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The Daily Dispatch: June 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], The fall of Pueblo. (search)
, commander of the French army. On the 16th ult, he opened fire with heavy artillery, and on the 17th effected a breach in the Fort Toximehuacan, when he moved to the assault, and, after encountering a desperate resistance, entered the Plaza, where he received the unconditional surrender of General Ortega. The prisoners made by the capture of the city number twenty three Generals, nine hundred subordinate officers, and seventeen thousand men. A division of General. Forey's army left on the 20th, for the city of Mexico, a sufficient garrison remaining at Pueblo. The following are the particulars of the fall of the most important city but one in Mexico: It appears that on 16th of May the French having established a parallel at about 200 yards from Fort Toximehuacan opened a brisk fire upon that position and dismounted all its guns. The Mexicans fought bravely, but the next day, the parallels having been extended up to the foot of the fortress, the Mexican General Mendoza presen