The sun., 1861-11-12
The battle nj Mnna.-a..

nEAUGEGAEDs OFFICIAL RAPPORT.
The following, published in the Richmond
(Vs.,) Dispa'ch, Is a synopsis Of fBRAUREGARDi
official report Of the battle of Bull Run, or Mt
nassas, on the 21st Of July. Il will prove in
torcsting TO our readers, Notwithstanding tn,
delay attending its publication -
] have been favored with = brief synopsis Of pnr
tonS Of Gen. B'aurtRards report uf the btttle o
Manassas, ". lch has hnCu forwarded t. the Wa
Department. and which will do,tltlrs4 he publislr,
In short time. Gen B-lurcgard opens with d
stat ment Of lis position HnCcieut 10 the battle
and OF the plan proposed ty him To the gDVernmrnl
ut ne Junction ui Tie armies Of the Slen lnipah and
Potomac, viii. a view 10 the r'liri of Maryland, and
the capture Of the city of Warrington, which plan
WINS rejected ly the President.
Gen. B'aurcgrd states that he tclcprnphed tho
War u, partmcnt ON The lith If July, If the CON
tempate,l attack by Gen. NJ Dowcll, urgently ask
ing i"r Junction of Gen. JnhiIstuu'S forces with
Lis uWn nnd continued to make urgent REQUESTS lor
tn same until 17th uf July, when the President
,ullontod To order Gen. Johnston to his issstau ,e
Gen. aurcsard goes ON to state that his plan Of
battle assigned to Gen. Johnston an attack ON the
enemy "u IN" len, at Cpnitcyille while he
himself would command In front hut the condition
Il the runds prevented this.
u " s thea droided Ia receive the attack Il the
en,luy hclun. Bull Run. After the uugagrm mt ut
Bla Eiulua Ford, ON tho 18th, General Bnaurrgnrd
Wa convinced that General NJ. Dowell's prime ipal
Demonstration would he made on our len wing AN |
tifnMlu0 A
htltm tN" by cuuVerging rua IL, tp attack the
un' iuNs resti vtE at Ccntreye zpon ~ the main
body of the 'uttCr became mcNtricahly engaged ou
me len. Late IN the day, finding that Gen Ewrll,
WHO was lustCd uu the eNrUue right ui our line had
not moved forward In accordance with the uro-
granm" AMI the special order which hal been sent
w. M Gen, H. dispatch courier L. Gen. Ey,ell
4" inquire the reason why the latter hal failed H.
H""!''' hni received a reply tr.m Con. EWel stat.
ing lHti II, had not received any such ur,lcr.
Tie 'n,mE'' attack h1vinJ then Lcopu, to-
NruNf 'n the left tn wnrru carrying ont the orlgi
li' l' 'h M u Wuuld take three hours for Gcupr
Ew' ll's lr udc to rcuch Crnirryilc, It became ne
crfht'y to 1tur the plan change front on tu In,
ll ring up reserves t. that prt OF the field. rhi,
',''h"ht Was hNpyruiuudrd Ia person hy q ncri
- n't' w. General huuruEard remaining tp dtr, c
Tie muNtmnut3 n 'front.'.
n Ne trno when General Kirl,y Smith unl Gen r.
10. .iIy came upv in their iiy sious and aureareI
'ui' Hyht oi TIE uthN, uUr forces uu M, f. ur
ouIIt' the cod ui an hrc of 10 circle, of the ar,
e. Nni. b w'- .g'ii. u hy the tu uy-the extreme
q lL"ir Iu,S iWkmy ours The appearance a.
SWl - and EulN's hrtgaios, and their charrc o.
the 'n,my's right, rut,o the lines If the lot r au
throw them into cnuG,-i II, when shortly uf crS ,r,
the ruut became coWplcte,
General B'aurogard acknowledges the great gen
eto''ty "i General Johnston in fully according I
lin t'icn, u tho ri"ht 10 carry out tho plans h
Ind icrm,d n rotation to this campaign, In y.ol
ing ~ commaud Of .hc field, aiter examining m
| cn# ily approving the plan of battle, nnl In III
| 'n,'INc cooperation which General Johnston +
chivnlruusly extended tu him that CyeutCI. Il 49,
H. remarks that the retreat ~ our forces irn,
falriHN, Immediately previous to the engagement
the 18TH, Is the first instance record Df Vplur
| tc'rs retiring before an Cngagum Mt, and with ti
| ul s,yt of giving ltlil In another position.
| The number under his command ON the 18th
| jHly IL st down nj seventeen thousand CfieCti,
| m On, pnl ,u the 9i-t tu tScnty-scycn thnus lnt
Which include siN thousand two hundred of JOIN
| stems army, uui one thousand s,yrn hun Ire
| hru urht up iy General Holmes from Frederick
| luIlt.
| r.c Nlod on our SID, in this cvcr-mcmor,t
| tau" are s'ntyl In Tie report to have been In nun
hrr three hundred AMI ninety, three, and the wuuul
| rl one tluUsrnd two hundred.
| The eu'mys KILLED, wounded and prisoners M
| wtimotrd ly q neral BeAurcgnrd at fur thousn
| hNo hundr. Il, which does not include the missing