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Whether his precaution was actually taken is a point upon which authorities differ; but at all events, with injuries so severe as would have sent almost any other man to the hospital, he rode forward into the battle. The contest was kept up until nightfall, without forcing Valencia's intrenchment. General Pierce remained in the saddle until eleven o'clock at night.
They drove in the Mexican pickets and skirmishers, dispersed a few parties of lancers, and occupied the village without loss. Seeing the movement, Santa Anna hastened to Valencia's support with twelve thousand men.
In the meantime Colonel Ransom abandoned Padierna, which was soon afterward occupied by General Valencia's forces, but not without stout resistance by the small detachment left there. At nightfall General Santa Anna fell back to San Angel, but failed to give notice of the movement to General Valencia.
"And that other woman there?" "That's La Paloma, Valencia's mistress." "Prostitute?" asked the lady. "For at least forty years," answered Leandro with a laugh.
The information sought for was given, and Captain Lee was requested to inform General Scott of General Smith's intention to attack Valencia next morning, and asking that a diversion be made on Valencia's front. General Shields arrived at midnight, and was left to hold the village and cut off the enemy's retreat.
During the night, the troops appointed for that service, under Riley, Shields, Smith, and Cadwallader, had occupied the villages and roads between Valencia's position and the city; so that, with daylight, the commanding general's scheme of the battle was ready to be carried out, as it had originally existed in his mind. At daylight, accordingly, Valencia's intrenched camp was assaulted.
She did not want Señorita Valdés or anybody else interfering between her and the friend she had nursed. But she knew she could not stop this imperative young woman from doing as she pleased. "Now tell me how you know that Pablo has gone to injure the American. Did he tell you so?" "No-o." "Well, what did he say? What is it that you know?" Valencia's shoe tapped the floor impatiently.
But at Valencia's coming the children all looked round, and jumped up and curtsied, and then were afraid to sit down again. "You have spoilt my group, Miss St. Just, and you must mend it!" Valencia caught the humour, regrouped them all forthwith; and then placed herself in front of them by Claude's side. "Now, be good children! Look straight at me, and listen!"
On January 13th General Scott reported the unsuccessful efforts of Colonel Wynkoop's First Pennsylvania Volunteers to capture the Padre Jaruata, but the same colonel, learning of General Valencia's whereabouts, made a night march, surprised and captured him and a colonel of his staff. Colonel Jack Hays made efforts to capture Jaruata, but also failed.
He went out, and to Valencia's chagrin she saw him no more that day. He spent the forenoon in the garden, and the afternoon in lying down, and at night complained of fatigue, and stayed in his own room the whole evening, while Campbell read him to sleep. Next morning, however, he made his appearance at breakfast, well and cheerful.
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