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Loss Two TO THREE THOUSAND ON EACH
General Pope on the Field.

SIDE.
General Pope on the Field.
REBELS EVACUATE NEW MEXICO
Federal Cavalry Attacked by In
dianS.
Great, Battle between Banks
and jackson.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA,
6 miles beyond Culpepper, Va, Aug; 10.
A battle was fought yesterday between
Banks and Stonewall jackson.
General Bayard. of McDowell's corps,
with his cavalry brigade, had been engag
ed the day bofore in the extreme advance,
near the Rapidan river, skirmishing and
manoeuvering, taking some prisoners and
ending with slight loss, battling the efforts
Of large force to surround and cut them
off. Yesterday morning he was engaged
some hours before Banks came up, and
with three regiments of cavalry, the lst
Pennsylvania, 1st Maine and lst Rhode
Island, delayed and embarrassed the enc
my's advance.
The rebels under jackson and Ewell
had crossed the Rapidan in force, and
their advance guard, fifteen thousand
strong, was attacked by Banks yesterday
afternoon, about six miles south of Cul-
pepper Court House. The fight was al
most wholly with artillery at first, but the
infantry became engaged about six o'clock
and a determined and most bloody con-
test ensued. Banks right wing under
Gen. Williams, suffered severely.
The rebel position was in the woods,
while the troops which attacked them
were obliged to cross open ground.
1t was not until about six o'clock that
it became evident the rebels were attack
ing in force Previously to that, there
had been rather desultory eannonading.
The whole rebel force suddenly attack
ed in overwhelming numbers at all points.
Nearly all their regiments had full ranks.
At half past seven o'clock, Gen. Pope
arrived on the field from Culpepper, ac-
'companisd by Mcdowell and part Of Nc.
Dowell's corps. The battle was substan-
tally over, Banks holding the same ground
he occupied at the beginning.
After the arrival Of Pope, there was an
artillery contest, lasting at intervals till
near twelve o'clock The night was un-
usually clear and the moon full.
The rebels planted battery against
McDowell's center, when Gen. Pope and
Gen. Banks we're bringing both of them
under FIRE. The Generals and stats were
$50 near the rebel lines that sudden
charge of rebrl cavalry was made from
the woods quarter of mile of, with a
view to capture them. The attempt was
repelled BY vigorous FIRE from McDow-
ellis troops, and the Generals and their
stafs left the ground under cross fire
from the rebels aud their own troops.
Pope, on arriving, sent fresh troops to
the front to take the place OF Banks ex-
hausted columns.
except by artillery.
Gen. Banks was on the field through
out the action, ::and constantly under fire.
His handling Of his troops and personal
gallantry are highly praised by his officers.
The bravery and good conduct Of the
troops were conspicuous during large
portion Of the fight. When overpowered
by numbers, some regiments retreated in
disorder.
Col. knight, 46th Pennsylvania, is
dangerously wounded. Lieut.. Col. Sell
fridge, seriously; Major Mathews, arm
amputated; Adjutant Boyd, severely; all
of the same regiment. Col. Donnelly
18th N. Y; Lieut.. Col. Brown, arm am
putated; Major Cook, killed; all of the
2Sth. Col. Chapman 5th Conn, wounded
and prisoner; Lieut-Col Stone, same regi-
ment, killed; Major Black, same regi-
ment, wounded and prisoner. Ofthe End
Mass, Major Savage is missing, probably
killed; he was left on the field in dying
condition; Capt. Abbott killed. General
Banks is rather severely hurt by an acci-
dent A cavalry trooper ran against him,
striking him heavily on the side. Col
Ruggles, chief of staff to Gen. Pope, had
his horse shot under him. Lieut. Hop
kins, 7th Ohio, is wounded. Two of Gen.
Pope's body guard were killed.
The I'd Mass. was in the hardest of the
fight, and suffered severely The 9Th
Conn, 9th Ind, and 46th Pa are badly
cut up.
Lieut.. Ramsey, of Gen. Banks staff
had his horse shot under him.
The rebel Gen. Wilder was wounded.
The losses are very heavy on both sides,
not less than two or three thousand in
killed, wounded and missing on each side;
some prisoners are taken by both.
jackson and Ewell were both present
in the battle
Reinforcements, under Gen. A. P. Hill
10 the amount of eighteen thousand men
reached the rebels last night, at about the
Ga ame time that ours arrived.
Skirmishing in front is going on this
morning, but the troops on both sides are
so much exhausted by fatigue and tho in