Letter
JACOT, Consular Agent of the United States of America to M. Otterbourg, April 5, 1867
[Extract.]
Mr. Jacot to Mr. Otterbourg
Consular Agency of the United States of America, Puebla, April 5, 1867.
Sir: The siege is happily over. The defenders of the city did their best and really fought well, but their moral courage being lost they were overpowered by the numbers.
The liberal army has behaved admirably. They attacked the city at fourteen different points and took them all, and yesterday the forts were given up.
With a few exceptions, unavoidable in such cases, everything went well. The greatest order prevails now in the city. Rafael Garcia is governor of the state, and all the old clerks are under his orders. I mean all the clerks that served the liberal government when the French came in the city.
Very respectfully, sir, your most obedient servant,
A. JACOT, Consular Agent of the United States of America.
M. Otterbourg, Esq., United States Consul, Mexico.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie.