A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . next days battle. POLK S ADMINISTRATION. 283 General Pillow, and the other by General Quitman, advancedto the assault, and in the most gallant style carried the out-works and then the castle, though at the expense of manylives. XII. Quitman pur-sued the flying Mexi-cans ; and at night hisdivision rested withinthe gates of the city,while Worths division,which had advanced bya circuitous route, halt-ed in the suburbs. Du-ring the night, SantaAnna, with
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . next days battle. POLK S ADMINISTRATION. 283 General Pillow, and the other by General Quitman, advancedto the assault, and in the most gallant style carried the out-works and then the castle, though at the expense of manylives. XII. Quitman pur-sued the flying Mexi-cans ; and at night hisdivision rested withinthe gates of the city,while Worths division,which had advanced bya circuitous route, halt-ed in the suburbs. Du-ring the night, SantaAnna, with most of hisarmy and the princi-pal officers of govern-ment, fled from the the following morn-ing, September 14th, theAmerican army passedinto the city, and run-ning up the UnitedStates flag on the na-tional palace, took for-mal possession of the Mexican capital amid the greatest enthu-siasm. XIII. The Mexicans, taking advantage of the weakness ofthe garrison which Scott had left at Puebla, laid siege to theplace; and, after Santa Annas* flight from the capital, he * Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Jalapn, Mexico, in XII. Questions.—45. What is said of Quitmans and Wortlis advance? 4G. Stateivhat took place on tlie following morning. XIII. 47. To what place in the mean time had the Mexicans laid siege ? 4S. Whatcircumstance had induced them to commence the siege ? 49. By whom were theyjoined during the siege ? 50. Why did Santa Anna afterward leave the besiegers?51. Give an account of the battle that followed. 284 POLK S ADMINISTRATION, joined tlie besiegers with some thousands of his fugitivetroops. Learning that General Lane, with a body of re-cruits, was on his march from Vera Cruz to re-enforce Scott,Santa Anna left Puebla to intercept him. At Huamantla{whah-mant-kill) the encounter took place, and though tbeMexicans were vastly superior in numbers to the Americans,the result was, as usual, a total defeat to them. XIY. On the 2d of February, 1848, a
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