tayler's attack -- the attack on tayler's left was by the deadly artillery. he ordered another infantry char on the right suppord by the regularalvary. horstman did not join. the charge was poorly planned and foot soldiers were allotted. the infantry broke and ran across the mexican front carrying others in panic leading the army in disorder. it was growing dark, about six in the evening and both sis were exhausted so taylor called a truce. the landscape was a grisly scene, a dead man and animals, shattered equipment, the cannon balls, fire black in the grass. the moans and cries of injured, the screams of horses and winans filled the air. calls too darfur buzzards bu the coyotes spend the night feasting on the carnage. men prowl on both sides to plunder the dead and bring the wounded. tayler's casualties went by wagon the next morning. theexican injuries were mtly from cann fire sthe men were mutilated rribly, reported a witness. there was nobody to attend to them because the medical officer disappeared and nobody knew where he ft the surcal stores. some men