As soon as the rapidity of the firing indicated the fact that our services were • needed, five of our number started on the double quick for the front, with the " coffee machine ."
After marching, with as much rapidity as was consistent with caution, un- til four o'clock, P. M. , our advance guard met the enemy, and a sharp en- counter ensued,— the first engagement of the campaign — short, but bloody.  As soon as the rapidity of the firing indicated the fact that our services were • needed, five of our number started on the double quick for the front, with the " coffee machine ."  We reached the scene of conflict just at the right time.