said Gen. Taylor, when 1t
got dark I rode over to Saltillo to look
after our stores and provide against
! surprise"
| You see, senator, everything de-
! pended on our not having our supplies
( cut off, and 1 wanted to see for my
How was it next morning?" said the
about the same as the night be-
fore" said Gen Taylor, and stopped:
Who was the first man you met3,,
And what did he say?"
| He said, All is lost
What did you replyl' -
| then we went to fighting again and tit
l all that day and toward night 1t
| stopped again, although the senator
waited impatiently for more, and final
/ " asked:
well, next morning it was reported
| to me that Santa Anna and all his men
! had disappeared in the night, and can
of them so.
1t Was in these engagements that
! figured Grant says the war was IN
/ just Jefferson Davis was IN com
mand of regiment of MISSISSIPPI vol
unteers at the battle Of Monterey and
/ Gen. Robert Z. Lee began his services
4 in Mexico there with Gen Wool Lee
| was afterward transferred TO the army
! of Veracruz, and served so well there
| that he rose to be a colonel
| First FifhtinE IN the South
/ The first fighting in southern Mex
! leo was at Veracruz and the comman-
! der-in-chief was Gen Winfield Scott
who led the army from there over the
/ mountains and on to Mexico city. Scott
/ had 1900 men and the Mexicans had
| only 5000, but Veracruz was protected
| by the Qualifications of San Juan de
this was a sufficient defence for the
] city. Scott attacked the city from the
| whole army without opposition He
! olsen barked on the 9Th of March, and
two weeks later both the city and fort
The Americans then started on their
march up the mountains They mad
gone about 90 miles when they entered
! the battle of that name, taking SOOO
prisoners, five generals and 40 cannon
/ They then climbed their way on over
| the mountains and on to the city OF
! Puebla, which is situated on the plat
! eau about rs miles from the .cap1t3aeL
! Puebla has now over 1OQ,OOO lnhaD!l-
| ants, and it is one OF the Industrial
centers of Mexico 1t has great cotton
! mills and a number of factories II
7 has beautiful residences and one OF
the finest cathedralS of the world
When Scott reached there il had about
So 600 population, and there was a
| great army awaiting him at Mexico
City In the meantime he had had
sickness among MS men IN coming over
the mountains. Seven of his regiments
had been discharged and the American
forces had been reduced to a little over
10000, nearly half Of whom were re-
cruiCs-
Scott left $500 of his troops. includ-
ing the sick and wounded IN Pu ,7IoI1,
and with the balance marched upon
Mexico City where he knew an army
of about five times his own force
awaited him. He had only about 1900
i while the Mexicans had $4,000.
II He came over the mountains ana
down into the little valley where lies
Mexico City. He skirted the lakes and
met the enemy first at Churubusco,
and where he gained great victory
/ He fought the MeXicans again at Mo-
lima del Rey, and again before the
! castle of Chapultepec. where the preSl-
dent OF Mexico now lives BE was VIC
IoriOus everywhere, and on the 14th OF
! September the Mexican army eVacu-
ated and he triumphanty entered the
capital.
of Mexico Gen. SCOTS total losses were
! 27O3 men, including 3S3 officers.
| The Mexicans lost more than 1000 in
killed and wounded and We took over
300 prisoners of war. Scott remained
in Mexico for some time. He had his
headquarters in Mexico City, where his
troops were reinforced to an aggregate
Of 10000 men
Mexico Makes Peace.
1t was on February ,, 1S4S, that the
Mexicans made peace. The conference
was held just outside the capital, near
the shrine of Guadalupe and under the
shadow of its Sacred Virgin, who is the
patron saint of the Mexicans. It is
/ said that the MeXicans prayed to the
Virgin to bring about peace, and that
many among them believed that 1t
came through her intercession.
During my stay in Mexico I visited
Chapultepec, ChurubuscO and Molina
, / del Rey. The localities of the fighting
, : can easily be found, and under the
great trees at Chapultepec the spot is
pointed out where the young Mexican
cadets fought so bravely in defence Of
! their country. I also visited Guadalupe
Hidalgo. where the peace treaty was
3 signed. It is three miles from the cap
; ital and may be reached by street car
This place is still the most visited of
any of the Mexican shrines. It has
; hundreds Of thousands of pilgrims who
go there every year TO worship, and
the people of today have as much faith
| in the efficacy of the Virgin Of Guada-
lupe as they had when they prayed TO
! her to bring pity into the hearts of the
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