New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-27
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WIZARDS STEEL GUNS.
oecsrs Of the army aud navy have been test
80 tuo Of Ward. .tre raed cannon at The
Navv.Yard. They are sald to be light oil trans
,ortation and Of d,sdly range. With fourteen
1nnees Of pouder bail ives kept up thirty-ty'
..oonds With eight ounces, toe range OF SIX
noupder YVES eighteen hundred yards.
BULL RUN PRISONERS.
seyenty-fve pr..o'er~ tateu at Bull Run ar
: inesrcerated il the I'D Capitol. They I've lik
uripces. The ladies Of Washington provide then
with ali the d~li acirs, and Senators Of Reee
tendencies give them ment, and moral aid and
comfort. TIE TNrIf Regiment men, who are
m guard at the jan, have reason almost to envy
their prisoners.
COT. DAvIrss BRIGADE
In an the accounts that have besn pubilslea OF
The battle on Sunday not word has ooen sa'o
If Col Davies and his brigade which formed u
part Of Col. Mle.'s diyison' but vas le'' y MN
10 the orders of il lumedii'e COMMANDER upon
Col Davies inarpd, dpyoved the command OF
,bo ,rbole djv,sion dmiue most Of the day, in
..eoo.eooenee of Col Mil,s's unfortunate ccnd-
tios.
Wa are enabled to send you tie following 10
teresfine account of the operations of tue left
wing furnished Us by gentleman who accom-
panied the Brigade under Col. Dawes, from
which il app,ars that to the LETT is dae the
credit of saving the army from a real, as well
as an imaginary defeat.
The lef. wing was composed Of RleDkers,
.Dsres's and Richardson's Brigsdes, and Green's
and Hunts Light Bat e,ies, and was under the
command of Cal. Miles Blenker's Brigade
formed tue reserve, and did not 60 into action.
By order Of Col. Davies, who, at the request
of Col. Mlle., 'took command Of the division,
Hunts two Zero nd guns were stationed, and
commenced firing r,p'dly nearly fifteen rods east
OF The rOsd IRON Centreyille to Bull Run, and
about three-quarters OF mile from the batteries
OF the enemy at BackhUrp's Ford.
The 18th New-York Regiment was drawn up
in lue of battle in the open feld to protect the
battery, and the sd Rssim Mt in the road as
reserve. About mle east Of the battery was
3 road, running IN q south,riy direction, which
eouli be entered ON sruther road leading east
erly from the Ctn Trvile road. Bg order Of
Col. Davies, at about 10 o'clock, tho 18th and
3lst New-York Regiments tooS position on the
latter road, 10 prevent the approach Of tie enemy
upon our rear from that recgion.
Two guns OF Hunts Battery were also placed
1t its junction with the road to Centregile.
The ammunition Of tue 2O-pouudeTs was now
Deslly exhausted, and they, for time, ceased
firing, having done great exc u6Ou upon the
enemy and having acc"u pished their object
About an hour later, BY order Of Col. Miles, the
regiments and battery which had been stationed
to protect the rear, re urned, ana al the guns
were placed 10 tue open field near the 20-POund-
efs, and commenced iring.
The 10th AID 3Ist were placed so as 10 sup
port tbe guns, ard the 18Th and SD were sta
Stoned on TIE road to Centreyilc os reserve
zoe latter nearly a mile from The field. Colonel
Miles now retired, and the command again de.
VOWED upon Colonel Diy.rs, who sent the pioneers
10 fell trees to Obstruct the roads before referred
10, in order to prevent the approach OF the
sneny.
= THE pocd effects Of ths movement were eX-
.ner;enced not long afterward, when large body
Of the enemy were seen returning from vain
attempt TO pas over the road, and trey were
scattered by a shower Of shot from the batteries
In the mean time II had become evident that the
enemy were forming 10 great Eumbers upon our
left, aud accordingly about o'clock two eompa-
nies Of skirmshefs were sent into the woods al
our rear. Supported by the 32d Regiment. Soon
about two thousand cavalry aud three thousand
rifles Of the enemy were seen a. our LETT, hung
through an opening in the woods, and coming
into valley about quarter OF mile Distant
They were permitted to advance uotl the
rear of their column had entered the valley,
when our forces were ordered to charge front
90 rs to face them, and company Of infantry
was placed between every two cannon. The lttb
regiment was then tt1liOped on tie Tigtt and
the Slst on the left OF the guns. There wei,
directed shot from the 24pouDder teA among
the Rebels, who brought up the rear, win such
f,rce as to send borse and his rider into the
air. to kill several, aud cause the remainder to
rush in close eonfusioa into tho lowest part OF
the valley.
Their cur batteries poured forth so deadly a
'dsiuge Of grape aud canister. that the howl and
.xroau, OF the wounded snote our ears even
3 through the roar Of artillery. Yet the rifles Of
enemy were not silenced, ard for twenty
minutes round after round did they fire, their
of giving harmless over our men, who were on
opposite slope Of the hill lying on their faces
In safety During this time, some of the Rebels
retreated to barn near BY, but those who sur
viyed e few shot, sent through its sides, fed in
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