New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-14
Thew Lose $50 Killed and WoundedJ
100 Prisoners, and all their Guns
and Camp Equipage
OUR LOSS ONLY II KILLED AND IS WOUNDED;
Our Boys After the Fugitive Rebels
GENERAL MCLEllAN's OFFICIAL REPORT;
WASHINGTON, Saturday, July l3, 1851

WASHINGTON, Saturday, July l3, ISoI'
The following dispatch was received to-day =
the army headquarters hom Gen. McClenan'
BEVERLY, July l3, 1861.
COL e. D. TOWNSEND, Washington, d. e.;
The success Of to-day ia all that could de@
sire. We captured six brass cannon, OF whicn
one is riAed, and all the enemy's camp eqnipaes
and transportation, even to his cups. The noma
Der of tents will probably reach two hundreo
and We have more than sixty wagons. Thei9
killed and wounded will amount ~ fully lo03
with at least 100 prisoners, aud more coming "
constantly. ! know already Of 10 officers killed
and prisoners. Their retreat was complete. =
occupied Beverly by a rspd march.
Garnett abandoned hi, camp early this norm
ing, leaving much Of his equipage. He came
within o few miles Of Beverly, but our rapiQ
march turned him back In great confusion, and
he ia now retreatlng on tho road to st. Gsorsea
Gen. Morris is to follow him up closely. have
telegraphed for two Pennsylvania regiments Il
Cumberland TO Join Gen. Hill at RowlesbuTg4
The General is concentrating oil his troops 81
Rowlrsburg, and Will cut of Garneits retrese
near West Union, or, If possible, ct St George
I may say that we have driven ont some ten
thousand troops, strongly iDtreDched with tA(
loss of eleven klled and tbrfy-ive wouDdedJ
Provision returns found here show GarDett'4
force to have been ten thousand men, They
were Eastern virginiaD',s Georgian', Tenoest
seesns. and, think, Carobniaos. TO-mort
row / can give full details as to prisonersd
&c. I trust that Gen. Cox has by this time
driven Wise out Of the Kauawha Valley. Ii
that case, shall have accomplished the objss4
Of l.beratipg Western Virginia. hope the Gems
eral.n. Chief viii approve of my orerstiops.
G.B MCCLELLAN,
Major Oelersi. DepaItnscnt Of Ohio
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
BEVERLY. Randolph Co., Va, July Is, 1861.
Yesterday morning General Mcclellan ordersd
four regimen,s-ths 9Th, 10th, aud 18th IDdiaas
Volunteers, and toe 18th Ohio Volunteers, te
proceed along the line Of the hills, southeast O1
the enemy's eatrencbed camp, ~ the Beverly
road, where it crosses Rich Mountain, two miled
east of the eneny's position, with orders TO add
vance along the Beverly road, and attack The
east side Of the works, General Mcclellan being
prepared TO assault the wrst side, as soon as
firing should announce the commencement Of the
attack.
The capture Of o c,urier, who mistook me
road through the enem,s camp. for the route of
our troops, placed the enemy in possession of The
movement
When Col. Rozencranz reached tbe Beverly
road ut 9 O'Clock, after most sxbaustlng march
over the mountains, be found the enemy posted
at the opposite side Of the road. about sOq
strong, with two cannon, and holding o strong
position, partially fortified.
An engagement instantly took place
tnued for three quarters ~
Rebels were totally roe
men, including officer
About IS Of ib
their wound
ss pr