Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-27
Splendid victory In the Valley.

Generals jackson and Ewsl have smo:s
Banks, hip sod thigh, .! Front Royal
and Winchester, aud have killed, captured,
or probably by this time chased cut Of the
Valley, his whole force The official despatch
which appears in another column. tells as
much of the story as We hsve yet learned
Gov Lescher received dispatch in almost the
same words, and adding that our troops were
still in hot pursuit OF the fugitives.
Without pretending to speak positively, we
think it probable from the report Of his pre-
vious position tho, the blow at Front Royal
was struck og Gan. Ewell. lie aud Gen. Jack.
son then, We suppose, moved in combination
against Bsnks's at Strasburs, where he had been
certifying Whether the fighting implied in
the despatch, took place there or nearer Win
chester, @e are left to -urnise. Il resulted
in Banks's defea! and flight, and the fight be-
came Iou;. The number Of prisoners already
reported is very large, exceeding the captured
in most OF the great battles OF this war; The
Oommissa.y and Ordnance S,o.es taken at
Winchester were doubtless very vsluabls-ss
Winchester &c believe, was Banks's depot Of
supplies all the circumstances justify the
hope thu. large number OF small arms shd
poobably artillery, tell into our hands.
Splendid advantages But these are prnbs
bly, not ali. If jackson has been able to pur-
sue his SUCCESS, rs We bslieye hs has been, he
has probably made large additions to his cap
tives He will agsiu break the B fillmore aud
Ohio railroad, aud destroy the canal naviga:
ton. he Is 1t. position to threaten Washing
ton City in nsnner that viii compel Mellow.
ell to fall back from fredericksburg to protect
his own ,operi'ed cspital. Mcclellan will
thus DO deprived Of cooperation on which
he has probably made large calculation, an d
will himself perhaps ab,udon the seigo of Rich.
mond, and fall back, if General Johnston will
;>lst him,
Ii General jackson should turn his face
Westward, he can pursue his destruction Of
tho rs;lroad-he can get on Fremonl's line OF
supplies, and can By throwing himself in his
rear force the Commander Of "the Mountain
Department" 10 tske to some If The cross
rost:s aud run for bis life; and if Generals
Heth and Marshall will follow him up, they
may clean out Western Virginia In short,
Gen. Jackson has struck magnificent blow
fall upon the Aurconda's back; aud it has
t,ld with admirable powerl All honor to him
and his hercesi
Gen. jackson has conducted his campaign to
admiration. he seems completely to have
outwitted Banks Surely, the latter would not
so lately have sent away Shields, with his six
, thousand, to strengthen Mcdowell, and Rose.
cranz to help Millroy, if be had supposed that
a thunderbolt was about to fall on himself
Jackson first fell on Mlroy and broke him up
and drove him back Of Cheat, and before he
could be reinforced and re6tted, he falls on
the apparently unsuspecting Banks, and scat
ters him like eIiaff! Three battles has he
already fought this campsign, sill brilliant, the
last eninently successful.
Tho whole country is full of the praise Of
him and his indomitable srmy-snd the whole
country is right.