Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-01-31

! CINCINNATI. Jan % The Som rse
correspondent Of the Times gives the fol
lowing account of tie battle:
At seven O'Clock on Sunday morning +,
enemy drove in the pickets of the Tentl
Iadiana, stationed at the forks of the road
eight miles from Somerset The Tent
were drawn up in line Of battle. and NOV.
cd into the woods, where they were mel
by the enemy, SIX thousand strong, who
instantly opened or them. Gen. Thomas
immediately Or ,ercd u t e Ninth Ohio
Second Min esota, and Fourth Kentucky Y
! to the support Of the Tenth Indiana, tn
latter Holding tie enemy in check for
nearly half an hour before being rein
forced.
The First and Second Tennessee Regi-
ments were ordered up on the right wing
for the purpose of outf fauking the enemy !;
IStandart's and Wbitinores batteries ID
the meantime shelilng the enemy IN the
woods, After being engaged nearly two
hours the Ninth Ohio Second Minnesota
ana f"urth hentucky made desperate
oayonet charge upon the enemy drove
'Heh 'rom tue Wooas' completely routing
ana pursuing them to Their entrenehments.
AT Tue neat oI the engagement captain
Nlnhey rue cd one section oI MS battery
TO Wlehih Sixty YARDS OF tRe enemy s line,
ana cpcned deadly hre upon them,
which added greatly to the success Of the
day.
Our advance arrived within sight of the
enemy entertainments an hour before
D"iA ai'u oPc"eu upon 'hem Win saot and
s"eH' Night closing H. put stop to
iuF'pef DEMONSTRATIONS At daylight next
morning steamboat was observed trans
porting troops across the Cumberland riv-
er' "heh hi'nofe battery OF Parrot
guns was Drought TO pear on the boat
winch IN lew minutes afterwards was IN
names he Ieh'h hehtucky ana Fur
techth Ohlo were ordered forward hy ten
Thomas to advance on the eneny's breast
works, Moving up IN line of battle and
sealing the entrenchments they found the
camp entirely deserted, and everything
standing as when occupied by the enemy
Houses tents horses, mules. wagons, bag
gage canEon' ammunition and ire arms
were I|und III perfect preservation The
enemy S forces IN the attack were led by
Crlttenden ard u lllcofer and were 5000
strong The Federal forces IN the fight
did not exceed 5000.
Fortress Monroe. Jan. 22,-Ti.ere has
been no arrival from the Burnside exped-
tioa as yet
The Norfolk Day Book of Wednesday
has a dispatch dated Goldsboro, Jan.
Dist, 4 P. NJ announcing that 100 yes
sells Of the Burnside expedition are in
o4oS " 1~ii4-iN" ~tetiu' anu - SttdiheIS
| outside.
No attack had yet been made, but
the women and children were leaving
Newbern, where fight is expected to take
place
B1ltlmar9, Jan, 23,-The American
special correspondent at Fortress Monroe,
says that fig Of truce went to Norfolk
yesterday Lieut.. Hertz released prison
er returning South lie was made pr s
oheF IN "es'er' virginia ahe was rGieas-
ed on parole ana VIII be exchanged for
Lieut., G"rdon' who was made prisoner
oy the Ieoeis IN missouri
lhe Norfolk papers OF Wednesday con-
fains the following telegram
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