Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-22
enemy brings forward reserves which hs hsa

Of our centre. The enemy advances r.. Z2iAly;.
| The. staf, our nephew's at its head drarr Ihs
swords and throw themselves into Iia r.els-
| to arrcst the fugitives. The standards. sre
! planted in the ground, anaItco otind hem ihs
bravest make a stand by rS.ilying themselves
in little group7. The lusillade and cannona,ie
are so violent that the projectiles ett:srnf. th,
ground raisus permanent cloud oi DUST.
| At that moment general Cook charged a.
the bead of his cavalry, Int that move does
not succeed, and his horsenen, ON their r.
turn, on'Y increase the disorder. ,le make"
every effort, aided By Rit:Mho lett d !tt!p
coursge, to stop; the panic, bat ia: an /
joined few of1iceis who attempted II check
the artillery, and we succeeded hy.absout--
ly barring the wsv- and ae;:lnc tie h11aea d
the brides, BY that maans We rer. lrlsb!ed
TO put two or three pieces in position on tbz
slope Of tho hill. and with them We Larsss-d
the enemy by the LAST rays OF daT.
st that con juncture hIengher'a irl4h Bri-
gade arrived, which, uttering f few 2a9use
cries, ranged itself iii order OF battle, lT,tt The
enemy WAS checked, At that mcment also 1
was joined by our nepEews, who, each on his
side and acting on his sole inspiration, ill.,:
men OF courage and intelligence, had done al
they could to stay the confusion, and, God be
! praised, without accident. Ne warfnly shook
hands. Each had had his adventures F.ot-
crt, sent 10 carry an order, and retulling q,
ius!i, WA Fortunate enough TO escApo bring
taken by IA regiment Of tho enemy, which hr
nistook ior one Of ours; he was only un,le-
ceived BY that regiment tring on him.
Paris directed up Ia the last moment the
fire Of German battery. Oar loss = con-
siderable. Gyi0n' Brigade has lost cae-hsiI
OF its men. But the enemy must bs sadly
cut up. From twelve to six all their efforts
have IuiScarrcd, and the only advantage. tkev
have gained arose from deplorable panic
which made us lose Eaf q mile of ground
with the cannH and wounded we left upon
it. If single fresh brigade had arrived in
tnre al would have been changed into a bril-
liant success: but such is the fortune ii WAT
| cIliy rejoice at one thing, which is thst we
have delayed 4 forced departure. in order bot
to abandon the army in its critical situation,
and also that our nc;'hcwS should have borne
themsrlvc: III the brilliant manner tkeT have
done.
After the battle oi the eth, the c1nceritra-
ton oI the Confederate lJrceS had become i'd
evitable; it was necessary to retreat. II WIS
decided 10 cross WhltabGCl: Swamps, behind
which halt TTas 10 be made IN oTiirr to give
time for the bagsage to Pest on 10 LA..,.o
river, WncIr iIrw Sasi3 u! oprraficria waa lG
IN established under the prclceli.n Of .hr
SuIboal$. iietwern five Thousand and SIX
thousand wsGonswe.a emrIaved IN oiIe an
gle road between York r:vrr snd james river.
On the morning Of the 3GtG all had crossed
| y hteGeck Swamp.
l'a 1nfr Say-
the 2yth, in the ,nd.t OF dense i,5s;an4 fol-
lowed that road, encnrnbered with wounded.
ana crossed Whitcbrck iTRInpS, Yhich il: :
kind OF woody marsh. But when 'e arrived
the head of one column had alone pSssed.-
! We heard rtttGb-trv un Lei0rs, and, gallopina
forward, niet keaTner wto informed rI.e that
] :see had had srepulsed, the enui1T s Taralry
ri hich had attempted to rnoisst au-aHa-c!,..--s
We SOON hear heav: cannona:. 81: our lett
rear. 1t is the enemy attacking Suroner, VI no
had not Lett his position. a. llightial we
encamped, and at dawn Of day learned that
all our wagons and all our troops had PASSED
Whitebcck SSamps.
On tine mrrfnT; W: ai"anced. .c3rck5d r-
e burning SUN, towards Jamea riTer. The
General conferred with fhe corI1aanders 6f
the gunhoats, and then eul.0peL of With our
nephews. We soon hear the report 1f can
non,, and the enemy attacks Stnilh, t,rnd
hold, Whitebecss Swamps-) anothnr St
tac!; iE made On the centre OF our line
Those attacks hsring thrown the enemy into
f. kind of disorder, the General iEiufn, with
us to thu Funh0ata, II order ll con itrs with
j Captain Eougera. W5 embark ul,nn lha Ga
lena; While there, report Is sfht from the
rrsr, announcing that powcrtulbods Of the
cnrmy is advancing towards the position oc-
cupisl by Porter, Immediately We ascend
the river, i'll order ta throw the weight of our
cannon haia into the ,.tair, and olrn II fierce
hra.
The lieutenant is At the I15t-iir5d 1SlIk the
signal officer. who telegraphs with the men
who work Porter 8 signals, which are placed
on the roof of house in order to direct our
fire. I also climb up 10 the Inasi-hcad, in
spite Of uly jack-boots and spurs. In the heat
OF tEc action the helmslnaTi iorgets 70 steer
straight, and the Cialrna rms ashTe-a dis
agreeable thing, as immediately the enemy
covers the neighhorhood viii. stiarpshoolers
We 81 last got oil, snd Pnrter3 IRE slackcns
! We thence conclude that the enemy Is re-
pulsed, and u 'fraternization with the "Liue
jackets" takes place, ia which participsle
The General returns to his headquarters, and
We separate from him. We then went to
Fort Monroe on board E'inhosi, the Jacob
Bell, which WIS sent here with ,iespatchta
COMMENTS OF THE BRITISH PpE:s.
Tho" Army snd Navy C:azerIe" says that
the real reason for the departure Of the Prince
De Joinvile and his nsphews waa the Mosi-
can var. They knew that France would be
avenged, and that this would proroks threats
and l-ieelinE towards France .R5nona the
Au'eTirauG.
The Morning lost" rcvirwG Prince De
Joinville's own account OF the circumstances
OF the departure OF the Orleans Princes for
AU~rica and says il is really tue mcsE IN
fortunate and deplorable account OF thr de-
parture which has Yet been given, and quite
explains the alleged refusal Of President. Lii
coin to receive tile Princes in i,rer.ii au-
! dl,:nce,
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