Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-19

pruden 10 permit them atisned u. ihrv wsre.
To + ~ q great III STANCE .hn~s whom thpv Ind
~ callanfiy routed. The hill frum which the
enemy Wa lriv-n was IN very bad travelling
condition. By reason Of the late heavy rain. aud
ns "a whole day would be- lot la getting .,ver il
Gen. Horn-by though proper 10 retire Ia Virgin
l,av. lie thu. al"sed hi- the re-t they "a
murb needed, prevented the enemy irain making
a AJAX movement. aud protected the sick which
be bad l.it IN the hospital 1T that tosn.
Gel. l.. J. Sanders. If the First Rihr-. md
Cd .iahn y. Markham 1T the Fir-t Infantry.
heh7vrf IN the mn.t gallant style during this en-
;.s.,,olenf and fully sustained. If they did not
,ni,a,>-. the high courage for which they have
been previously famed.
All the offcer- If the FIR, and Second Rlae.
and oilieers II the Infantry well as the nen
belonging to those regiments. behaved calamity
Capt samuel lasli'. of the Rangers. is dr-erv-
ing 81 great prai," for the gallant manner in which
h. projected the rear Of the command. aud for
ihr indefatigaheness with which hr prucured beef
aud other provisions for the army.
MAJOR Warren Raymond il deserving Of espe
eisl meniipn for his gallant conduct throughout
the entire action.
A'er the fight OF the 9th, Gen lIornsby CAM np
IN prrson Ia Granada. The day the comman =
in-Cbief started With about two hundred men for sr-
Riu E.y. lie arrived there the l2,h and imne-
iia., marched ut the head of hi. men 10 attack the
.uerny
Afrr the enemy had ascrriained the small number
nf mra by which they had been defeated they raliird
md returned the next day 10 the place from which
they hid been driven. Here they. A, may be suppa-
t.d - engihcncd their forGcntions and made every
ihing n readiness for a protracieI defence.
Gen. Walker advanced in much The same manner a =
iii Gen. iornshy. The enemy heard Of Ais approa h
j. re son and retreated after they had fired f. -
round from their advance, positions
Capt. Ewhanks assisted by Capt. Duncan, wero
Ia fl mi Them hp ftp Al Il
an The 10Th. Capt. Sdths company ordered to
sustain them The enemy were in few minutes drig-
en- 10 he summit Of the hill with oas nf only two
Of our men. Capt. Duncan bore the color. of hi ,
battalion In pcrsen and refused to give the flag, pre-
stntcI Col Sanders by his mother and sisters To
any Other. It was completely iiddled ish bullets
Onr men next succeeded IN roa,lng the eneriy from
the barrcade near n bridge aud forced them from
this point nlAo u the summit.
In he first charge Capt. Stith fell At the head Of
lis company. lie wass brave soldier and much be
luyed
After the enemy had born driven from their FIRST
md strongest position. Brig. Gen. lcnningscn syn
nandcd The artillery 10 throw some slots among
then. Onr men followed their effect aud the enemy
we're put 10 rout before the main body of force
could come up.
In the middle Of the engagement Gen. llennngsen
stopped several times to make little Turkish segnr
md smoke it, and on occasion came To whore Col
SANDER stood, and related sneel,lc, If uncon-
rcious Of the presence Of danger.
The enemy pursued TO San Junn del Sur and
from that point along the Pacific shore road until
they Il dispcrsea them through the country about
one hundred and Gfy Of them broke off and went into
Coa,n Rlr,
VI ronli not possibly ascertain the enemy, loss.
lbeN eto shot along the rond md in the woods, nd
ntIdus alosauee for AL eraEgerations, there trust
have Ion least fifty OF them killed in the action If
tn" l2'h. uur los. was only Two men in each en-
gastwea tour In all.