The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-16
clpa e4nss Tho Macon lsal CHRISTIAN faea has also
THE BATTiG or BULL RUN.
GENERAL BrAuIEnAaD'S oFFlo'.L itsPogT.

skel Of General Bea regards official report Of the at,
Ito Of Manassas tMns. Il says
II is clear and inic!gsle IN it's descrirtions and
expianai Of the fnovctaehts, both q II nay aud
own forces, on tat cyeptfn day. tlia the roicr
viii be able 9 comparisons ths strategy AZ - tactics
Of ne batt'1 q as MI as trey Can pessl be pre-
scncd thro gu verbal neGum. IN addition 10 This
the eport viii emhoey aoaFraon OF tie events pfe-
cedlg the engagement, ahd viii present connected
history Of what lny gr s H. called ttt g4nailn og
Manassas ncGa.ns on exposition Of the natives WHICH
mp He'd TIE cuic1n alton Of The tyo ninss or me Pto
ard tie Shenandoah of the accidents sAcl inter.
venei q prevent tha jnnc'ion in tiine % clr! out
General poaur gala's brilliant anl '32s'efly plan
OF at es and OF the circumstances ws,ic finally
lclrd hm to meet the cneuiy assault on or let
1t vii see lfkewse. thnt The ,le. o e iuaot0n of
the two armies enapatal from Gen Ben, cg r,l h.t he
ADVISED he government BY Telegraph of ile eneays IL.
nd lavantc AID earnestly asked fof Cen,
Johnston to como TO his rcc; that u WAS GUY on tbs
lin II ltiy, tt Jay hoofo tho battle c Bail rts M
the govo nneut consented 10 give The order ani TIA IL
was to this delay that the failure to copsumae iraQt
programme Of attack twng. u viii likewise he
that at that early DAY, Gea. heau cgard Ind
csycd and proposed OF Offensive operations which,
from the light shc upon b, ne bseuac,t res
would, If it had been aloted have swept the enemy from
Virginia, relieved Maryland from the thradon I'M Gsad
on her by the Inconiies, and asea Washington in
power. When II becime known to Rean egard that The
enemy about o. afvance on his Ines no prop so 10
the at Richmond plan Of operations subse
gucuty folows:-nsR eaia,ey the advance Of Tho
enemy Gen otstoh Was 10 deach portion 81 his force
to operate with Gen Bea'regar in combined attack n
cicnt force TO guard the detensibic passes Of the lc
Ridge against Patterson The enemy htving been
def aed and dispersed, Johnston to march back
against Patterson and over~helm him; then 10 dctac
force and reinforce Garnet, enough to make that Gene
ra' su erior to Mcle m ard to drvc him beyond Tie
Ohio. This being ACCOMPLISHED, the Whole command
would recon JOHNS on WI, would HE Potomac nlo
Maryland rouse the peop,e OF that state, aud advance
the siege Of Washnron, IN the rear, while beaurcglrd
with his army would orrnte against the city from
tbs sleoi the river. n design was brilliant, md AZ
subs ucnt events have tbdndanty demonstrated entirely
practicable. IL clssent with the wei! unlers TODD
roles strategy and .oid have given the advantage
Of ating from ntr! point, with every facility or
rap,i concentration, akaass via dispersed armies
with which timely concentration would lie SIMPLY ph ys
ca hipessibiitS Vhc programme, although daring
tie extreme, Involved az the same time tho kind #
daring which equivalent 10 the wiscs caution II
ounGed on tne idea Of nss he ges possible port ioa Of
i,Jcrs Al every tt tart point that might be
everywhere spper the enemy II number or IN i'm.
pets nstt ~ Of permitting armies to remain segratei
and everywhere h.terinr to tho enemy IN front
OF them. ter which ARE not exclaimed, bat
VII Oh appca ed 10 the government 70 than
balalce he afaRtagcs Of THIS plan, Il was not adopted.
Nohtg therefore, renamed bni 'or aea raj 'etufocari
t. light tho enemy ~ he came ont item .ieXan,ra tr
Al farslx, at tetttevie rr heAnd INC ines d Bull n,
circumstances might dictate. As the positions Of tie
armies anu the intentions II the enemy develop Il hcn-
selves, i bocam" apparent hat teAtreville the grand
strategic pnrtthc Key TO the situation. Geaer,i
regard bad proposed tina, while t." enemy attacked him.
either n FL II, as at Eackbrns lord Oh The 18th,
the neik, the 2lst, hgneiai Johnston sho ID fall
with hs army the Federal rear NM ten.c
yie--s ncvenent witch would nave r,sured the do
strct;n the capture Of the whole host fogce. The
bad state Of the roads rendered mprac! cable ihc
mna on Of oc scheme il I'm beca'ae necessary 10
forces, the stack Geatrcviia Should be made by
coicmns q divisions along the cnvoFgag Is crossing
Bull run, in the enemy sh uii max demonstrates,
on orr !et aatk-a movement which General Rea9re
gard became asred after the cage meat OF the 90 h.
would b. ateln ted, u has iol u.g time been gene
rally kLown tiat the failure to carry this pan of
hattie in its details, and the necessity TO which Genefu
Beaurcgard inen subjected If changing front his
le and finally o drawing from lis centrn and f3ht IN
ore TO stem Inc enemys progress and win the victory
All these things vii! no deliberately suited in the report
and OF course far moro inteli!sby than can describe
them.
Tho correspondent. Of tho Richmond Di1oth says Of
The report--
Of General !caurcgards report Of the battle Of Manassas
which has been forwarded the War department and
which viii, doubtless, be published in short tim'
General '@re. ard opens with stat nen Of his posun
antcccdei TO tho battle and Of the plan pra d u, him
TO tho government Of Junction 6. the armies u Shenaa
dna end Potomac, with view to the relief Of Ma md
an the capture d tho city Of Washington which an
was relcces by the President Gen. 4. states that ne
teestaricd the War Hepartm mt the 18Th July OF tho
c"utcnatcd attack Of Gen. Mcdowell urgently asking
Tor junction OF General ,ohnst'n's forces with his
own continued make urge requests for the same
until the lTth July, whom the President consented t.
order ncnef! Johnston to his assistance. General Beau
regard goes TO state that his plan Of blttle grcd
General . hnston attack the ercmy the left
Lentreye, while he himself would command in
front, but the condition Of the roaa prevented this It
then decided to receive the attack II the enemy be-
hi d Ball run. After tho engagement at B.ackbarns
Ford, on the 1Sth Gcnara Bcaurcgard inced
General McDowel's principal demoa stgaion would be
made our le wing, and thcn formed the plan q throw
ing forward sufficient forco by convctging roads to
attack tho crcmy's at Centrev The
main body uf the latter became inexrjcaby engaged
the left. Late in the day, finding that tcaera Ewol
who sled the extreme right Of line lad not
moved forward In ACCORDED viii the u. og AMI
the snccI order which had been sent 10 him General
b. despatched courier to Gcne al Lwei, - inquire he
reason why tho latter hal failed 10 aiyincc, and
receive reply from General u, stating he had MT
received any such order. The cncmys attack
having then become too strong on the let
warrant carrying out the Original plan, it woali
take tr,o hours for General fwels brigade reach
Ccntrcvie became necessary to ae the plan chauac
of he 0o. This movement was superintendent il person
by moral Johnston General Bcauresard remaining to
direct the NJ ycinaMis in fsoat.
at the time when General Kirby Smith and General
Early camc up with Their divisions and appeared the
right II the enemy, oar forces on THO let occuiei tie
The 81 4 circle, Of VII Oh the itself was &c.
ii d by the onrmythe extremes OF their cos s.nA
ing The appearance q ni his ana tary hraAes,
AMI their charge On the en- my 5 right broke the Inc ~
t. ittcr aNd ,yew them INFO confusion, when shortly
afterwards The aeut b cauIe complete.
Geaesai cadtcsard highly compliments Genera, tAen
here Of lcrsNurg, o, the eHtrao Omar. military aptr
and gteat ga!intry he Displayed in lis movement
sion Bridge to Suaers frd, after receiving the co
mys lrst onset at Stone Bridge General Esane al
| oiay about oac thousand mon, bli asiahe that
! the encny's mosem'nt was concehtro one. ant
| tla' his col mns had gcnc through tue woods -
thr ieti and wead tt"nt t. cross AZ Saeys Ford liz
eft at stnc Bridge toss hrnirod MGR, AM dIug ~ To-
was The ford TT Snaly With 600 men kept TIL t8y
hgy tloo Tor nearly ApYr although ID force sew, Il
thcrsalG strong
Gensra Baa4 egaTd settles forever Tie various s,es
tiis mrch disputed respecting if battir. lie a.
knc C eos Ae great generosity Of Ccnrra Johnston
fp.iy aceogdi IT. him lcn BY tn rl.a carr!
the pia:s Ii j f0.lneG with relation 10 til cintl-1i.n
IN yi9.lme hc command OF the ID after eNaminng and
cordially approving the pan Of bate md in tie uec-
tAe coHp ration wi!ch Geneal Guhnsto chiyarosy
| eSt"a I'd - him o. that cvtGtfH' gay.
Hc trks mat the retreat u Duf fre~ from Fairfax
immodnt y pre'i"ns 10 the engagement q the 1Fh il
thu Arst instance rccor OF volunteers ter before
an en- as'n MT aLd with the eheet OF stt "e hattie IN
o,hef p siti y.
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