Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-30
OUR TROOPS AT MUASON'8 HILL.
A Bad Affair.

Our pickets from Chain Bridge are now adj
vanced, and are gradually forcing the enemy
towards Falls Church The division there is
in great force.
Captain Draper Of the Massachusetts l4th,
with fourteen men, made reconnaissance this
morning, from Fort Albany, toward Mulson's
Hill. He came on Il body of mounted rebel
pickets, to the right of the hill, aud captured
one the lest escaped Munson's and Mas0n's
Hills were found deserted, and, together with
UptOn's Hill, are now occupied by our troops
in large lorce, under Gen Mcdowell. The
rebels have retired about four miles back. All
the rebel entertainments fronting Arlington
are abandoned, and are now occupied by the
federal troops. Gen. McClellan's staff recon
noitered the works on Muusons and Masou's
Hills, this afternoon.
1t is reported to night that Johnston, at The
head Of u 900 troops, is moving from Lees
burg towards the river. 1t is reported that the
rebels are pushing large forces towards the
ferries IN tile neighbOrhOUd Of PO0iesvle and
down the river toward Aqua Greek. The in
dIcatiOns are that the rebels will ATTEMPT
crossing the Potomac immediately but their
movements are closely watched, and pr, para
tions to meet them promptly are made. The
weather is quite cool, and rebel prisoners state
that their forces suffer considerably from ii.
WAsHINGToN, Sept 29-During last week
it was so frequently reported from day to day
that our troops had taken possesslUn Of Alun.
sons Hill, that when last night this long pie-
dicted event took place, it found few believers
among those lcasteNcite by sensation reports
y personal visit, howevef, puts the fact be.
You'd doubt The American flag now floats
lhrrc Ia place q hat OF the rebels. Detach-
lnct,s tfou Gen rails Richa dsou's, Key es',
and NlUswur,i Urigadee, and also from Gen.
Franklin s division, now occupy Munsons
Hill, being in command Of Col. Terry, of the
fifth Michigan regiment
Early this forenoon the pockets from Gen.
Smiths division advanced to and now occupy
Falls Church. Neither this nor the preceding
movements met with any opposition whatever
as the rebel army had Oh Friday night retired
from the whole line OF their positions on the
line of Washington Upton's Hill, this side
OF Fails Church, is necessarily included among
the points now held by the federal forces.
The works OF the enemy at the places they
had evacuated, were, III Il military view, almost
worthless, being nothing more than rifle pits
OF very common construction. The positions
at Munson's and Muuay's Hills afforded the
rebels an unobstructed view OF all our tortifca.
lions and other detenses. The appearance OF
the ground deserted by them indicated that
they were deficient in those arrangements
which serve to make camp life comfortable
having no tents, but merely shelters rudely
constructed. There were M Sims fo SHINY
that they had ever mounted any runs Our
troops are now SO employed as TO show tllat
they do not intend merely to occupy their
present position temporarily
The advance Of General Smith ON Falls
Church from the Chain Bridge was accompa.
MED by events CT the most deplorabe charac
ter. Having passed Vandcrwerken's and
Vanderberg's houses On lieir way 10 the for.
mer place, and when about hall a mile from,
il, by some unaccountaoIe blunder. Colonel
Owens Irish Philadelphia regiment, in the
darkness of the night mistakIup for rph,.is
Captain Motifs battery, winch was in the ad.
vance sustained by Gen. Bakers California
regiment, Bakers PhiadclpllIa Zouaycs and
Col Friedman'S cavalry, fired a tull yvllev
inio the troops last mentioned. killing and
wounding a large number The Calitor,,il
reg ment, not knowing whence the firing
came, returned it,
The horses attached to Motifs battery he
came unmanapeabIe and the tongues Of the
cajssons were broken. owing TO The narrow
ness nj the road. Ljeut BRYANT hayiuu ram.
mond nj The first section or1jrrr,l The @nns In
No lnatled win Crane and canister .nd soon
had them in range to rake the supnoscd enc.
NV. " hen word was sent to Inn that he was
il, Inc romnanv Mt friends An vas ovi.it..
mant and a lmp lime elapsed brtere iI,r az.
mai couditiou of affairs was asrertaiuad and
confidence r..establishpd Many couhiciinU
stories nravaiI rs in mo n,rIins nm whom, he,
Name shnulJ rpst hut Cen SuitI, in,n,adi
otelv ordered Cal. Owens repipant +, tail
hack 10 camp.
The killed aud wounded of Can't. Motifs