Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-29

0ur cavalry are IN hot pursuit. =
49,, e. G.. z. BEAUREGARD,
- : =, . M" General Commanding. :
| LArER.-A, ArER despatch from Charles;
ton, received yesterday afternoon, says
|athe enemy has been driven TO % his is
boats. !" - -. - -,
This is very good news, and IS high.
Fly creditable to the brave troops who ac-
|complished. the feat Of driving back the
invaders, more, than double their num-
Der. Would it not, though, have been
fstill better had the commanding officer
thrown his main body between the inva-
ders and their boats and thus, increas-
edthe chances Of their capture. We
know little ofthe nature of the coun:
try, but such were the real pointsin the
game, provided circumstances. did not
render it impossible. o. -. -: * :. :.
: Our troops accomplished all and
more than could have been expected. =
The force that first met the enemy con-
sisted Of the Rptledge Mounted Rife
men, Captain Trenholm ); Charleston
ton Light. Dragoons, Captain But
ledge; Beaufort Volunteer Artillery,
Captain VIM: Elliott, and an infantry
company, who stubbornly and success
fully contested the enemy 8 advance nm
til the arrival of reinforcements. The
others afterwards engaged were Mel
sons Virginia Battery, Morgan's
Squadron Of Cavalry, Major Abney's
First Battalion of Sharp-shooters, con-
sisting of Capt. Chisolm's Company,
Captain Allston's Company and. Cap
tain Buist's Company. -. :" r.
f. Every commissioned officer in this
battalion was wounded; Capt Allston,
Lieut.. Middleton Stuart and Lieutenant
Carter, severely. Capt. Chislom's COM
pany, from Grahamyille, was on the
train which was fred at, and one man
wounded in the leg, which was after
wards amputated. >,
Capt. Buist's company held an i'm
portant position at Bees Greek, and
was exposed to a. raking fire from the
enemy, but maintained the position
without finching. ~.
Where all behaved so well, it would
|be unjust to discriminate. Our troops
have again vindicated the high reputa-
ton they have achieved on every field
against the invaders. Although not of
the magnitude ola general battle, still
all feel that we have, by this defeat,
accomplished a great deal, and taught
the foe another lesson which he will not
soon forget. 1t is another Secession
vile contest. - ...-.---. ..-..-
A telegraph from Capt. Hartstine,
at Hardeeville, says: -''rhe fight was
equal to that at Secessionville. Elli-
otts's Battery and the Virginia Battery
immortalized themselves. Alarge por-
ton of their commands were wounded.
Our casualties, in all, are about twenty
killed and sixty wounded"
We captured but two prisoners. The
bridge across Bees Greek had been
burnt, or we should have, perhaps, ta-
ken large number. Another great
difficulty in pursuit was that our men
were, in many places, obliged to stop
and remove the dead horses out of the
road to make apassage for our artillery.
We have not been able to obtain a
full list of the casualties, but present
the following additional reported Fri
day morning:
Ciarlestom Light Dragoons-Capt. B.
Fl. Rutzedge.
Wounded-E. C. Holland, slight;
Dubose Porcher, Mat; Prioleau, Dr..
Gabriel E. Manigault, J.J. 0Neille,
Private Hopkins, very severely IN. B.
Pringle, slight. .~'. .'s.
Rutiedqe Mounted RJaemen-eaptain