The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-30

some distance, Il fred on men and threw them
into disorder The writer says
The army WAS 10 move at two o'clock p NJ in two
colrmisone approaching The enemy direct and the other
on his fpnk. We all moved of In time, and the two
columns reached their destined positions, had been
planned and the engagement commenced in two places
The column in direct advance attacked them a long dis
tahce on While the other column came round and con-
menced the attack the side Of the enemy
This thanking column drove the enemy from its
place across the country for two miles, when two
columns made junction. Tken we made general at
tack aud drove the enemy of into the OF open fats
surrounded by woods Al this time reserve came up
andoWned their tire ON our own which threw them in
0dEofder ana just when we had completely whipped them
from every position they Ind taken thrown
into panic by our troops III ing them taking them for
e ohe.y ioi .hcre was no way Oh telling friends from
foes IN the general engagement And then sight
may be spared nom seeing such anoherl Two thousand
neu started panic stricken, running through i've
thousand who were on the to assist them The panic
spread through the five thousand, and 1t not in the
power OF human exerton TO RESTRAIN them form them
into any kind OF shape Appeals all kinds aud threats
were alike UNDECIDED, aud the only unmovcd
regulars They moved on in compact FORM and fought the
advancing enemy on one side holding them In check,
and on the other were two Ohio regiments, sup.
porting Captain Ayers battery, which kept the panic
stricken men from being cut 10 pieces while trying to
organize them into some shape plain opposite to where
we had been hotly engaged. looked also that plain
and there was small band OF regulars and the Ohio
brigade under Schenck with Ayers battery holding the
enemy in check and giving time to draw Of dis
organized mass Of men, and thcn commenced retreat.
Our General IL now subject to all the blanc and disgrace
defeated General is made liable to- He Is conscious Of hay
officers IN the army 10 assist him In point did hs
allow any changes when he could by any prevent
Two things he could not provide for: General
Johnstons army reinforcing Beauregard; and the other
the undscpned troops that were easily demoralized
and thrown into panic There Ia vast difference be-
tween disciplined and undiscplined troops battle field
Our regulars and some OF the volunteers Burnsdcs
brigade ofProvidence schencks Ohio brigade the Connec
tcu brigade some OF the Boston and New York City Voun
teer regiments did we'll and all Of these in the
first Of the engagement except the Ohio and Connecticut
troops The great mass OF the troops green that
had just come into the service for the very morning
had our engagement some OF the three months men
marched from the field for home This had bad effect
men.
We presume that this account will deepen the impress
sion on every ones mind that
CURED to do impossbilitles Their number entirely
inadequate for the undertaking. They beat the enemy
wherever they met them but they would have continued
to fall back successive lines OF masked batteries and
Entertainments, until our troops would have been
come by fatigue and slaughter. The attack brave
and successful at the beginning but IL attack that
never ought TO have been made. Attacking formidable
nrenchments with half the force may be heroic but ne
Their that nor waiting for their completion strategy