The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-03
Estimates OF Losses.
New York, Sept. G.
[Tribune's Correspondence.1

lTribune's Correspondence
1t is generally conceded that General
Pope somewhat exaggerated our loss, in
the dispatch EAing it at 5000 in killed
and wounded, and decidedly exaggerated
the eneny's loss in placing it at double
that number The record of all the bat.
ties, including that Of Saturday, will show,
as Is thought, loss OF from 10000 to
$4,000 at least on our side, in killed
wounded and prisoners. The loss of the
enemy is thought 10 have been less, since
they fought much as usual behind cover.
Many Of our artillery horses. at which
the enemy directed many Of their heavy
guns, were shot down and several bat.
terics were captured. The enemy Is whole
force, according to nearly every prison
er's account, is now entirely surrounded
BY our army, with no possibility of es-
Gaping without the greatest battle of the
campaign being fought, against greatly
superior numbers.
A gentleman who arrived from Bull
Run this Monday morning, says fight.
ing was going on all yesterday botwaeD
Centersille and rhoroushfare Gap. Yes
terdsy morui+e, By order of Gen. Pope,
l4s cars and 8 locomotives were destroyed
by lire, together will, large quantities of
ammunition and stores Ut Bristow Station
The empty cars and engines alone are es-
timated to be worth &i85,00O. The
rebels burned two engines and As cars at
the same place, on Tuesday night. 1t is
said that within the last Ell hours the
enemy has fallen back to new luc Of
defense. A Lieutenant who was captur.
cd, says that $50 900 rebels attempted to
get through Thoroughfore Gap, but that
only l00,O were able to do 70. Their
forces we're commanded b. Ewell, Hill
and Jackson. The divisions of Generals
King and Ricketts, are fearfully cut up.
The brigade of Gen. Hartsuif has lost
more than half its officers. Towers and
Duryea's, of the same division, also suf-
fered greatly. Gen. HartsuT was no,
IN command of his brigade, but was sick
IN Washington. Gen. Eanks engae ed
the enemy near Bristow Station. From
all that / can learn it seems he was at
tackled BY column under Cen. Lee in
person moving from the direction Of tie
Rappahannock; if SO he probably had
double tnsk to perform to re,,ulse both
Gen Lee from the Rappahannock and
portion OF Jackson's or Longstreets forces
from this side. Burnside, Banks and
Hooker seem to have had an enemy to
contend with in both front and rear. 1t
Is now certain that Gen. Banks not only
burned his own baggage train, but dcs-
troyed three locomotives aud three trains
OF cars laden with ammunition and sup.
plies. The locomotives and cars were at
Bristow station. Reno said ia conyersa-
ton to-day that he never saw q more
daring act than q al performed by the
rebels on Saturday. Out of the woods on
the flank Of several of his batteries
swarmed what appeared to be stragglers
from our forces; few at FIRST, then more
and more until not less than a regiment
or two had emerged. He was com pletely
deceived until they we're nearly upon his
guns, when he caught sight Of the red
patch, knew them to be rebels, turned his
artillery in twinAling upon them and
destroyed almost every man.