The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-17

The enemy was clearly surprised by tbi. ovems ut
Two bsaons OF the Attn brigade sd sl-o thu sams
time been ordered to dsbouch At idst.dt where tins
10Th battalion was warmly engaged; aud. hsd this
movement been effected the forces OF the en-. chat
had been directed against til. position in the arysurr
WOOD would have been entirely destroyed. aud tho
combined movement of the thr,. brgsi-s In ooujuD;
tion with the advanced guard sud Lh- dr.t brigade
which would also have assumed he Offensive ~nuid
In all probability hav- been cro~n-d WITH complsts
success But the att sck Of the 4th brigs L.
plete failure. IS on dsbouchipg its heal h-roely
s.sa'ltd ny he enemy The uryauer ~ood aud d.tsds
mept that the centre would have been broken rhs
movement of The Sd and I'd brigade certainly restrain
60 .he enemy rom pressing upon u' 700 oo'e'v a,y
even pIhsps RON capturing the stone iigu again
| Tn Sd brigrude quickly repulssd tao enemy with
great bravery NJ 0ber s"lck captured three ~ pound
ers snd entirely destroyed squadron Of the
cavalry which had made repeated charges tn- viii
lsge rouds taking two stat officers AID
eIr d the battery aud squadron prisoners But it
sobgeo to dtsst from this attack learning hat
portion OF the enemy troops. previously r-pusui ny
The ith brigade Lad proceeded In the OF Su
d. rfahrenstedt and were about to threaten she LEFT
wing OF the I'D brigade In tho this time aud
through this movement the com hat Sith he 4A bri.
pxde was also renewed. The 3D. brga 10 IA retired,
portion across the Idsedt bridge ana suo her cor.
ton across the ford. The I'd brisats which aad also
advanced with great hrmness, tered somewhat
later superior force aud was compelled u retire
rem It's position at Wedels paDg without sustaining
any loss Of i'm portapcs
IN. Tstiogrsde movement of our right wing from
Idttedt was covered by repeated charges from the
vance guard and by the h. ANY btt-re-
The lat rifle corps and the "a brtalion. supported
lie 4th briaxde comu,.nr.S, m',ew.n, fso, na,i
meiund towards the be- CHI wood and drove the euemy
towards Hrlligbcck
| The battle bad coutiaued from day bre. till
! near IL O'Clock wen tn. .nrmy now no Ion.
/ aosin,t The Jas,edt nos;r,o, To ,,,nos. ~. ,ns
greatest part OF this artillery VS. into
action and the most ferc.ly disputed cvuuict Of tae
homes Of being able to m.int ain tbi nos,tion a. tra
greater part OF the LIST brigade trinity Kept its ground
/ forcing their v.y acro.. Nh. rrs"n. 81 ~ -.
MED shnbv il .,ns.rd htab,. ,,,o.;a, ~ - -
matter, to proceed 40 Tar and s,on, n,.,ck -
aIw,;ar - 80. ., -, -; % y oieN - .uo 70
m,nee retreat % W '"' '''' '-N ''1.-
Th.re Seemed .varx ,ra,,,u,.- g., a.. -.
rnn,sric.i ,,rsT.th -, r. $500 >, -. ~ go go
in cur rear world soon Sr ,sry
and A rortion NJ IN. lar hri,.',a asiy,,n ~, r.
81 "a Al hr,i, =. s - or,se'e sonss'hx ol the
tho en.mv s,in,na ,,o"nd a. 49, o.a..s. W pIeas
c,,,n,,s 80, - 3 . 49,, "a i ,s~t. "H" eo"se'
onr r.trsst co. man,a $780,. 80 a , A., ~.
afternoon ~;,h No q, ~ 10 - A. ,s.,.I -, 80
a' .snoon WIN no o.oer io,s 10 ~af.,le than three
,nr ,h suns. a. r.iaspo9's tne r-s.r'e ar
th ~ .;.I conr "a s., ',i W ~ go ,ss
y, ~ on.,.i s,g ~ " a IN o.. .a.,' na,e'
mept that we were no longer pressed 1pon by tho
enemy The order vas now i.surd far the "a aud "a
brigades TO retreat 10 Mi.uudr tn, 4tb aud
guard to schleswie and tn. lat brigade the cavalry
from shuby to R-nesbug On arri val at tho cs.t, II
Gottorp the AIN brigade and the nd ,rd uos
bee, the guard took up tn. strong portion ct
Tahrdorf. 10 usintsin a safs com a "a aic.tiou
With the % and I'd bstsadrs. AT Missuud. abd also
by this position, to delay the en-mys advance by the
direct road to Rendsburv ana lu.tly TO ,.rr IN. re-
treat of the LIST brigade the reserve cav.ry and the
heavy baggage, and to -uabls them to avoid ne
a.naspo, wh'en 're shehy csy mga. .ender
taip,d The whole of the baggage arrived safe az
R.ndsburg. The reserv. csvnry and the lst bri
gede were bot little disturb~d durisg their re-
treat, and the four brgsoes. forming the main body
Of the army, Ind H. cted FUNSTON the nignso OF
the battle Bat As IL necessary above all to roach
the secure position of R.ndsburg as possible,
the army commenced its march to Ciuvi-nsircs aud
way OF Eekornorde 70 Gottorp and scross tue
Eyer TIE army thus found Itself on the morcing az
The 10Th In safe commu nisation WITH N-nisbirg.
evever great our loss the most painful IL the prop
tioustsiy large numb.r OF ofhcers killed ADD ~oao1ed
ana ~ on as this loss shall be -plasvd the army VIII
spain With the excellent spirit that Hnimates " 10
sooD a. powerful sud n ready for action ut drst
The los OF men will be supplied Immediately from the
reserve companies We are we'll -uppli-i nth pro-
visions so that leok forward With confidence TO the
future i sbsl have the satisfactiou Of bringing to
the notice ~ the for reward Individual
already come 10 my knovledse shah not he sbie
for i- dsys TO tram NIT .ecura. r,tu,n. OF our loss
We have bso but few taken priscn-rs but have our
selves captures net-s-n tco ana 200 ,x
hsSDs"o"s' July ~ i'oo "iLLishS'
cor,rn.e.. suspar E,rsrss July es-lapM
In seeordsnee ~ith tn. dispositions made two bril-
esds OF the second Division advanced st hale past
one clock on the pornios OF the 18th OF July nom
uavetOt Tho afth brigade d.aoo.a At four O'Clock
meeia,,iy. and commenced the con aict. snd whioh
was speedily drvioyed In an extensive degrees
right wing The enemy attempted fans movement
sssnst this wing Ats bst,sious OF the urst divi-
sion we're sent % oppose his advance and they soon
succ- ed.d in driving tue -L-my hack
Tho ~, sth,r vas eXtremely uutAvorsble aooompa-
MED BY heavy rain ana fog which prevented thing
b,ipe at any di,tauos In an rast-rly dir-otoa
no enyagem. nj notified. and IRON the second di
vision no int.lieebcs VAS sout In Under these cir
,um,ape.s ard as IL was p.eys.ary that Information
should be ssip.d from the ON. err and ordri-s sent
out for ,uch q purpos~ ihs bnh brigade ordered
not TO advance her but m.rtl, hold the ray
10 check aud additi nal aid In this r-spsct
sent to II from the rsservs artillsry N ,rt time
after ttis oper.tinu was effected Intelligence uxa
brourbt that mart of the sroo Al al vision snich az.
eorsir 10 ID. d. mad. had directed is al
vance upon our len through Over folk and after
several AIops bad paced through the istn had
proceeded halt through the viilss. vas tacs.d by
mot murd.rous Gr~ from tn. bous-s The detash-
meni. IN "a. front ~.r. ordered TO return lon
hut even t. greatest part Of these we're shot do~u
aud 9TH si h, IN. iu.u ,out o1O
m. n syoug no Nth ,om. p..-nt. he'd prepared
the smbuscsas. and executed IT, Several officer. Of
high rank sho bsd hsst.u'd to the ,pst either