. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... toturn the hill on which stood the Bishopspalace, gain the Saltillo road, and carry theworks in that direction. This movement was ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES K. POLK. 603 successfully accomplished; but in order togain the desired position Worth was obligedto cut a new road across the mountain. Histroops bivouacked for the night just out ofrange of the enemys guns. During the,night the Americans built a battery to com-mand the Mexican citadel. On the morning of t
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... toturn the hill on which stood the Bishopspalace, gain the Saltillo road, and carry theworks in that direction. This movement was ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES K. POLK. 603 successfully accomplished; but in order togain the desired position Worth was obligedto cut a new road across the mountain. Histroops bivouacked for the night just out ofrange of the enemys guns. During the,night the Americans built a battery to com-mand the Mexican citadel. On the morning of the twenty-first of Sep-tember the American artillery opened fire onMonterey, and the infantry advanced to carry During the night of the twenty-first theMexicans evacuated the lower part of thecity, but kept their hold upon the citadel andthe upper town, from which they maintaineda vigorous fire upon the American daybreak, on the twenty-second, Worthsdivision, advancing in the midst of a fog and<rain, carried the crest commanding theBishops palace, and by noon had captured the palace itself. The guns of the captured. CAPTURE OF A BATTERY AT MONTEREY. the Mexican works. The brigade of GeneralQuitman carried a strong work in the lowerpart of the town, and at the same timeGeneral Butler, with a part of his division,forced his way into the town on the these operations were in progressGeneral Worths division seized the Saltilloroad, and secured the enemys line of fortified positions along the heightswere also carried, and their guns turnedupon the Bishops palace works were now directed upon the enemy inthe city below. The enemy had fortified the city so thor-oughly that the Americans were not onlyforced to carry the various barricades in suc«cession, but were compelled to break throughthe walls of the fortified houses, and advancefrom house to house in this way. One ortwo field pieces were drawn up to the flatroofs, and the Mexicans were d
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