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LONDON, WEDNESDA Y, DECEMBER 9.

IT cannot be said that General GRANT was
" premature in announcing that he had gained a
" complete victory over General BRAGG on the
" 25th of November." According to the accounts
which have been received by the City of London
steamer, and which were despatched from New
York on the 28th of November, BRAGG "had
" abandoned cannons, caissons, and waggons,
"which were everywhere to be found." " I
" think," says the Federal officer, "Baroo's loss
" will reach 50 guns." It will be remembered
that the offensive movement of General GRANT
began on Monday, the 23rd of November. On
the night of Wednesday, the 25th, the discomfited
Confederates bivouacked two miles south of Mis-
sionary Ridge. Next morning the Federal' began
the pursuit southward. Sum mar on the left
crossed the Chickamauga, whilst HOOKER on the
right advanced upon Ringold—the head-quarters
of BRAGG before the battle of Chickamauga, and
according to the latest intelligence Gaarrr was hotly
pursuing the disorganized army in its flight towards
Dalton. Dalton is a town in Georgia, at which
the railway from Atlanta and the South divides into
branches—the western branch runs to Chattanooga,
the eastern branch passes through Cleveland to.
Loudon and Knoxville. It will be remembered
that Lososrazzx advanced by the eastern branch
against BURNSIDE, whom he drove within his en-
trenchment*. By this same railway LoNvere.rxr
obtaned all his supplies. The object which General
GRANT had in the series of engagements which
ended iu the pursuit of the 26th, was not only to
defeat Basoo's army, weakened by the absence of
LONGSTREST, but to place himself between the
two divisions of the Confederate army. This
object has been accomplished. The army of
BRAGG is in full retreat towards the south, pur-
sued by a formidable column of the Federal". But
another Federal column has been despatched north-
ward for the purpose of threatening the rear of LONG-
Knurl., who, according to the latest accounts from
Knoxville, had already planted his batteries, but
still hesitated to assault 13CASSIDE in his entrench-
ments. Under these circumstances it is difficult
to anticipate what General LoNosrarxr can do.

His troops formed part of General BRAGG'S army,
and the depots of that officer must be those from
which LONOSTREET derives all his supplies. So long
as the railway between Dalton and Knoxville was in
BRAGG'S hands Lutiosraxer could not want for men,
for food, or for ammunition. But the Federal'
are now in possession of this railway, and, indeed, it
is said that their cavalry have already destroyed the
line for 30 miles near Cleveland, a station 25
miles north of Dalton, for the purpose of pre-
venting Lotros-rracr rejoining his chief. It is
obvious, therefore, that LososrazEr cannot by
possibility reach BRAGG by the railway route along
which he advanced without encountering the
advancing column of Federal, and without
maintaining a continual battle with the troops
of BURNSIDE, who will infallibly issue from
his entrenchments the moment Lotrograxtr retires,
and harass his flanks and rear. It should be
remembered that Knoxville lies on the northern
bank of the Holston river (an upper branch
of the Tennessee), that Boasuunz communicated
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with his base by the three roads running north-
ward to Kingston, Clinton, and Cumberland, and
that in order to block up these roads LoNoeranwr
disposed his troops round the northern side of the
city. No doubt for • week or ten days • mov-
able column may operate without any addi-
tional supplies. When the allied armies marched
from Eupatoria to Bal►klava they operated as a
movable column, but they were compelled before