New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-19

ne gun-one with rife, and one with flag. vbi~<
- wss m the act of planting by the gun. The -
sh ne next to me and the Rebel riheman drew upuI
sscp other, and both fell at the same moment 49,
~, believe by each other At the same time To-
r. az ann at the g-bearer and be fell ~ Rrsd
inc shs a.. .me bad reloaded, another Rebel wac &C.,
az this point n ne zoo feii az fired. Two fll
was some hiteen rods distant. and nssrs, ths -
IT, us. Oh my comrades though in other parts az ~
At .'ns moment, the Black Horse Cavsy-r ,,ax. ~
sppea pce obiquely from the RIGHT al mae
masked Sttery, as well as Infantry xvas No Mnc -
Us q fearful fre Of shot, shells, canister &c ~
cavalry ape Sser Ow strong upon the full saop sss
each man reser, ing his charge to receive them ~
suitable honors.
The horses Of tie cavalry were all black or s,.v
Their front showed line Of perhaps ten rods. 'Oss
IN Eve or six rods of ou. right when we poured en-.
tnuous volly a. Them Milling ost Of The horses n
frcnt and many their aides. As they fell ptchinQ
their riders TO the ground, those following fell ovss
them and from our bullets soo in i've minu:s we ~
sent them probably four thousand phs and they M
piled upon each Other, manged, kicking, strugQiinS.
dying MAS of and horses-a sighs of borrer q
wbih no description could do Justice Our aim wa
mostly at the horses; and doubs not many more a
the men were killed by the horses than by baIle
The story that all this lighting was done by tie
Zouaves is false. The three regiments were mingled
together, and all fought equally WELL here speak
NDaJ KNOW, WAS ulIccblt Va shr
and nearly in the CENTER Ii was the general optsi0n
that not over half dozen OF the cavalry escaped avs,
though there may have been more.
Daring this brief but horrible work the masked bss-
terry aud large bodies Of infantry were pouring their
fire int ranks snd were falling on every
hand. We again retained their fire, and coon afssf,
Lieut.. Msach having been struck down, and tive
others assisted him badk and returning we fcuu4
our men still standing ther ground.
Soon after this nssy Of truce raised by tho
Rebels twenty thirt Fods in frcnt and ire
s3ackened. Immediately the white flag fell, aud our
ceiors raised. We knew not what to make Of it
at the moment, unless t,ey about to surrender,
but supposed aerward ~ design was to lure US into
q deadly range of th TT batteries In few min
utes the Rebel Gag only was again flying ia THAR
place. The contest ragged Or time longer when the
firing Of the Rebels erased end we supposed the vic
tory was ours. The Rebel were seen to fall back,
but very Jobnsons arm y was seen approacbingl
We had fought necessarily fol -four or five hours, with
ont food drink almost exb aosed at the beginning
our ranks were thinncd and lNoken, we saw pros
rect OF support ard we retr eated In disorder; but
there'was little running.
Just about this time the gen cral stampede Of the
army took place, and retwn,sjto Washington and
vicinity, feeling that had won glorious victory.
only snatched from by the arrival OF Johnson's
army and the failure Of proper of ess to bring up the
reecrye force TO our relief.