Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-21
COL DOYLES FIGHT VITA THE ENEMY.

LIEUT. U DOlLE5 FlSHt h4Ih IhE ANEh1s
On Sunday week, the oh inst Lieut. Col. Robert L.
Doyle, Of Col Imbodeu's command, had a hSh. win tie
Yankees Abou, seventeen miles south Of hoOrtasld, Hsi-
a. county. Lieut. Col DOyls's force At the iue ives
oaly 500 infantry, whilst the force Of the enemy conss =
I'd of 400 cavalry, one regimen, Of infantry, and three
pieces OF c,nnon-onss q twelve pound hoHiiEr, one q
riAsi gun, and the other an ord nary G'zsd mountain
PUN. At q quarter before sir o'clock on Sunday morn
inE, L. Col Doyle received intelligence Of the approach
Of the enemy IN considerable force. BE Immediately
NJ, his train 10 motion up the South Fork, drew out bis
i;tle force and prepared for battle. His men were sta.
toned on the sides Of the mountains on both sides OF TIE
river, commanding the road. Al eight o'clock, the Ell.
suy came I'D quite conhden. that they would capture
h1 train, Waicl vas il sight Of the enemy, and rout ard
c ,pture his small force. TIE cavalry CT the enemy dashtd
head in gAllAn. style, till they were called TO = halt BY q
heavy FIRE from Lieut.. Col. Doyles men, at the distan,e
Of about one hundred yards, which drove them
nlck beler-skelIer into the hlds. La few mimi e.
the enemy opened upon them with shell from their IL
oound houi zr and nAsd gun. Seeing that he would
be unable 10 contend success sfuly with sJch heavy
"a = sEAips. him, |. COL Doyle resolved TO give them
A skirmishing q yht along the MOUNTAINS that DC might
reIard their advance, and, II possible, save his trAin.-
With the view of inducing the enemy again TO throw
f,rvard their cavalry, be ordered tN0 compauies-H ls
AID Ccmuing's-to march up the mountcin as II in full
retreat. Tnis rGse succeeded, and the cavalry OF the
epemy again dashed up the road. but az s)on IS they
,ro-sed the ford Of the river they were greeted With a
leaYY ne IRON Tue COupAulco VI H5sO "
'JArlin watch again drove them back in great
c~1nlusion, many horses returning ui,hou. ther
riders The Yankees then again Eied what Virtu,
there was 10 Bomb shells, aud threw them all over the
aides nf the mountains This tremendous sheling bad
the tI G, OF v~ouudi1g one man sL'9hty-A memb r OF
CuoL. \ .ison's company. Captains Nelson and CArlin
retired their companies up the mountain. Ater can.
uouadirgtl the mountain for an hour, the enemy pus' ed
I'd their artillery, supported by in'sntry and clVal y,
.ocut 500 wards in advance Of their original position
They placed their cAnnonS in position about 800 yIrcs
from where Kuricots's men we're Smbushed on the p iut
Of . roCkJ, brushy ridge, from which they opened upon
the enemy, filing som OF their artillery horse
A portion Of the cavalry, dismeulted, attempted 10
s.orm The position, but they we're speedily repuls.d,
aud ran on, OF the bushes in great coafrs on. A
COMPANY Of Infantry then rushed up In a run and
resumed tho attack. but they, likewise, were driven
b,ek. At each rspQlss, the enemy shehed the mountan
where Klrricofe's nen we're posted. Toe enemy brought
up a large 10 c, OF infantry and pushed them into the
soodA 90. X rrico's eluded them by going higher up
the mountain. H3 give them a fareNel fire and con-
tinuei his re.-'al. Toe enemy seemed TO BE- sa shsd
tina. they could not capture or conquer such meg, and
desiy'ed from the pursuiL Adjl.ant B Ikelsy, Uao " 8
ia G. age Of the tran fd Of the party covering i, oil.
charged biz duty with great az lily. Upon receiving a
despatch from Captain B)gss that ABOUT 700 Yankees
we're marching upon Era kun from Ci'c eVlls, ne di
rec.ed the train acRss the mountain by Dy River Gap
to Raleigh Springs. Lieutenant Colonel D1yl', with his
command, crossed tho mountain about twelve miles
lower dom, aad came up with the train o. Tuesday
night lItgH!OH SD'etItr.