CHAPTER VIII.
ADVANCE ON MONTEREY--THE BLACK FORT--THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY--SURRENDER OF THE CITY.
The advance from Camargo was commenced on the 5th of September.

The army was divided into four columns, separated from each other by one day's march.

The advance reached Cerralvo in four days and halted for the remainder of the troops to come up.

By the 13th the rear-guard had arrived, and the same day the advance resumed its march, followed as before, a day separating the divisions.

The forward division halted again at Marin, twenty-four miles from Monterey.