The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

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Sheridan's Romance of War.

(From the Index)
Once more we are startled with the news of a Brea'

Federal victory, and to add to its significance it is

one of Sheridan's victories. They are always corn

pieta. It is no drawn battle, no indecisive engage

went—the EUCCOSS is undeniable, the rout is unpir

alleled, the capture incredible. Sheridan's cheer in
the Shenandoah Valley is a romance of history. He

has, according to his own account, destroyed at leas
_ _ _

two Confederate armies. At Opequan Creek he in

dieted a defeat on Early's army; at Fisher's H

Gap he annihilated it. There never was an army so
routed and demoralised as Eirly's, he informed the
Northern public. Yet a week afterwards this panic-
stricken corps, represented as making for Rich-
mond, took up a strong position in his front, re-
pulsed an assault of the Federals, and in its turn

became the assailant. S'Aeridan retreated up the
valley as far as Strasburg; there the beaten army

pressed him too closely ; he advanced to the attack ;
General Cook, his subordinate, with his accustomed
impetuosity, charged, and threw the Confederates
into confusion, and they retired without giving him
the opportunity of another victory. It was
strange, at least, that the army which was so
soon to become the assailant should at once
withdraw when threatened—stranger still that a
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it had thrown up in front of that town.
He reports that on the 19th Longstreet's army at-
tacked his army at Cedar Creek, before daylight,
threw it into disorder, and drove it four miles, cap.
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was
at Winchester when the attack took place ; he has-
tened up, was in time to rally his troops and reform
his line, repulsed an attack, assumed the offensive,
and finally drove the Confederates off the field, cap-
turing 50 guns and 1,600 prisoners. Now this is a
very remarkable statement. For an army sur-
prised and beaten, driven in disorder over four miles
ground,with heavy losses in guns and
priscners,to
rally, become the assailant, and finally in the after-
noon to defeat the victors of the morning, would be
a great feat. But that it should not only defeat, but
rout and drive its assailants several miles, recapture
its own guns, and take some five and twenty from
the enemy, is little less than marvellous. We do
not deny Sheridan the possession of energy, dash,
and skill; but that the mere appearance of one
individual in the field of battle should suffice to
convert a disgraceful defeat into a brilliant victory
is more than we can credit on that gallant officer's
unsupported statement. Until we get the Southern
accounts of the engagement, it is of course idle to
speak with any degree of certainty as to its results.
But, taking the affair as it is now represented, we
think we are justified in considering it as another of
those indecisive engagements which have unhappily
been so frequent during the war. Longstreet's force,
although attacking, would be obviously inferior in
numbers to that of the Federals ; and it is possible
that his earliest success may have encouraged him
to continue the attack even after the Federals had
been heavily reinforced. But we are more inclined
to believe that Longstreet would have been quite
content with his first triumph, and that the after-
noon's battle was fought with a view of carrying off
the trophies of victory. It may turn out, aware of
the arrival of reinforcements from Winchester, Long-
street had already commenced his retrograde move-
ment, and that the action on his part was confined to
defending his rear against the attacks of Sheridan's
enormously superior force of cavalry. That his'army
was nut routed is proved by the fact that night
alone put an end to the struggle, and that nothing
was heard of any pursuit on Sheridan's part. The
casualties on both sides must have been severe.
Northern correspondents admit a loss of 5,000 men,
and almost for the first time no estimate is given of
the number of Confederate killed and wounded.
But as the Federals were surprised and terribly cut
up in the morni.\g, and as in the afternoon they
were compelled to become the assailants, it is pro.
bable their loss far exceeded that of their opponents.
As to the capture of the 50 guns, the figures look
very large, but at least half of these were lost, on
Sheridan's admission, by the Federals, and we
strongly suspect Gen. Longstreet's account will give