New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-12

Our troops actually under fire and giving fire were
about 5000. The Rebel prisoners speak OF our ire
of muskeuy and shot and ,hel IN terms OF wohn'r'
The armies face each otber nearly in the positions
they respectively occupied in the morning. Tue ao'
vai,tsses of the day bsipg potitively ours.
TIE FIGHT IN HOOKER's DIVISION.
The action coma eiced at Line clock. Inc etlooP',
cou, stirg of the llih Massachusetts, 9TH o'n' nid
9Th W,consin, the Goth Pennsy iyarla, si,sits OH
Il igade and -four batteries OF artillery, bac
rained on all night, aud too probably were insuh @
cieuiy supIh led with breakfast in the morning. ine
gr"uno thoroughly sloppy, and the weather !.
res, ecs as depressing ever lowered Oh oa''ir'
On this end Of The light as AT the other, 'he enemy
outnuintered u,. The accuracy and aI idily oi Jul
arilrry lire held the Rebels Ill check I'LL h'erhOo,'
Rr.enior, ement, then ordered, tho en'ir1 W
vison OF Casey beng directed 10 march 70 IooAo
support. Before tLey got 10 the grouhd' tDe III
was c0uutsrmanded ID favor ol the more I'M 80 ~
Hancock The ground here as TO our riyi, wss W..
and oen fields Tor the Union trools ana oIer.mo
ard vsns in position for the Rebels. lbe most oo
stinaIe and the severest lighting OF the 1hy "a'
probably here. Bamballs BAKERY was 'o'', sM
guns some OF Them 0-pouod PaIr0tte. ln on"nh
iIg petition tie battery was dilven mo swamp
gic1nd, aud got bued so as to be unabie W se."Ie
or ie, 81 a cavalry charge. Tue men were drAen
from their pieces, having barely lime TO ni'lit'a
tbsir horses. Tie cavalry, with great nufiaDiue,
tssl.ped Oh the guns, aud drew iheih III 'iiu''i"
away. 1t is ssid that they were recovered "s","
be .Vie da k, tut this Is doubtful Seiions al
siVns were elt du 1Ig tie day that Inc enemy mo,1
tenetIale hoOkers IIne, aDo come through Tue "ooI
But these good soldiers b "a them al pay s'thyusn
uutnum cred, and night parted the comOatanis Win
the moral advantages aud that oi mortality III oui
iavof
During tho afternoon Gen. Heintzelman command
Oh lie loIt, keyes tie center aLd Summer 'ho ""'''
ublil tic arInal If Gen. Mcclellan.
Among the wounded, the eaIliest arrivals were o'
Zouavcs aud FrencL-ooailg troops, hh heA' 'oe
PENIS, lvsiians. The sauc objection 10 Gro" u''S
the pas aud Wasting the air Ui ths sleh, uy ,o
porters pursuit Of lists OF the killed and "ounuea
as made before, disables me from ior~arding 'ntis
Names, Tie shell wounds are severe.
| The effect of the rain and Of the indescfloaoiy
heavy nar, bing through the shppefy mud, Was VII
Die upon ali tie troops OF all tue regiments ss thcy
came up. lie rearing OF the caDnOn teyohd 'be
screen oi wood, a,d the pounding OF the inus kerry
hre hardly served t. excite them. Cold, wei nun
gry hnd weary, their rteadness and courage thiousu
| Inc oay were msfyelous.
Among the captures 8s prisoners were letih
Brookileld and Lieut.. Cutbbert, who fui hished Oh!
bo,e with q teuIer little drama Of the Damon ahu
T., tla, order Neaily nil OF the prlsoDeTs co'he''
th.lr individual rep "a the reOeilon abo "eh'
hess Of 10 sacrifices and tIials. we whlp DO
johnston here Tomorrow, the wa- VIII DC tuDs'.Hi
| tsJly cuded
THE DETAILS OF THE ACTION DY PEcK 5
BRIGADE.
/ This fine brigade was composed OF i've rg
meuis. tie g3d, 9sth, IO2d Pennsy ylyania, and th,
/ 55th aud cd New-Yok, and Maj. Vests Bsiiery
L. came through Lee's Mills last evening, and ell
calDprd "A, Lebanon Church. about eisht miles iron
the field Of battle. At u o'clock it had wsd-d n!
through the mud and rain, aud all tie obstTr' ion'
,bat impede the march Of sn army, AID took up 20
-ion III face of the enemys works, In wood
The 1929 Pounsy lvsi ia opened the ball. The ''l
went in rext followed by The 93d and then tie sSih
TIE advantage of Lrctstworls and of siege guns
and Of sasu; superior numbers, gave u'c kebe'
cOutageo % come out from cover. aud with Helt-gun
end mu. aetry 10 rash our brigade backward. Il
ws. forced TO retire abog; 500 yards, fighting gal
lautly aid going - slowly ss to consume al hour
time The eiifit q the men roso with the strife
ano q e.s fighting be aue splendid when !. was cup
rosed thot The brigade wus Ia danger Of de cHt. IT,
men recovered their around driving the ossmy ha,l
to tbsir lines fl..-y whipping them teioro re
cu'Oucmeutr came W.
/ K.iui's bripnd, al 4 tho 5th Mhssachusstts cam.
TO th. lolp oi Peck Just this eucoess was estab
hsncd-tLe former suPror;, aud the Later as al
/ attacking force. DEknctu ctcted down on The hgh
soon ntcr, With every appearance OF rhnI rtnewa
/ Ia tbe morning All u. prisoners taken concur IL
! stating that We have got 10 ~ ~ them here, ait
right of. TLey are going 70 lgtt, apc really
thnk won't run tillshc tt,el ie ut Into th IN. The
proportion Of cifTalsss IN the brigade IA about hy,
/ killed and fourteen wounded 10 every regiment
The hOspitsls are su and fr,sh air Ia n.,essary
To the wounded, that :he re ortcrs ale excluded from
the g., AID cannot get the Lists TIL tomorrow
One Ol the surgeons aies that hs OlerAtcd on two
cases Of loss Of both legs by shells IJe Kebe
ounted are tendely cared fer III the hospitals
our own are. ore Of these states that he lauded
Yesterday from Richmond. n new soliier. and hat
I he Knows that the KeJsl army numbers 10000
Another represents their hed-ylDs 10 be fully 400
An Assistant Surgeon states that the hospitals, al
: clock contained ~ leatt 20 that had been
operated oD luis remark applies 20 all the 90 ounded
oi all the bIigades.
BRILLIANT AFFAr,' AND sOTE DEFEAT OF
THE REBELS.
At an early hour in the morning q reconnaissance
was made Captain Stewart Of the en- ineert 10 the
right w. h the view OF fading route to theepemy's
hauk The kill with Which this examination was
made ie aiie,ted by rcesl;s. After an Ab,ence oi
about ten Loufs he opened ronte by which our
oes coald reach the eneuys left ilenk by marching
about two miles. The only Obstacles TO the way
were two fOIts, strong from JoeiiOn and coDstrnc-
ton. Capt. ). arcert-iLe1 that these works were
not at present occupied, or ny small force, though
bearing important relations 10 the larger works
directly ia front. To explore this route III force, and,
| If practicable, occupy these WORKS, an order was
given 10 Gen Hancock abou. O'Clock, p. II. Ills
iorce cousisted Of the 9th, sbd 7th Vermont, stu
Wisconsin, 49th n. Y. and Sd New-York, ard hem
uedy's battery, under Lieut.. Cowan. Proceeding
with great csatioD, be approached tho 6rst work,
which hc found uuOccupcd. Garrisoning IL with a
small force, he pushed 10 the sccond, which was
also de.ored. Forming bis infantry ln tie field aud
throwing out administers into the woods surrounding
il, lie pushed the artillery forward position about
200 yaIos IRON another work which the Rebels occu-
| pisd in force. Lieut. Cowan opened u vigorous hrs
| Oh the work which drove out the enemy IN great
confusion. They replied with two guns Subse-
quently WDeeler's battery WAS brought ~.
The hro OF the first fort Of the enemy having been
practically seneed and rendered untensbe, our fire
VIA then turned on their ana fort at louger range,