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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.

WE have now an outline of the movements by
which the uniformly prosperous and brilliant cam-
paign of the American war has been crowned with
complete success in the fall of Atlanta, the great
central arsenal and depot of the Confederacy. For
months past, as is well known, the Richmond
Government had strained every nerve to hold this
important place, and so vital was its preservation
to the Confederacy that one of their own civil
officers who has lived at Atlanta during the past
year, and is therefore familiar with the feeling on
the subject in official circles, expressed his convic-
tion that, if necessary, Richmond must be evacuated
to save it. The explanation of JOHNSTON'S dilatory
tactics in his slow retreat from Chattanooga was
that by occupying SHERMAN'S attention he gained
time for the erection of formidable defensive
works in front of Atlanta ; and when at length he
retired behind these works he was super-
seded by a General distinguished not for
strategy but for determined fighting, and
a spirit of obstinate resistance even in the pre-
sence of superior odds. General Hum) undertook
to defend the place to the very uttermost, and for
this purpose he was supplied with all available
reinforcements from every quarter. There can be
no doubt that everything that could be done was
done. The defences of the place were impregnable,
the General who held them was an intrepid and
accomplished soldier, and the army under his com-
mand recruited with every man that could be
spared from Richmond or swept into its ranks by
exhausted conscription in the neighbouring
States. But all was of no avail against the mas-
terly manceuvres of the Federal General and the
heroic bravery of the Federal troops. General
SHERMANB energy and perseverance have been
amply rewarded, and he has now attained the
great object of his arduous campaign—the posses-
sion of Atlanta, and through it the virtual com-
mand of one of the richest and most important
Southern States.

This brilliant success has been attained by
another of those flank movements for which
during the present season the Federal commanders
have become so famous. Towards the end of last
month General SHERMAN, it will be remembered,
had drawn his line more to the west of Atlanta,
and gradually extended his right wing so as to
threaten the Macon railroad at • point within a
mile or two of the town. This railroad, which is
the main line of communication between Atlanta
and the South, is joined about five miles below the
town by the West Point railway, which connects
the central stronghold of Georgia with Alabama
and Mississippi. The two lines unite at each
point, and SHERMAN'S first intention appears to
have been to strike the Macon road at a point
above the junctions between it and Atlanta. This
plan was, however, frustrated by the concentration
of a considerable force, nearly half General Hoon's
army, at a point below the junction. Sueastax
then determined to move the main body of his army
from the vicinity of Atlanta, and by making a
detour to the south-west and crossing the West
Point line, reached the Macon line, between fif-
teen and twenty miles below Atlanta. Leaving an
army corps under General Simecm, he accordingly
moved his army from the immediate neighbourhood of
Atlanta, and on the 30th of August crossed the
West Point line and reached • good position for
striking the Macon road, the right wing, under
General HOWARD, being nearJouesborough, where
the Confederates were in force. They came out
in the afternoon of the same day, and assaulted
the Federal right, but were easily repulsed with
heavy loss. Suese lN then moved forward his
centre and left wing towards the railway, ea as to
bring his line nearly parallel with the Maoon road,
above Jonesborough. Having broken up the
whole railway in his front from wing to wing, he
assaulted the position of Jonesborourh on the Ist
of September, and captured the works, with ten
guns and nearly 2,000 prisoners. The vanquished
army retreated during the night, and were pur-
sued by SHERIDAN to the next line of defence,
eight or ten miles farther down the road. Hy
this rapid and successful movement SHERMAN at
once cut Hoou's army in two, and occupied his
main line of communication. The Confederate
General, therefore, had no option but to abandon
Atlanta, which ho did at once, blowing up the
magazines, and destroying as much as possible of
the stores that could not hastily be removed.
Fourteen pieces of artillery, however, a
large number of small arms, and a con-
siderable amount of material, fell into the
hands of the victorious Federal' when they took
possession of it the following day. A Confederate
contemporary, while admitting a few days since
that in the fall of Atlanta General SHERMAN had
achieved "a really important success,' stated at
the same time that it seemed to be "in a great
" measure counterbalanced by the statement, that
" the Confederate Generals had drawn together
" with the intention, which they sermol to believe
g. Items, le, sou ')• / coough to execute, of entirely in-
" tercepting his communications." The news since
received scarculy hears out this sanguine view of
contingent compensation for the defeated Con-