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attacked the enemy in rear, and after a severe action 

 completed their dispersion. Our men and horses being 

 too much fatigued by their long march to pursue 

 the scattered enemy, we marched on to Todos San- 

 tos, 



The loss of the enemy in this engagement cannot 

 be ascertained with any accuracy ; we know of ten 

 killed and eiirht wounded. Our loss was nothinxr ; one 

 man and the horse of Acting Lieutenant Scott were 

 slightly wounded, the enemy, as usual, firing too high. 



Our officers and men fullv sustained the character 

 they won on the IGth and 2Tth of November last. 



My warmest thanks are due to Lieutenant Halleck, 

 for his assistance as chief of staft', and I present him 

 particularly to the notice of the colonel commanding, 

 for the able manner in which he led on the attack on 

 the 30th ultimo. 



Captain Xaglee also deserves particular notice for 

 the enercretic and successful manner in which he ful- 

 filled his instructions. 



On the 31st ultimo, Captain Naglee, with fifty 

 mounted men of his company, was ordered to pursue 

 the enemy in the direction of Magdalena Bay. He 

 returned to La Paz on the 12th instant, having pur- 

 sued the enemy very closely, capturing five prisoners 

 and some arms. 



Lieutenant Ilalleck started for San Josd with a 

 party of mounted men, consisting of one officer and 

 twenty-five non-commissioned officers and privates, on 

 the 5th instant, for the purpose of communicating 

 with Captain Dupont, commanding United States 

 sloop-of-war C^^ane. He returned here on the 11th 

 instant, having captured ten prisoners on his march, 

 and taken a number of arms. 



