The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-10-02
On the 2Sth the fighting continued, and the fol-
lowing report of it is from Gen. Pope:

On the 2Sth the fighting continued, and the fol-
lowing report of it is from Gen. Pope:
HEADQUARTERS, FIELD oP BATTLE, GROVE
TOWN, NEAR GAINESVILLE, August %.
To Gen. H1lleck-We fought a terrific battle here
Yesterday with the combined forces Of the enemy,
which lasted with continuous fury from daylight un-
til after dark, by which time the enemy were driven
from the field, which We now occupy;
Our troops are too much exhausted to pursue mat
tiers further; but I shall do so in the morning, as
soon as Fitziohn Porter's corps comes up from Manas-
sas. The enemy is still in front, but badly used up.
We have lost not less than 5000 killed and wounded,
and from the appearance Of the heid' the enemy lost
at least two to our one. He stood strictly on the de-
fensiye, and every assault was made by our troops.
Our men behaved splendidly. The battle was fought
on the identical field Of Bull Run, which greatly III
creased the enthusiasm of our men. News resches
me from the front that the enemy are retreating to-
ward the mountains. | go forward at once TO see.
We have made great conquests, but L am not able
to form an idea of their extent. POPE
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.-Last evenings Washing
ton Star, has the following: We have informstiOn
that satisfies US that the rebel forces which had sud-
denly appeared in the rear of Fope's army at Btsloe
and Manassas on Tuesday night last, was JacSon's
division and Stuart's Independent Cavalry Corps,
about 35, 900 strong. They marched from near Wa
terloo on the head waters of the Rapahannock, around
White Plains to Manassas, a distance of 40 miles IN
two days, without wagons, tents, blankets oreven
knapsacks, thus having their baggage, of all desrip-
tions TO be Transported with the other army cops Of
LNSs AOAAO" Aa6 0NhAh'A" hShNe ~ -6.NAH6 ASN"V -
portion of Stuart's cavalry at Manassas, on Tuesday,
Taylor's brigade was actually confronted by a great
portion of Jackson's corps-Darice, Jackson, I@ell,
Taliaferro, Dill, Stuart and Lee being present diring
the engagement.
Commenting on the above news, the Bulletin says
THE NEws.-The town has been full of distressing
rumors to-day, for which there is no foundation in
the dispatches that reach US. The facts which the
telegraph reports are not as gratifying as we could
desire, nor is there in them any positive intelligence
D--l-, $ -a,,nna 100000, hnI
reached Washington, but no details had come in.
The wires ceased working on Monday before We had
learned whether the great battle of Friday when We
lost 5000, and the enemy 10000 men, was followed
by another engagement or not on Saturday. 1t now
seems that there was very heavy fighting on that
day, the 30th of August before Summers and
Blenker's divisions arrived.
The enemy reinforced apparently through Thor
~oughfare Gap-assailed Pope's army, but were gall
lantly met. Pope then fell hack to Centreville with
his army in good condition, Franklin and Sumner
joining him there. There is no intimation of any
fighting on Sunday. the 3lst, though on that day
heavy guns were heard in the direction of BristOc
Station, -four miles southwest of Manassas juno
tion,) which, in the highest quarters at Washington,
was construed to signify that Banks, who probably
had pushed Jackson hard in that direction, was all
right. Our army was well concentrated. and in
good condition and spirits. From Kentucky and
other points in the West we have news to-day, but
it has little bearing on the great issue.