The Portland daily press., 1862-12-30
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Portland Daily Press.
The Rebel Raid on Dunlfries.
The Enemy Badly Whipped and sent Fly
ing Home.
CAPTURE OF Suffers WAGONS.
Forty Prisoners Carried off.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.
The following is the Stars version of the
last rebel raid:
A rebel force of cavalry, with battery of
artillery, suddenly appeared at 8 A. NJ, on
Saturday, in front of Dumfries, which was
held by the 5th, 7th and Goth Ohio Volunteers,
with section of two pieces of McGilvery's
Battery. The rebels were at first estimated
at 1000 strong. They cut the wires leading to
Falmouth, and attacked our troops, who had
three killed, and were driven off. In the
meanwhile information reached these head
quarters per telegraph, before they succeeded
in cutting the wires leading in this direction.
Troops from this quarter were instantly put in
motion to, if possible, cut off their retreat. To
that end Gen. Geary marched from Wolf Run
Immediately to the relief of the troops en-
gagged at Dumtries. After being worsted, be-
fore Gen. Geary's arrival, the rebels pushed
direct for Occoquan, where they had slight
engagement with 1900 troops stationed there
under Col. Candy, resulting in considerable
loss on both sides, our troops maintaining
their positions. The rebels next decamped
up Bull Run, crossing it at Wolf Run, and
thence they went to Annandae, via Burk's
Station, where they camped Saturday night,
thus avoiding points where we had troops sta
toned. At daybreak yesterday morning they
were again in the saddle, making for the vicin-
ity of Vienna. In the meanwhile, our troops
at Fairfax Court House did their best to head
them off in that direction, but, being infantry,
could not get up in time to do so. The rebels
were last seen in the vicinity of Lewisburg,
where their number was estimated at about
1000 cavalry and four pieces of artillery. At
nightfall yesterday, when they were under
whip and spun, they were bent on escaping in
the direction of Leesburg. They got nothing
for their pains but fifteen empty wagons be-
longing to Col. KeIloggs cavalry command.
Throughout the line of their raid they had
skirmishes with Kellogg's cavalry, who though
forced to fall back, exchanged many shots
with them, with no damage to his command.
His heaviest skirmish with them was at Acco-
tank. At times they had possession Of one of
our guns at Dumiries, but were forced to-
abandon it to us again.
Ldtest-We have just received reliable in
formation that the rebels were badly repulsed
on Saturday at Dumfries. On their retreat
they fell In with our troops under Gen. Geary,
between Dumfries and Wolf Run, and were
driven by them south of the road. They aim
ed to take the direct road to the Shoals They
took the telegraph operator at Burks Station
and his instrument, and burned the Orange &
Alexandria railroad bridge at Accotank, an
inconsiderable structure besides the fifteen
empty wagons OF Col. Kellogg's command
that fell into their hands. They took over 100
suffers wagons which they came across, the
drivers In nearly all cases having succeeded in
escaping by cutting the traces, mounting their
teams and flying before them. They seized
all the citizens along their path whom they
thought would give information of their pro-
ceedings. They passed through Vienna about
II o'clock last night, their rear guard about
A. NJ. They went from there to Hunts Mills
and then struck over towards Ok road at Fry
ing Pan. Including the citizens they caught
they were carrying off about 40 citizens in all.