From The War
Dales fÃom Vera Cruz 19th statethnt Santa Anna with 8ÃÃ0 men, entered Puebla on the 25Ã!) and add'ressed a note lo Col. Childs to suÃiendnr. Ha Ãepli'ed he i shou'ld boable to repulsa all attacks. The Arco Iris siys (he enémy was at Puebla on Ãhe 27ih Sept., commenc'ed a heavy fireon lihe American worlcs. The Americcrns threw shells nto the centre ofthe which'did great injury. O'n Ãhe foliowing day cannonade recomrnenced, and by order of Santa Anna, broast works of cotton balós wörè raised to protect the city. To prevent completion of said works, the Americans continued a lieavy fire on wo'rkfnen from the battery of San Joso. On tha 30th the city was partially ; tranqiïil. Santa Anna'sArmy have desertèd.BXcept 130 personal gu.trris, tho wifli their leader, rrtarched td Ãajnca. Siricè his departure, Pifóbla has remained quiet. Reports were at Vèra Cruz on the 18ih; thata c'ompaiiy of Texnn Rangers were Httacked by Guerillns twelve miles froin Vera Cruz and all but tivo cut off. On the lst of October Santa Anna 1 marched at the hea'd Ãf 2000 crwalry to attack the reinforcéments on their Wdy to jjin Gen. Scott at Mexico, but liis inen reVolted and pronounced him traitor, &c, Santa Anna escnped tfitli a btÃdy of 130 hussars. The Mexican governmont had ordered Santa Anna toQueratero, but ha fled n n contrary direction towaids Oaxaca, j and would probably seek rtfuge in Gua-I témala. The 13th Infantry is to march wi'.h t!ie 7th train as far as the National Bridge. There are 2500 American troops at Bezira, near Vera Cruz, v!z ; 13:h Infnnlry, the Massechusetts and Oliio Regiments, two Florida companies, Crtpt. Stapp's Illinois mounted rrÃerÃ, ninety recruits forthe lst dragoon, Uvo companies of the llth Infantry. recruits bclonging to the voltiguers, Tilghman's magnificent light artillery batlery : half a müe boyond the artillery butlery there dfe -Icompanies of the Texan Rangers. Paredes is endëavof'ing to Cstablisli a .Monafchy; Santa Anna hcÃ3 been again cailed to the head of the Government and Arfïiy. Ãen. LatJe was at a town between Perote and Puebla. Santa Anna1 evacuated nt his apsroach, leaving twö piecës of artülery. Cols. Vegn and Iturbide drö prisonef Gen. Rhea took possession of ihe totvn afier Lane's departure, nd follöwing in ihe rear succeeded in killing seventy straggling Americana. The guerrillas capturoi the Afmy mail.
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