considered as liable to be
restored to Mexico by a definite treaty of peace.

VI.

The sick and wounded Mexicans to be allowed to remain in the
city, with such medical officers of the army as may be necessary
to their care and treatment.

VII.

Absolute protection is solemnly guaranteed to persons in the
city, and property, and it is clearly understood that no private
building or property is to be taken or used by the forces of the
United States, without previous arrangement with the owners, and
for a fair equivalent.

VIII.

Absolute freedom of religious worship and ceremonies is solemnly
guaranteed.

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_General Scott to the Secretary of War._

To the Honorable Headquarters of the Army,
William L. MARCY, Plan del Rio, 50 miles from Vera Cruz,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. April 19, 1847.

Sir: The plan of attack, sketched in General Orders, No. 111,
forwarded herewith, was finely executed by this gallant army
before two o'clock P.M. yesterday. We are quite embarrassed with
the results of victory, prisoners of war, heavy ordnance, field
batteries, small arms and accoutrements.

About three thousand men laid down their arms, with the usual
proportion of field and company officers, besides five generals,
several of them of great distinction: Pinson, Yarrero, La Vega,
Noriega, and Obardo. A sixth general, Vasquez, was killed in
defending the battery (tower) in the rear of the whole Mexican
army, the capture of which gave us these glorious results.

Our loss, though comparatively small in numbers, has been
serious. Brigadier-General Shields, a commander of activity, zeal
and talent, is, I fear, if not dead, mortally wounded. He is (p. 312)
some five miles from me at the moment. The field of operations
covered many miles, broken by mountains and deep chasms, and I
have not a report, as yet, from any division or brigade.

Twiggs' division, followed by Shields' (now Colonel Baker's)
brigade, are now at Xalapa, and Worth's division is en route
thither, all pursuing, with good results, as I learn, that part
of the Mexican army, perhaps six or seven thousand men, who had
fled before our right had carried the tower, and gained the
Xala