The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-19
The Advance on Fairfax,
NoHExzsrs or TEE LKrr WING.
SArosrrr's srAuoz,

oANthEEMN OEANhOAe
On the he efns orusOe o.d lienoaJyid r r.
~ Mixes from ALendadvia July lsh.-Ws
have bad the pl.asafs Of sssins tbs enemy
Z, Ing b.for. rs. bat " eoLs,o 49, .i IN.
rous hn.s' OF the mach, asd owing TO
ths may eups which We have carried
aiors tbsy have succeeded In mlkiag
their eecspe without . fight. w. have no .
full posssesicn Of the railroad ~ far a. this sta
tich- II. dem, Q mmsucei their rstrsst
during today, and bs,ely CSC ped oy Oh. Old
fsiifsx road, which 10 ocoapi'd a. far a. Fsir-
fan btriop by Col. WILCOX who took IL
prison'rs, and Col MILhs Is In possession Of
f-irfsx Curt Houe
On Wsdi esday morn'pg the troops proossdsd
90 ar ~ the cross rusd thu lssds to .ngs sr's
Ststiop on the Fsirfsx road. arriving at nooa.
when Col RrAs KLIr's command braoch d OF
on the road TO bapgstes's 20 cut a railroad
commubica cation, and Col WILoox p'oc,>ssd on
the read TO Fs'rfss Station. G u H,IsrzLxxAH
10 the meantime remained at the ewusr Of Jaug-
stsr's croas Toads tvo AID half sniles from
Fairfax Salon fviih G i How .Ru's b i<sde
= AID Capt Lowss C,vslry. Ab at o1s o cl ok
ire folliving dispstcb YES received from Col
WILCOX:
Te Col HuyIzxtxAr, Fairfax Salon.
We have tsk.n Fairfax Station with IL pris-
onsts q ts'gs plumber o. ,bf.nr,. .od some
hmssmen fed over tovs'cs the left, AID FsASK-
I'm can inter opt thsm. We have q Gag, etc.
(Sisnsd) o. D. wrLoox,
Tbs roads 70 -ards ssng-tsrs we're Interest,"
cd by the fsllu Of tr..s and other obs rue
tioI o. otnerwise Col wilcox might have sue
cssded In uskioR even a more successfL and
expeditions victory. Several regim ,ots Of
rebel uo Pc are required to have psss.d Sing
stan 8 sts,itn during the day In rstrsst before
Col FRAnKLrrs lamB. An h.bsua rssL
m.nt was sDcsmted within too miles Of the
70 ks 1t he read whsrs we srive at noou, ths
camp frs Of which weGs still burning shsu
We pass d this sfisin'op, ard thsr. vas every
evidence o. their bssy 70 rec, qusuti zee o.
flesh BEEF, corr, etc, were left behind. nssr
tbi. camp found that ihsy had made an
sttemps At Infantry bfe sst voi IA viii n could
have ben wated over bv cur Troops. La
conjunction proves tho weakness OF tue ensmy
In this art OF war.
the command 81 Brig. Gsnsrsl TrLsR, pro-
ceeds towards Faif.x Court House by the
n ads from Fans Church, and Vienna, the SEC
opd Division und'r the command Of @ !. DAM
IEL HusrsR, and tie 9th Divisi under Col.
ID. B. MILES in tho same due stion, by the
LITTLE River tui n Like and -add"ck Rad.
m'sssa ger ffsm Col WILCOX brings In
formation that after taking Fairfax Station he
proceeded 70 cards the Court HOUSE, aud whom
within mite OF that place he found Colonial
BUhrsTDK's Brigade bad taken possession, the
enemy h,vipg In all instances retr-stsd with
OF shew OF Eight, except on the part Of few
pieks's.
second DkpstcA.
On Tuesday afternoon the lines OF march
were tsk.n. the Sd division 81 the corps de
drnsee, und.r tbs com uand Of Col HzNrxEL-
MAE, Of the 18th infantr,. comprisipg the
brgsd,s Of Cols FsAnKLIN. WILCOX and Ho-
wAbD The troops PR ceed-d without any Diff
ctlty Whatever over the old F.iifax and Pvhick
roads, sdistance OF 10 miles from Alex sndria,
when they hivouacksd ~ Pobick Crock over
plight. Th- tcspe vas . romantic oue, the
camp fires tuning on either side Of the hill
that sUrr ,pDde3 the creek.
A. O'Clock tbs ioxt morning the troops
We Nirripv, and as early as da ~n the hss
wa. Ie'orned. The troops proceeded on the
old Fsirfsx road 10 the folio -iog order -
First brigade, uCdsr Col. franklin, In the
sdvaIc~.
Secord brigade, under Col. wilcox, q, the
c,p're 81 ihe column.
1hirdbrigsss, Col.HovAnD. ef Maine, com
mancipg.