and had fired three rounds, before fire was returned within effective range. Victory seems to have been decided by a charge of Captain Reid with twenty cavalry which he had managed to mount, and another charge by a dismounted company which captured the howitzer. The enemy fled, with loss of forty-three killed and one hundred and fifty wounded; our loss seven wounded, who all recovered. The enemy were about twelve hundred strong; five hundred cavalry, the rest infantry, including several hundred El Paso militia; our force was five hundred – Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson with a part of the regiment arriving on the ground after the action. Colonel Doniphan gave credit 'for the most essential service in forming the line and during the engagement' to Captain Thompson, First dragoons, 'acting his aid and adviser.'" Aftermath As the Mexican forces fell back, they were harassed by Apache natives who had been watching the battle. Doniphan's men reached El Paso on 27 Dec., where they seized five tons of powder, 500 arms, 400 lances and four artillery pieces. Major Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr. arrived on 5 Feb. with about 100 men and a six-gun battery. Doniphan led his forces southward on 8 Feb., headed to Chihuahua. See also List of battles fought in New Mexico Battles of the Mexican–American War External links New Mexico magazine describes battle Interpreted from https://web.archive.org/web/20061011064503/http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/mural/ipix/detail19_colonel.html References Battles of the Mexican–American War in New Mexico 1846 in New Mexico Territory December 1846 events