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London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

right, brought his division into position for indepen-
dent fighting, his line assuming the form of a horse
shoe along the crest of a wooded ridge. He was
soon joined by Granger, from Rossville, with a
division of Gen. 11,1‘Cook and Gen. Steadman's
division, and with these forces firmly maintained
the fight until after dark.
Our troops were as immovable as the rocks they
stood on. The enemy repeatedly hurled against
them the dense columns which had routed Davis
and Sheridan in the morning; but every onset was
repulsed with dreadful slaughter. Falling on one
and then on the other point of our lines, the rebels
for hours vainly sought to break them. General
Thomas seemed to have filled every soldier with his
own unconquerable firmness; and General Gran-
ger, his hat torn by bullets, rode like a lion where-
ever the combat was thickest. Every division com-
mander bore himself gloriously, and among them
Generals Turchen, Hazen, and Parker especially
distinguished themselves. Turchen charged through
the rebel lines with the bayonet, and being sur-
rounded, forced his way back again. Parker, who
had two horses shot under him on Saturday,
forming his men in one line, made them
lie down until the enemy was close upon
them, when suddenly they rose and de-

livered their fire with such effect that the
assaulting columns fell beck in confusion, leaving the
ground covered with killed. When night fell, this
body of heroes stood on the same ground oocupied
by them in the morning, their spirits being un-
broken. Their losses are not yet estimated.
General Thomas telegraphs (Monday forenoon)
that the troops are in high spirits. He brought oft
all his wounded. Of the sick and wounded at
Crawfish Spring, including our main hospital, nearly
all had been brought away.
The number of paesengera taken by the enemy
will hardly surpass two thousand, besides the
wounded, of whom not more than one thousand
could have fallen into their hands. Of rebel pri-
soners we have sent thirteen hundred to Nashville.

Most of our losses in artillery were occasioned by
the killing of all the horses.

General Thomas retired to Rossville on Sunday
after the battle had closed.

General Rosencranz had issued orders for all his
troops to be concentrated with the forces at
Chattanooga.
In the last two assaults our troops fought with
bayonets, their ammunition being exhausted.
The latest information that has reached this city
is from Chattanooga last evening, and was to the
effect that General Rosencranz would concentrate
on Chattanooga last night.
General Thomas had been engaged vrith the
enemy prior to five p.m. yesterday, and it was there-
fore questionable whether he would be able to reach.
Chattanooga last night.
There were indications that the enemy were con-
templating a demonstration on another part of our
line last evening.
A rebel despatch has been intercepted on the
extreme front of the army of the Potomac, wherein
the rebel commander of the army of Northern Vir-
ginia is informed from Richmond that Bragg en-
gaged Rosencranz on Saturday and Sunday, cap-
turing twenty pieces of artillery and five hundred
prisoners.

A prisoner taken from Bragg's army says that
Mobile has been stripped of troops for Bragg's
army, and that some troops have been sent to him
from Charleston. Also that troops from Lee's army
were in the late fight; in fact, that the whole Con-
federacy seemed concentrated there for the attack
on Rosencranz.
The following aro the particulars of the battle
in Tennessee on the 19th :

CINCINNATI, Sept. 21.
The Commercial of this city gives the following
account of the great battle near Chattanooga on Sa-
turday :—" The battle opened at 11 o'clock, in the
vicinity of Widow Glens, on the road leading from
M'Lamore's Cave to Chattanooga. The fighting
soon became general, the rebels manoeuvring their
troops finely. Rally in the action the rebels made
an impetuous charge on the famous Loomis Battery,
and captured five out of six guns belonging to it.
Captain Van Pelt, commanding the battery, was
taken prisoner. At 2 o'clock the contest was
perfectly terrific, the roll of musketry being far
more continuous and deafening than at Stones River.
At 2 40 p.m. our division centre was pushed,

broken, and retreated in disorder. Colonel Barnett
planted a battery and soon checked the pursuing
enemy, who, in turn, were driven over the same
ground. The division of General Davis was then
driven back by the rebels with heavy loss, and
every gin of the Eighth Indiana Regiment was
captured ; when General Davis rallied his forces,
and pushed the enemy back, and retook his guns.
Reynolds lost heavily, but stubbornly held his posi-
tion, driving the enemy, but never losing his line.
Palmer who was overwhelmed, tailed to get ofl
his whole battery, and two guns were lost. Van
Clore, although fighting gallantly, lost ground, and
being overpowered, failed to regain his position.
Our line was pressed severely and wavered. The
rebels exulting over their apparent success, made
the air resound with cheers. They advanced along
the whole line, and when within fire the musketry
rolled from right to left, and till 6 o'clock the
fighting was terrific. General Rosencranz grew
anxious, the wounded came pouring in,and the rebels
kept steadily moving up to his headquarters. New
forces were opposed to the enemy, and from this time
till dark the battle raged with destructive fury.
The action again became general until long after
dark, and raged with the greatest fury. The battle
thus far has been a bloody one, and our loss is heavy.
Rebel prisoners say that some of their regiments
are almost annihilated. Both armies occupy the
same ground as when the fight began. We have
captured several hundred prisoners, many of whom
are from the East. We took ten guns, lest seven:'
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 21, 12.45 P.M.
Oar army, under General Rosencranz, has been
badly beaten, and compelled to retreat to Chatta-
nooga, by Bragg, with heavy reinforcements from
Lee, Beauregard, and Joe Johnston.
The New Orleans correspondent of the World
gives the following particulars of the Federal
disaster at Sabine Pass :
" The expedition from this city, under Generals
Franklin, Weitzel, and Emory, consisting of some
3,000 men, 13 transports, and two gunboats (the
Auzona and Crescent City, not Quaker City, as I
wrote you), arrived off Sabine Pass last Tuesday.
The gunboats Clifton and Sachem, which joined the
expedition at the mouth of Berwick (Atcherfalga)
Bay, crossed the bar first and engaged the Confe-
derate battery on the point. The movement was
not conceived, I am told, in this department. From
various sources information, supposed to be trust-
worthy, was obtained with regard to the armament
of the Confederate battery. It was supposed
to consist of two 24-pounders and two 32.
pounders, with perhaps two or three field-
pieces, and the work was represented to bo
contemptible. In fact, however, there was a very
fine field work, mounting seven first-class siege-
guns. It is not known who was in command of the
work, but he understood his business: He allowed
the Sachem and Clifton to give him a number of
shots, as they approached, and did not fire a gun
till they were in a position, when the fire would be
effective. It was terribly effective. The fourth
shot from the battery went through the Sachem
steam drum, and to complete the disaster she
grounded. The Clifton was riddled with shot
before she grounded, and Captsin Crocker fired one
of lii6guns through her wiachinery,as I wrote you lest
ni.ght. There were on board the Clifton 130 sharp-
shooters, selected from the 75th and 161st Regiments.
After she grounded seven of the men jumped
overboard and swam to the beach. Weitzel sent a
°oat from the banks and took them. They reported
that about 30 men on board the Clifton were .killed
and wounded. There are now no means of l :now-
ing the extent of the losses of the Sachem. 'These
two gunboats were the only ones in action.. The
entire affair did not last more than fifteen minutes,
and the action was witnessed by the whole fleet.
The General Banks, with 500 men on board, under
command of Weitzel, followed the Clifton 100 yards
in the rear, and was the only transport unch r fite.
She was uninjnred. Weitzel intended to land
his men and carry the works by land, but
_ the tide wag still falling, and the signal