end to the carnage. The enemy retired to the woods in the direction of our march. When they had taken their position for the night, Col. Fanning ordered his men to prepare for resuming their march and cutting their way through the enemy's lines. But it was soon discovered, that so many of our horses were killed or wounded, and our oxen strayed away, that it was im- possible to transport our wounded, who were more than sixty in number. Our commander said he would not leave them, but was resolved to share with them a common fate. I will not attempt to describe the horrors of that night, which was spent amid the groans of the dying and the incessant cry for water of the wounded, in dig- ging ditches and erecting breastworks for an expected engagement on the following day. iiorning at length came, and with it came our enemy, marshalling them- selves in battle array, with apparent intention of re- newing the scenes of the previous day, when a cannon ball was fired over us from near the woods. It was twice repeated, when almost simultaneously, a white flag was raised upon both sides. When the two com- manders met at a proper distance from their respective armies, the Mexican General Urrea embraced Col. Fan- ning and said, 'Yesterday we fought; but today we arc friends.'
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