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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
May
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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News is brought by ihe steamer McKim at New Orleans Irom Vera Cruz vvhence slie sailed on the 20tI). On the anemoon of ihe 17th the advance of our nrmy under Gen. Twiggs, numbering 8,120 troops encountered the Mexicana. A severo conflict took place, entirely decisive in its results. Gen. Scott's inlention was to give battle on ihe 17th, but the aclion wi;s bro't on by the Mexicans, and the main ba'lle fought on the 17th. Santa Anna rnjjhis escape,after the route of his army. Oen. EiAVga is ngain taken prisoner with five otfpi" generáis. 5 P. M. 1 have just returned f rom seeing theÉpfTict, and bloody one it has been, on tliisíiide of tha farthest Möxican furt. The Rifles, under Major Snunders, with a detachment of Artillery and Infuniry, ivere ordered lo charge up the r'uggpd ascent, as ihey did,ga!lantly driving the Mexicans, after desperate resistance. Grent numbers of the enemy were killed, our side lost severely. Major Summer was shot in the head, Lts, Maury and Gibbs of the rifles, were wounded. ' Also Lt Jarvis 3d Infantry. The entire loss on our side 100. About 3 the enemy made a demonriratiotl upon the fort, to take it. But it all ended in their marching down Ihe liill. Thecnnnonon the hi 11 meanwhile kept up acontinual firing upon Twiggs' line without exrcution. At tliis time Gen. Sliields was ordered to his support. 7 P. M. The Americans have got another glorious victory against an outnumbering forcp, and in a Gibralter position. - One after another their Work have been taken, five Generals,and Coloniesesough to command ten such armies as ours, and oiher officers innurnberable taken pvisoners, togeUier wilh 6,000 men and ammunition, cannon and baggage traína, Santa Anna's travelling coach, all his paper, vnluabies, and even his W00DEN LEG, have fallen into orr hands togpther with the rnoney belonging to their army. Five hundred will cover our loss in killed and woujided. Had it not been for his posilive cowardice Santa Anna would htfve bon taken, and loss greater. Tlioir loss must be]large. Gen. Scolt will pursue toihe cnpital in baste. April 20th. - The route of the Mexicans last evening was total, complete. The remains ofthe army were pursued to within four miles of the Jalapa, by General Twiggs, at which point all dispersed. Santa Anna escaped by cutting a mulé from his mngnificent coach, mounting him, and subsequently taking the chaporal ! A service of massive silver, and every thing in his carriage, even his dinner was caplured. The Mexican loss upon the heighfs was dreaJful The ground, in places, was covered with the dead ar.d wounded. Col. Tatacia was found there morlally wounded. The loss on the retreat was te rribly severe. Every bye path was strewed with dead. Had our dragoons been able to have'reached them in season, all would have been captured, Santa Anna among them. Canales, with his lancers, had ihe prudence to vanish earlv. The Mexican officers taken prisoners had arrived at Vera Cruz. Gen. Shields was severely wounded, it is feared mortally. Gen. Pillow was slightly wounded wliile storming a fortification commanded by Gen. La Vega Numbers of other American officers we re also wounded. The Rifles' lst Artillery, 2d InfanL-y. Wiiliams' Company, Kentucky Votunteers, suflered most, All field officers except himself wounded. Among the Mexicans killed is Gen. Vesquez. Among the prisoners, Gen. Jerero, General La Vegn, Varrenda, Captain of Mexican navy; Captain Argutta. Of the Americans, Lt. Derby, of the topographical engineers, badly but not mortnlly wounded; Lt. Ewett, of the rifles, supposed mortally. This regiment suflered tcrribly. Lt. Dana,7th infantry badly wounded; Capt. Patten, 2d infantry, slightly: Lt. Davis, rifles, badly in hip; Maj. Summer,2d dragoons,commanding rifles, is improving. List of killed and wounded officers in Col. Haskill's command. Killed- lst Lt. Nelson : 2d Lt. Gil!, company E wounded; Lt. Col. Cumming, slightly; Maj. Farqueson, Ist Texan vol. severely; lst Lt. Yorwood mortnlly; ad. Lt Forrest slightly; Captain Murry severely; 2d Lt. Sutherland Ky. Vol. severely. This regiment when the action commenced numbered 400 men.
and its loss was soventynine killed and wounded. The arm y is to a Ivnnce lowordj Mexico immedialely. Gen. Worth's división marclied on tho 19th. Gon. Scott isto ma re li at noon. tíanta Anna's coadi was liarnessod up for the purposo of carryingon Mnj. Sumner. Mexican oilicers, prisoners, are 'on their way to New Oflo&nt. A ba'l went ihrough Shields' lungs. - Lt. Cowardin was killed, Murphy mortally wounded. Lt. Johnson liad his thigh ampu'aied. Ax Incident at Buena Vista. - During the most glooomy hour of the fight, Sergeant Joseph Langford,lst Mississippi regiment, was shot through the thigh. Unable to sland he sat upright, and shot dead, with his pistol, a lance r ns he approached him. VVhile engnged in reloaiing, another 'lancer trotted past him and raised his lance to drive it ir.to a wounded lieulenant, a few feet f rom liim. Besfore the weapon was hurled,however, Lnngford threw his pistol and struck the lancer a stunning blow on the nape of ihe neck. The action savcd the lieutenant, but proved fatal to the magnimous Laiigford; for, staggering.the Mexican turncd and drove hs lance into the foreliead of the wounded man, coming out back of his ear. Just as this moment, four men, who were approaching with a horse to carry offlheir comrade, shot the Mexican at the moment he had disengaged his lance, and he tumbled across the body of thepros'.a'e Mississipp'an.

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