The brigade to which I was attached changed quarters three different times in about a week, occupying at first quarters near the plaza, in the heart of the city; then at the western entrance; then at the extreme east.

On one occasion General Worth had the troops in line, under arms, all day, with three days' cooked rations in their haversacks.

He galloped from one command to another proclaiming the near proximity of Santa Anna with an army vastly superior to his own.

General Scott arrived upon the scene the latter part of the month, and nothing more was heard of Santa Anna and his myriads.

There were, of course, bodies of mounted Mexicans hovering around to watch our movements and to pick up stragglers, or small bodies of troops, if they ventured too far out.