Show from san diego herald extra dec STIRRING NEWS special express from En senada later from the new republic another battle repulse of the enemy Cap capture of his baggage repeated skirmishes treacherous attempt to surprise the americans MU mil lendrem and nl agreta de defeated feared spoils of victory brass field piece taken damp equipage saddles and arms ca cap p aured arom the greasers successful attack tac 0 of crackers ro s party ar gallant TV r of walkers a rs battalion battalio n security a rity of the t e invaders establishment 0 of fortifications I 1 we give ve below the tha stirring account of the operations 05 of the independent lower california received by a private and special express from the seat aut of Govern merit at Efi Eti senada we do not heat hear that any outside assistance hos has yet been received by president dont walkers Bit battalion and their achievements have seen been conducted by the original force without help from any barter qt tarter the house in party have selves is a one story adobe with thick walls containing a large storehouse and two smaller rooms this is a good defence against the small arms of the attacking party but less jew unable to withstand the fire of cannon shot we hear verbally that the tha besiegers have hava been active and untiring in their efforts to dislodge tile the garrison but have met with equal spirit and enterprise by the defenders our informant denies the assertion of previous letter writers on theother the other side aide that robbery and thefts have been committed by tile the members of the expedition property y of every kind is respected and the owners satisfactorily remunerated for supplies necessary for the troops the mexican report of the loss lose of some of the american party is also denied it will be seen by I 1 the letter that only one was wounded in the recent cent affray the letter is from an officer of the expedition and a gentleman of 61 known integrity and veracity here it is i ENSENADA SANTOS fort mckibbian McKibb lan L C dec 16 1853 I 1 I 1 I 1 have only time to give you a brief statement of the operations of the ahe command of col walker i r since the lending landing of our forwe forces at this place after having taken the town of la paz with two governors espinosa inasa and leda in the early part of nov we landed at this place on the ad insl and remained here in peace until the morning of the ath when the command of col Millen drez and surrounded our I 1 position and attempted ly a rather well gotten 1 up ruse to destroy our party byan by an n ambuscade we fought them in every way wary falla the they desired but being without horses always failed to overtake them when they made their several desperate 1 charges until at length on the mo morning rut i in of the frez at a very early hour when Millen drez party were nearly frozen with a cold rain which had fallen very heavy a detachment of twenty of our I 1 men under command of crocker attacked them in their strong position and routing them completely compelling them to the ranch k in such double quick 11 ick style as to forget their clothing fire arms indian arrows h horses blankets I 1 ac to say nothing of one very prettily mounted brass field piece and many other articles peculiar to the tent and field I 1 have not time to give you full details of this af affair adir and several interesting skirmishes which shave have occurred in this vicinity between our oar forces i and those of MiU andrez ani and Ni greta but will be more particular in my next we had only one 0 man wounded in the affray of tha lath and know if that we kilk of the enemy and wounded F many of them Millen drez during thea the several everal days skirmishing I 1 sent three flags flage of truce trace to col walker and I 1 tried to violate the last two by sending scouts 0 11 around a position which he be coald not have obtain 91 I 1 ed in any other way but bat in this as well as in a I 1 I 1 blackguard note he failed most signally his scouts were headed off and his insolent illiterate note was sent back and unanswered until col walker sent crocker with twenty men as above related to whip about one h i andred of them our col had asked for these twenty men as s volunteers with the intention of commanding them in person but was dissuaded from doing so by the men wh who 0 considered his services necessary to the defence of our temporary fort I 1 i tho the writer of this was not one of the fighting detail on the night of the dinst but was in an i excellent position to see the whole fight and can say that it was a beautifully carried out affair and one which reflected great credit on the command yours respectfully SAMUEL RULAND ad walkers ind battalion foren foreign news I 1 I 1 turkey and russia are actually at war at last four battles have thus far been fought and the turks victorious in all the russians have not I 1 yet dared to cross the danube which the turks i are guarding and fortifying with great care I 1 it was reported that prussia was allied to russia in opposition to turkey negotiations are said to be progressing but all believe a general war inevitable twenty five thousand french troops are said to be on their way in aid of turkey in china the insurgents had invested shanghai I 1 and a battle was fought at annoy amoy sept lelh in I 1 which the rebels rebel s di defeated the government govern meat troops 1 |