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ne Manassas road. having driven the enemy before

the Manassas road, having driven the enemy before
! him.
Col Miles is now about three or four miles from
here directing operations near Biackburn's ford
FNRFaX. 4.45 y. M.-Two of our c0u. iers have
returned but they were unable to communicate
in person with Gen. Mcdowell. One of the cou-
riers the field OF battle. H. says our troops
have taken three masked batteries and forced the
rebels to fall back and retire. He saws the battle
was general Bull Run for some distance. One OF
the batteries taken was in a wheat field and the
other some distance from it, and the third still
further on.
$40 p. M-Another despatch SAYS that the Fed
eral troops have won the day. The loss on both
sides is heavy, but the rout of the Conederates Is
complete. The batteries at Ball Run are silenced
and two or three others are taken.
40 p. M.--Tne firing has ceased. We shall send
anol her courier there in a few minutes. The COu-
rers went at o'clock and will be back soon.
still Later.
report, not official, but from an apparently re-
liable source saws that the column under Gener al
Heintzleman has followed the Confederates to
Manassas Junction, and has opened fire on their
entrenched camp, and was then shelifng them. The
cannonadng can occasionally be heard in Washing
ton and from Geor getown Heights
The headquarters of the army are inaccessible
to night. The President aud Cabinet being pri.
vatev with Lieut.. General Scott and staff and other
distinguished gentlemen.
| Reports from the Battle-field--RepOrted
Death of Col. Cameron, Brother of the Sec
fetary of War.
! WAsHINGroN, July 21-l1 p. M.-The most in
! tense excitement is everywhere existing, to hear
| further from the field of battle Every returning
| spectator of the events is Immediately surrounded,
| to relate his observations. The demand for intel
| ligence is Unsuitable. Many unauthorized rumors
prevail, which serve to confuse the truth.
The smoke of the battle could be seen from the
| eminences in Washington. A number Of members
| of Congress and even ladies went to the neighbnr
| hood of Bull Run to witness the battle. One of
these members reports that Col. Hunter, Of the Sd
calvary, acting as Major-General, was seriously if
| not m rtaly wounded.
1t is stated in all quarters, and the sad news is
| generally credited, that Col. Cameron of the 10th
regiment, brother of the Secretary of War, and
Cot. Slocum of the I'd Rhode Island regiment,
| killed in the action.
The Details of the Battle.
| CENTREvILLE, July 81, p. MA most severe and
! general battle fought to-day at Bull Run
bridge. The conflict most desperate and bloody,
| lasting nine hours.
The programme of the battle as stated in my
first despatch was carried out until the troops met
with succession of masked batteries, which were
attacked with great vigor and bravery and success
sively stormed and taken with severe loss of life.
Our troops advanced as follows
Col. Richardson, who distinguished himself in the
previous engagement with the batteries at Bull
Run proceeded on the left with four regiments of
the 4th Brigade, to hold the Federal battery sta
toned or the hil on the Warrenton road, in the
vicinity of the last battle (the Bull Run battle)
fought.
The flank movements were carried out as das.
cribed in my first despatch
Col. Schenck and Col. Sherman's brgades of
Gen. Tylers division advanced by the Warrenton
road, while Col. Heintzelman's and Col. Hunters
divisions took the fork of the WarrentOn road, to
move between Bulls Run and Manassas Junction.
Colonel Keys Brigade remained at Centrevile,
reserve.
Information was received by General Tyler's
command, of the existence of the cnemys battery,
commanding that road
Our troops were then formed in battle array
w. VI IL 4 A. is tl,g
Ohio I'd Wisconsin and 10Th, 18th and 69th New
York the right. Colonel Miles Division fol- |
lowed in the rear. The first range gun fired |
by Shermans battery, at 10 minutes OF o'clock, |
this morning.
The Confederates did not return his shot until |
hour and half afterwards, when Col. Hunters |
division came up and the battle became general.
@.Col. Hunters movement t. gain the of the
enemy almost a success. The enemy's position |
was then opened upon By several of Carlise's how
tiers, followed by slight skirmishng.
The Confederates rapidly received reinforce
ments from Manassas Junction after the attack
opened.
The battle consisted in succession of fires from
masked batteries, which were opened in every di-
reciop. When senced its place was
taken by two, and the daring charges of our infan-
try in unmasking them exhibited the most daunt-
less courage.
The ID Ohio and the ID New York militia were
mar ched by flank through the woods by a
made road within mile of the main road, when
they q battery of eight guns with four
regiments 1anked in the
Oar men were Immediately ordered to lie down
either side of the road in order to allow two
pieces of artillery TO pass through and attack the
work. This battery then opened upon us and kiile
on the third round Lieut.. Dempsey, of company e,
New York I'd, and William Maxwell drummer,
and seriously wounded several others.
Oar troops were kept in this position for fifteen
or twenty minutes under CALLING fire, not being
able to exchange shots with the enemy, although
within a stones throw of their batteries They
eucc dad in in r1p pir
Tie ifsey most par.n., ,,..-.
the New York Goth, 10th and Is Ii regiments, WIZ !
rushed upon of the batteries firing as they pro-
ceeded with perfect elan, attacking it with the bay
ones point. Their yell of triumph seemen to carry
all before them.
They found that the Confederate had abandoned
the battery as they approached. and had only sue
ceeded in carrying off one gun. This success was
acquired only after a severe loss OF life, In which
the Goth regiment suffered most severely, and 1t Is
reported that the Lieut.-Colonel was among those
first killed.
selves by their spirited assault the batteries, at
the point of the bayonet, but it is feared tna their
loss is immense
Up to the hour of P. NJ it was generally
derstood that we had hemmed in she enemy
irely and that lhey were gradually retreating;
that Col. Hunter had driven them back in the rear,
and that Col Hentzemau's command was meeting
with every success; and that it required but the
reserve of General Tyler's division to push un to
Manassas Junction.
Mississippi soldier taken prisoner by pri-
vate Hssbrooke, of the Wisconsin ID regiment.
He turned out to be Brigadier Qusrtermaster
Pryor, a cousin of Roger A. PRYOR. He was cap
tured with his horse as he by accident rode within
our lines He discovered himself by remarking to !
Hasbrooke {: "We are getting badly quito pieces"
W hat regiment do you belong to, asked Hasbrooke.
The 19ih Mississippi, was the answer. Then you
my prisoner, said llasbro0ke.
From the statements of this prisoner. it appears |
that our artillery has created great havoc among |
the rebels, of whom there from $4,000 TO 40 .00O
in the field under the command of Gen. Beau
regard while they have reserve OF 75,o0o at the
Junction.
He describes an officer most prominent in the
fight, distin guished from the rest from his white
horse as jeff Davis. He confirms the previous re-
ports of regiments of neg troops in the Contede-
rate forces He says it is difficult to get them in
proper discipline in battle array.
The position of the enemy extended in three lines
in the form of a triangle, the apex fronting the
centre of our columns. The seems to have been
filled with masked batterIes
At O'Clock this evening guns were still heard
firing at short intervals.