The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-05 00:00:00

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sion, which was movin g from the right a,
enemy made a vigorous attack on that pa,
piercing the centre, cutting off Davis a.Wa
from the left, and driving the centre into o n-;-.
tains, both right and centre being much scatt6d,
without very serious loss in killed and wounded..
The right and centre gone, Thomas's right became
exposed to a most terrific flank attack, and Reynolds
and Brannan and the right of Thomas's line was
swung round, his extreme left being as at first ; this
also fell back a short distance on the Rossville.ro ad .
Parts of the centre were gathered up and reported to
Thomas, who made several stands, but was unable to
check the rebel advance until the arrival of rein-
forcements. At 1 o'clock General Granger with one
divibion of reserves came up, and, was at once thrown.

to the centre, driving the enemy handsomely from
his position on a strong ridge with heavy loss. The
fire from one of G ranger's batteries mowed them down
like grass. This fight lasted about half an hour, with
loss to us. Captain Itusseli, Gen. Granger's
Adjutant, was killed before we had been 10 miuutts
in the fight. After this bloody repulse the enemy
remained quiet until 4 o'clock, persisting, however.
in manoeuvring on both flanks, their full and correct
information regarding this country enabling them.
to do so with great facility. Having got again on
our flank the enemy made a vigorous attack; and a
fight ensued which hats no parallel in the history of
this army. Colonel Harker's brigade and General
Wood's division distinguished themselves in the
fight. General Wood, Colonel Harker, and Gen.
Garfield were present, and with the remnant of
General Johnson's division held the left and covered:
themselves with glory. On the right and centre
Generals Brannan, Baird, Reynolds, and Palmer,
with parts of their divisions, fought most gallantly,
while Generals Stedman and Granger held the re-
serve and drove the enemy at every point where they
went in. Ats o'clock Gen. Thomas was still trium_
phant, and on the left held his line of The morning, but
with the right of the enemy nearly back to his line,
nearly at right angles with that of the morning. Two
lines of retreat were open to Gen. Thomas to Chatta-
nooga, one of which he fell back to—to hossville—
during the rCght. Our losses have necessarily been
heavy, but the list of killed will be surprisingly light,
and in the two days' engagement we have not suf-
fered more in men than the enemy. In the charge
by Gera Thomas on the first day the enemy lost as
many in killed as we did in the whole day. What
losses in:prisoners and material are cannot now be
reported. Our killed will reach 1,200, our wounded
will amount to 7,000, most of them slight wounds.
Among the general officers killed are Gen. Lyttle,
Col. Key, Col. King, commanding brigade, and Col.
Bartleton, of the 101st Illinois. Among the
wounded are Gen. Morton, of Gen: Resencranz's
Staff ; Col. Craxter, 4th Kentucky; Col. Frank-
house, 96th Illinois; Lieut.-Col. Mudge, 11th Mi-
chigan ; Lieut.-Col. Hunt, 4th Kentucky ; Col.
Bradley, commanding brigade in Sheridan's divi-
sion ; Col. Chas. Anderson, 6th Ohio ; Major Mild-
man ,18th Kentucky; Lieut.-Col. Tripp, 6th Indiana ;
Lieut.-Col. Bryan, 75th Indiana ; Col. Armstrong,
93d Ohio; Major Johnston, 22d Illinois; and Lieut.,.
Col. Maxwell, of the 2d Ohio, all slightly wounded.
Lieut.-Col. Vaughan, of the 7th Kentucky ; Col.
Stanley, of the 18th Ohio ; and Major Dawson, of
the 19th Infantry, were all slightly wounded. Gen.
John H. King is reported wounded and a prisoner.
We have captured Gen. Adams, of Texas, and 1,300
of his men."