d by Twiggs, (p. 319)
had already held out about an hour, when Worth and Pillow,
the latter having with him Cadwallader's brigade, began
to manoeuvre closely upon the _tete-de-pont_, with the convent
at half gunshot to their left. Garland's brigade (Worth's
division), to which had been added the light battalion under
Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Smith, continued to advance in front and
under the fire of a long line of infantry off on the left of the
bridge; and Clarke, of the same division, directed his brigade
along the road or close by its side. Two of Pillow's and
Cadwallader's regiments, the 11th and 14th, supported and
participated in this direct movement; the other (the Voltigeurs)
was left in reserve. Most of these corps, particularly Clarke's
brigade, advancing perpendicularly, were made to suffer much by
the fire of the _tete-de-pont_, and they would have suffered
greatly more by flank attacks from the convent, but for the
pressure of Twiggs on the other side of that work.

This well-combined and daring movement at length reached the
principal point of attack, and the formidable _tete-de-pont_ was
at once assaulted and carried by the bayonet. Its deep wet ditch
was first gallantly crossed by the 8th and 5th Infantry,
commanded respectively by Major Waite and Lieutenant-Colonel
Martin Scott, followed closely by the 6th Infantry (same
brigade), which had been so much exposed on the road, the 11th
regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Graham, and the 14th,
commanded by Colonel Trousdale, both of Cadwallader's brigade,
Pillow's division. About the same time the enemy in front of
Garland, after a hot conflict of an hour and a half, gave way in
a retreat toward the capital.

The immediate result of this _third_ signal triumph of the day
were three field pieces, one hundred and ninety-two prisoners,
much ammunition, and two colors taken at the _tete-de-pont_.

Lieutenant I. F. Irons, 1st Artillery, aid-de-camp to
Brigadier-General Cadwallader, a young officer of great merit and
conspicuous in battle on several previous occasions, received in
front of the work a mortal wound. (Since dead.)

As the concurrent attack upon the convent favored physically and
morally the assault upon the _tete-de-pont_, so reciprocally, no
doubt, the f