An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . sted of one ten-inchmortar, two twenty-four pound howitzers, and four light field bat-teries, of four guns each. Their loss was twelve officers, and onehundred and eight men killed ; thirty-one officers and three hundredand thirty-seven men wounded. The loss of the Mexicans wasnever known, but it was supposed considerably to exceed that of theAmericans. Monterey now became the hea
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . sted of one ten-inchmortar, two twenty-four pound howitzers, and four light field bat-teries, of four guns each. Their loss was twelve officers, and onehundred and eight men killed ; thirty-one officers and three hundredand thirty-seven men wounded. The loss of the Mexicans wasnever known, but it was supposed considerably to exceed that of theAmericans. Monterey now became the head-quarters of the American the autumn. General Taylor detached Brigadier-GeneralWorth, with twelve hundred men and eight pieces of artillery, toSaltillo, while Brigadier-General Wool, with the column under hiscommand, numbering twenty-four hundred strong, and having sixpieces of artillery, was ordered to the town of Parras, seventy milesnorth-east of Worths position. Saltillo lies about seventy milesfrom Monterey, at an elevation of two thousand feet above that cityThese two places were occupied without opposition, the enemyhaving previously fallen back to San Luis Potosi. SANTA ANNA AT POTOSI. 555. GBNERAL TAYLOR TAKING L B A V H OF THE TROOPS Meanwhile, President Paredes had been deposed, and GeneralSanta Anna appointed Dictator of Mexico. After raising a largearmy, that officer established his head-quarters at Potosi, designingto raise a sufficiency of supplies to enable him to arrest the furtherprogress of General Taylor. Early in 1847, most of that officersregular troops were withdrawn by General Scott, which so reducedhis numbers as to force him to abandon his designs upon the Mexi-can capital and to fall back toward Monterey. General Taylor tookleave of the troops who left him, in a very feeling address. Thearrival of volunteers under General Wool again enabled him to moveforward, so that on the 21st of February, ascertaining that SantaAnna was moving rapidly
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