Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-11-06
GENERAL BEAUREGUARD'S
Report of the Battle Of Manassas Plains.

The following synopsis of this lengthy and inter
csting report. is from correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch:
have been favored with brief synopsis of Dor.
TONS OF General Beauregards report of the battle of
Manassas which has been forwarded to the War
Department and which will doubtless be published
in short time. General Beaurcgard opens with
statement of his position anteccdent 10 the battle,
and Of the plan proposed by him to the Government
of junction of the armies of Shenandoah and Poto.
mac with view to the relief of Maryland and the
capture Of the city of Washington, which plan was
rejected by the President. Gen. b. states that he
telegrapbed the War Department on the 18Th July
of the contemplated attack Of Gen. Mcdowell, ur-
reptly asking for junction Of General Johnstons
forces with his own, and continued to make urgent
requests for the until the 7th july when the
President consented to order Gen Johnston to his
assistance Gen. Beauregard goes to state that
his plan of battle assigned to General Johnston an
attack on the enemy the left at near Centre
VILE while he himself would command in front
but the condition of the roads prevented this. 1t
was then decided to receire the attack of the enemy
behind Bull Run. After the engagement at Black.
burn's Ford on the 18th, Gen. Beairegard was con-
WINGED Gen. McDowells principal demonstration
would be made on our left wing, and then formed
the plan of throwing forward sufficient force by
convergiug roads tn attack the encmys reserves at
Centreville, so soon the main body of the latter
became inextricably engaged on the left. Late in
the day, finding that Gen. Ewell. who was posted
on the extreme right of line had not moved for
ward in accordance with the programme and the
special order which had been sent to him, Cen t.
dispatched courier Gen. Ewell to inquire the
reason why the latter had failed to advance, and
received reply from Gen. E., stating he had not
received any such order The cnemy's attack hav-
ing then become too strong, on the left, to warrant
carrying out the original plan, it would take
three hours for Gen. Ewelrt brigade to reach Cen.
trevle it became necessary to alter the pan change
front on the left and bring up reserves to that
part of the field. This movement was superntended
: in person by Gen. Johnston, Gen. Beauregard re-
naming to direct the movements in front.
At the time when General Kirby Smith and Gen.
eral Early up with their divisions and appeared
on the right Of the enemy, our forces on the left
occupied the cord of the arc of a circle of which
the arc itself was occupied by the enemy-thc OK.
tremes of their lines thanking ours Tho appear
ance of Smiths and Eary's brigades, and their
charge on the enemys right, broke the line of the
latter and threw them into confusion, when shortly
afterwards the ront became complete.
General Beauregard highly compliments Cen
eral-then Colonel-Evans, Commanding brigade,
land now the hero of Leesburg- the extraordi-
nary military aptitude and great gallantry he dis
played IN his movement from Stone Bridge, to
Sudleys Ford after receiving the enemys FIRST on
set at Stone Bridge General Evans had only about