Taylor, whii-li of rourae waa made known
by tlieir capture of the dutaclinient of Ar
kannaa and Kentucky cavalry, advanced
bryond San Incarnarion. The force of
cavalry on this r.j,Jc of the Sierra Madre,
tindur command of Cm. Urrea, citimiied
at from aix m eight thousand, was said
U be at Victoria, and part aa far towards
Monterey as Mont Morale?, when I left
the former place. They were, in fact,
in Victoria at ihe tinit our troops march
ed l? that place in January last, and re
turned to Tula as an advance brifade of
u' W'nman cnicieu the town. I hev
were supposed to bo acting aa a corps of
uu.crvaunn, aim a brlier was eiifrrtained
that they ,)J lfz(! t10 f,,vr,Isi,r
. oppi)r'uniiy io strike on our line of com
miiniration between Camargo ami Mon-
icrry, anti capture ain-h trains as should
happen lo be mi ihe road at the time.
lu'it. laylor must have apprehended
aorrn intentions ol this kind, for on my
arrival at .Maiamoros I found iliem forti
fyinj ihe paz, M t la( pflCP) in POI)ae.
quence of orders jnai rcciive from Gen.
Taylor lo guard against the sudden at
tack nf ihe whole 01 past of this force.
