Alvarez in
their attempt on the city were unsuccessful, he revoked his order to
Herrera and ordered him to proceed to Queretaro. Very soon he again
sent orders to countermarch and move to the capital. Again he ordered
Herrera to move on Queretaro, when he marched to Guadalupe and issued
a call for a junta to meet on the 16th.

From General Scott's report we learn that the loss in his army in the
various engagements around and in the City of Mexico amounted to two
thousand seven hundred and three. The whole force engaged in the
capture of the capital was less than six thousand. The Mexicans admit
that their force for the defense of the capital was about twenty
thousand, with one hundred and four cannon. The Mexican army
encountered by General Scott on his move to the capital was not less
than thirty thousand. In nearly if not quite all of the engagements
they were intrenched, and occupied their own chosen positions. Of
these, the American army killed or wounded not less than seven
thousand officers and men, captured three thousand seven hundred and
thirty prisoners, more than twenty colors and standards, seventy-five
pieces of ordnance, besides fifty-seven wall pieces, twenty thousand
stand of small arms, and a large quantity of ammunition.

Following are orders issued by General Scott after the occupation of
the capital:

"HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, NATIONAL PALACE OF MEXICO,
"_September 16, 1847_.

"GENERAL ORDERS NO. 286.

"The general in chief calls upon his brethren in arms to return,
both in private and public worship, thanks and gratitude to God for
the signal triumph which they have recently achieved for their
country. Beginning with August 10th and ending the 14th inst., this
army has gallantly fought its way through the fields and forts of
Contreras, San Antonio, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and
the gates of San Cosme and Tacubaya, into the capital of Mexico.
When the very limited number who have performed these brilliant
deeds shall have become known, the world will be astonished and our
own countrymen filled with joy and admiration. But all is not yet
done. The enemy, though scattered and dismayed, has still many
fragments of his late army hovering about us, and, aided by an
exasperated population, he may again unite in treble our numbers and
fall upon us to advantage if we rest inactive in the security of
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