Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-07-05
The BATTLES BEFORE R1CHM0ND
from the Washington National Republican,

1JUIlflR tlAClC was ~ lighting re
consequence The force which had attacE.j
our right wing, could not get across the Chick.
ahon1iny in the face Of our artillery, and in
front OF our centre and left they We're not strong
enough 10 attach our army IN It's lntrenchmen,.
During Saturday and Saturday night prcpara.
tons were made tor-lhe retreat, which VIA
commenced on Sunday morning )y The army,
the wagons having commenced their backward
movement on Saturday.
On Sunday evening. there was & sharp ight
at Savage Station.
On MOpdav there was heavy haille at White
Oak Swamp, which ragged from noon TO night
Our informant thinks II was as severe Il ba lie
as hat Of Friday, and that our loss was as great
as II Fair Oaks. We were decidedly yictor!!.
ous, capturing some artillery and three rhons-
and prisoners Among them were Col. Lala.r,
ex.nen1ber of Congress from Mississippi, and
! Col. pendleton, Of Louisiana, late # Cncin,
natl Our informant did not hear Of the cap
tare of Gen. Magruder
On Tuesday, there vas fighting, less severe,
ami principally by artillery, and on this day our
forces were assisted by the gunboats.
Our informant does not think cur loss in all
the fighting exceeds fifteen thousand in killed,
wounded and taken prisoners by the enemy,
and he believes that the enemys loss was tar
greater than oar own. In most OF the actions
our army selected its own positions.
The enemy fought bravely, and even despe.
rarely, and seemed 70 be in overwhelming nun.
bers. The cantc.ns Of al their men who fell
into our hands were found 20 tc we'll supplied
with whisky.
Our men were in good spirits on Tuesday,
Gen Mcclellan reports them so on me next
day, Wednesday, Their victory Of Nloudayv
was most important III that respect But, 81
though in good spirits, they were, Of course,
much exhausted by marching and fighting
Our informant thinks that. Gen. Mcclellan
intends, when he says in his dispatch Of i ed
lesday. that he had lost but one gun: to be !sI
derstood az referring 10 siege guns, Our lntor
mant SAYS We mad lost several pieces Of leld ar
tilery, but not more than We had taken
When our informant left the army, il was at
Turkey Island, fifteen miles from Richmond,
''aa the crow flies From thence to Berke'
ley 3 Bar, where Gen. Mcclellan reports The
army on Wednesday afternoon, is seven mlles-
by land BY the river, the distance between
the two places is fifteen miles.
II the Richmond papers represent their loss'
es on Thursday and Friday at 25,o0O men,
which we doubt, they must have been IN q alate
Of panic. Their losses were doubtless large,
but cannot have approached that Il cure.
We have no doubt that our informant
right in representing the battle Of Friday as
serious defeat for us. We have understood It
SO all along, and there can be no Improvement
now admitting it, after the victory OF Monday
and the assured safety Of our army at Berka'
ey's Bar
What our informant says as to the number
Of reinforcements which had passed Fortress
Monroe down to o'clock P NJ of Wednesday,
We shall keep to ourselves, saying merely ths'
our army is safe.
The n. Y. Herald says: six battles have
loar co., Cit n,,a throo h1,ndrad nhnrsald men