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London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

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"Th heat is intense this afternoon. t,
soldiers, and horses alike feel the effect of )o. 'r
The movement of the army necessarily must b` -
The 9th and 6th Corps have just arrived at Gaittil- re;
ney's. The men are taking a short rest, bat will
mcve on during the day. At the beginning of the,
campaign the movement was rapid. General Grant
designed to get between Lee end the rebel capital,
bat it was not possible, and now the marching is
more deliberate. We shall probably be cut off from
communication with the outer world for a few days.
It is also problble that, at or near Hoeore:. Junc-
tion, the enemy Inv again attempt to dafeat this
army. If so, n great battle will be fousht during
the week."

and as yet there is no sign of a loss of vi
abatement of determination.

The New York Tribune correspondent with Gene-
ral Butter's command, writing from near City Point,
onthe2Oth, describes an unvoccessfal attempt on the
part cf the Federal troop; to recapture rifl3-pitt, :
There has been a fierce and sangainf:r;,-
to day to regain the which the rebels
drore us out of yesterd which io far her) been
unsuccc.:ssfal, a tholgh we have taken the right of
their, which is in the woods. At 9 o'clock the guns
from the rebel position opened on us. The 9th
Maine, with portions of the 4th New Hampshire,
55th Pennsylvania and 97th New York, were oc-
cupying the rifle pits. The rebels charged and
were met firmly, bat the 9th Maine broke and
fled, thus permitting the rebels to flank, and cona-:,
pelling us to retire. Two officers of the 9th Maine
were summarily dismissed from the service by Ge-
neral Butler for retiring their men. The rebels
pursued impetuously, but our guns drove them
back to their newly acquired pits. Shortly after-
wards the 13th Indiana mode an imprudent charge
on the pits and were repulsed. During this charge
we took Major-General Walker, of South Carolina,
a prisoner. He had his foot torn by a shell, and
says his troops ran off and left him. Soon after
the 971 h Pennsylvania charged with no better
success. At fear o'clock word came that Howell's
brigade occupied the right of the rifle-pits. Our
losses cannot now be estimated. In infantry
they are heavy and probably exceed that of the
enemy. Some shells of the 3d Artillery failed to
explode. Oa examination they were found to be
filled with plaster.

"May 21.

"Later.—There was some firicg to-day ; other.
wise all was quiet. It is estimated that there are
25,000 rebel troops in our front, The loss of the
97th Pennsylvania yesterday was 170, and of the
13th Indiana, 60."
The New York World's Bermuda Hundred de-
spatc►h, dated the 22d, says :
"Light skirmishing is going on. The attack of
the enemy last night was repulsed with great
slaughter. The picket lines are within 100 yards
of each other. Few prisoners were taken by either
army. Beauregard was in command and Jeff Davis
was on the field. The works have been materially
strengthened by General Weitzel."
The New York Herald's letter from General
Butler's head quarters, dated the 22d, narrates the
repulse of an attempted surprise, in which the Con•
federates were baffled

"Shortly before midnight, after nearly every one,
worn out with the fatigues of a 'Lard day's work,
had gone to rest, a volley of musketry, resembling
the distant rumbling of an earthquake, startled all
hands, and before the echo died away the heavy
booming of canon took its place, and continued fee
fully thirty minutes. Some time before 10 o'clock
General Butler received a message from the front
that the enemy were massing on our centre, and he
in his cool manner replied, Let them mass, bat
guard against surprise.' This message somewhat
prepared us for what was to come, and also keep
cur valiant troops thus menaced on the alert. Sure
enough, as was expected from the enemy, he did
mass his forces for one grand :assault to pierce our
line, and had we not discovered his in-
tention the attempt would probably have
sucecedf d. As it was it resulted in a
most' clisalrcus defeat to the foe. Oar

pick,-13 iii fc-.lt, of General AZll2':3 ii
ti t rCb". I fire with gre,.t sier:dioess ;and never'
flinched. They returned volley for volley, and
gradually wired in the reserve. Whiro the rebel
column approached it was received with a moot
withering fire, and cur rnrrt dropp.d to allow the
artillery to pl ;y on the enemy. Tee sirge guns and
light batteries then commenced their work. The
.tdvance of the rebels was mowed down like grcss,
but, as ususl, they came up to the breach like vete-
rans, filling up the gaps as the men fell. Another
and another murderous fire from our batteries at
last checked them, end the confident foe at last
halted in his mad career. Ceptain Langley's bat-
tery, the Ist United States' Artillery, played on the
rebel force with great effect. About 20 minutes
after the fight had commenced a 20.poander Para
rott shell struck and exploded a rebel caisson, scat-
tering death and destruction all around. At this
sight the most deafening cheers went up from our
lines, to the discomfiture of the rebels. The gun-
boats on the James and Appomattox rivers also
opened their batteries and shelled the woods around,
making them decidedly uncomfortable for the rebel
reserves. At last, when the enemy found that we
were well prepared for his advance, and having
already lost very heavily, ha thought it best to with-
draw, which he did, after giving our mettle a fair
and impartial test. The fight lasted about 35
minutes, and as soon as it was over our men proceeded,
to bury the rebel killed on the field. I learn from
good authority that 263 were interred by our forces.
Our loss will not be more than 10 killed and about
59 wounded, as we had all the advantage on our
side, constantly on the defensive, and the enemy
marching boldly up to our entrenchments. Our
defences are almost impregnable. Should Lee's
entire rebel horde pounce on General Butler the lat-
ter could still hold his own. The fleet in James and
Appomattox rivers is a great auxiliary to our army.
The sortie of the enemy on our lines last night is by
no means the first instance of the kind made by the
wily rebel General Beauregard. It is his style of
doing business;
but it has never as yet succeeded.
Thus far, in every
engagement he has fought with
our troops ho hasbeen worsted and will be again. The
pleasant weather of four or five days has worked
wonders in the state of the roads. A few more
days without rain will dry up the mud completely.
Yesterday forenoon the rebels made a movement on
Fort Powhattan, to attack and capture, if possible,
some coloured troops stationed there for its defence,
and also to keep the enemy from obstructing our
navigation of the James River. Colonel Baxter,
in command, notified Brigadier-General links of
the rebel approach and asked for reinforcements.
General links, commanding the first division of
coloured troops, at once despatched two regiments
to the relief of Fort Powhattan, and arrived therea
in due time to participate in the engagement, which
ensued at half-past
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stated
has
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no particulars.
11 o'clock last night. General
links telegraphed to General Butler that the rebels
were badly repulsed at Fort Powhattan,
The rebel General WM. S. Walker,
whose capture by our troops
n
been already stated, was yesterday removed to the
general hospital for medical treatment. His
wounds are severe, but with great care he may re-
cover. On his person was found the following
from General Hoke, directing him to maize a move.
mant on Newbern at the beginning of this month,
promising the assistance of the rebel rain Albemarle..

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" G May 3,
" Gerieral)-1 have jqst learnt from Captain
Cnke, commanding the ironclad Albemarle, who
writes that he feels satisfied that the boat can etand
tee Sound and will be with U. I will move at 6
&cluck tc-morrow morning, and will communicate
with you at Pcilleeksvillo, on the river tr,hlr, c,s sopa
3.s I reach that point. I desire you to move at 6
o'clock. to-morrow rno:•nioir;, and precccd tu poilocks-,
vile, and while your column is resting there you
will construct a bridge over Mill Creek. You will
have two miles less to march than my column in
going to Polleeksville.—Repectreli
• y yours,
"' R. T. HoKE, Major-General.

6, General Walker, commanding troops.'"

This, with many other valuable documents
giving important information not calculated for
Yankee soldiers to know, fell into the hands of
General Butler by the capture of General Walker."

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