The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-07-25


Fighting commenced at o'clock Sunday
morning, aud continued most desperately
| till after 2 o'clock Z. NJ The rebels were
driven back inch by inch, leaving their
dead on the field. The loss of life on both
sides was frightful Our troops behaved
most galantly and our guns woro very
effective. The whole force on both sides
is said TO have bcen engaged, Gen. john
son having joined the rebels, rs previously
| stated. making Gen. Bcaurcgard's forces a.
bout 10000. II is known Manassas juno
! ton is supplied with water by canal
| from Bulls Run. This will be cut off, lcav-
ing the rebels without water for their Caval-
~. A dispatch on Saturday stated that the
Federal troops numbered 5000. The battle
was ono of the sovcrcst ever fought on
this continent Up to two o'clock our
troops had driven the enemy n distance of
two miles. As they fell back from ono posi-
ton il was only to another equally strong,
and at every point fresh rontorccmcnts
were poured in, without lmitas TO numbers.
There can be no doubt that their forces was
Mt least double ours. Tho Fire Iouavcs
were terribly cut up. While drawn up to
make an attack they were assaled by con
ccaled battery with strong support on
their 1ank aud were forced to break. The
enemy attempted with an immense force TO
turn our right flank, which camc near being
successful, when our large scige gun, "A ~
pouldcr, o e fire causing tremendous
havoc among the enemy and routing them.
Mcmbcrs aNl Senator's who came in as well
us civilians say in their estimates 9l killed
from 300 to 5000. The facts cannot yet be
asccrtaiucl. II is said both Col Farnham
and Lieut.. Col. Jno. Crcgan were killed, but
ii may not proved truo; the latter, at all
events, was Severely wounded. Colonel
Hunter was wounded in tic throat, Col.
Stosum of the ID RI and Capt. Towers Of
the lst are reported killed. Governor
Spraguc had his horse short undcr Maj.
Palow of the ID II. |. was severely wound
dc in the hand and thigh by cannon ball.
Tuesdays Dispatches.
Tho dispatches of to-day change the bril-
liant victory of the Grand Army into n sad
reverse. Our troops, after taking thrcc bat
tcries and gaining almost an imprcgnahlc
position at Bull Run, without any really ap-
parent cause made Il hasty retreat on Alex
andria and Washington. Our loss is dread
rul--said to be over 5000 During the re-
treat Gen. Mcdowell endcavorcd to make
stand both at Centervillc and Fairfax, but
our troops were unmanagcahlc. The road
from Bull Run was strewn with kuapsocks,
| arms, &c. Some of the troops threw away
their guns and appmtcnanccs the better TO
facilitate their travel. Gen. Mcdowell was
in The rear of the retreat, cxcriing himself
to rally his men, but only with partial effect,
The latter part of the army, ii is said, made
their retreat in order. The rebels had u
| force of about 10000, and il is ntimated
that they were taking steps TO surround our
! troops, which created the stampede. II
seems, however, that the rctrotrcat was
brought about by n panic arising among the
tcamstcrs and civilians accompanying the
army whose prccipitatc flight cOmmuniCat-
cd an alarm to somc of the troops and from
! them to others, until the entire force was
uncomfortable. We hope this first great
| failure may have tho effect Of silcncing those
correspondents, whose constant abuse fore
cd the Government to allow forward move
ments to be mado against well fortified
force of twice its numbers. This is un-
doubtedly the cause Of the great disaster.
LArER.--Dispatchos received just before
going to press state that only about 300 were
! killed in the Bull Run affair. The number
will probably he much reduced yet That
our troops rotroatcl is true, but the disor.
der and confusion first reported lacks CON
siderable of being true.