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Señor Romero to Mr. Seward

SECOND GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. Citizen Minister: Colonel Francisco Carreon, chief of the advance on Tlacotalpam, reported to me yesterday from the vicinity of that city, as follows: “Citizen General: Having fixed upon a plan with Lieutenant Colonel Diaz y Lagos to attack the enemy in his lines, that officer marched with his section at daybreak along the river and began the battle. He was received with artillery and musketry, yet his brave men charged with the shout of Viva la republica, and drove the enemy from his trenches. The rangers then made an attack on the other side and succeeded in the obje…