Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-07-31

ANA Isss''THURSDAY
pushed, the cavalry ,ahda Major Clendeen.
ming following in line Of battle, ready for
the charge. 6ur men men PRESSED aitib on with en-.
tlusiastic srdor. 1 Advancing in this way
q quarter of mile, the enemy were des-
cried formed IN the same mode as
before. We got up within 100 yards.
when they opened upon 1s, We; returned
the FIRE with canister from the little guns.
with occasional carbine and pistol Shots
from the cannoniers. The, fire proving
too CALLING for the eneu.y. he again retreat,
sd. leaving a number Of Dead strewed on
the ground. Thirteen. deaf rebels Were
biting the lustSff6m the effects Of our can
lister shots. .Bowelss and dbrains were scat
tered on the gfeuhd. ..s9d the blood be-
smearsd che bushes in tle vicinity. sai'si ?
The order was zgiveff ~ Col. Wood to
Major Clendenning to- draw saber and
charge. Taking C GaAf akies L and c. the
Major sloatsd,3 Come %, boys; it's our
turn nov 70 ahf plnngcd down the road
ihio the brush. awhefesthsy were met t,y a
tremendous volley. poureisin OH them by
the rebels At tile first IRE the Major was
wounded severely. receiving ball through
the left lung; and Capt Sloane of Com
pany L. who was bravAy charging in
front, was instantly kiiled by shot in the
head. The Major. unminaful Of his wound.
still led on his men, and Ahe latter. poured
in several volleys on the Sebels from their
carbines and pistols. ukhorsing one and
killing q pumbcr Of the enemy. The reb-
els were staggered. and burning on their
heels. fed in confusion. Our artillery fol-
lowed close up, when 'thefecall was sound.
ed, ana the cavalry fell Back behind the
pieces. Major elehdenAing in returning.
tainted and FELL from his horse. and was
picked upby one Of the men, who carried
him off the field on his shoulders. 50 ataa
The pieces were then limbered up and
pushed forward in pursuit. the cavsliy
keeping clhse in Their In this way we
advanced three fourths ofa mile, when
small parties Of thesebels were discovered,
still retreating. The guns we're again nm
limbered. and a dozen smells were thrown
after them, killing four..sw who were found
at q long distance ahead IN the road. soon
afterssarl, by the pursuing cavalry. Col
Hoseys now 'ordered the infantry to the
FROM. .sindending TO deploy them as skir-
mishers, with an extended front. and fol-
low mp the foe, Aconsultation was held
blythe offcers. .,and il. was decided 20 hold
the gronnd already won. and wait further
dexelopements---as our force was getting
too far from succor, in country with
which we were perfectly ignorant. The
woods were thick---tbe force of the enemy
unknown We had driven the enemy
three miles. After hating there two
hours. and no enemy making his appear
ancc, Lieut.. Col. Wood returned to the
Clarendon road. and went to. the Bayou
Du, Yue to carry out his original intention.
Gen. Benton came up with his brigade and
took command. In camp it was supposed
that the figh, took place on another road,
and consequently Gen. Benton's orders
were to make o rapid reconnaissance down
the Der Arc road. Bowen's howitzers
were pushed forward down one road after
the enemy. A shot was fired on the reb-
els and three men killed. Four kegs OF
powder were found concealed. The hou-
ses along the road were filled with rebel
wounded. and the porches and door steps
were besmeared with blood, from those
which they carried away. They abandon
ed their camp and fled across the Cache
river. destroying a bridge they had con.
structed with boats. The bank on the op-
posite side was also cut out very steep SO
as to prevent pursuit from our cavalry.--
1t has been subsequently ascertained that
6.000 Texans under Rust crossed at Des
Arc Sunday. the 9th. for the purpose OF
fighting us near the blockade. and annoy
and obstruct our advance in every posi-
bic way. But the whipping they received
has entirely knocked the conceit out ol
them. f.r : vr-l ~
The encmy's killed has been placed al
l10, and by the Arkansas people in sym.
pathy with the rebels, still higher. They
think 200 were killed. We buried 81 oI
their dead, and / think this will be the
number that Col. Hovey will adopt in hi
report. The number of rebel wounded
will not probably amount to the usual
proportion with the killed. as our Mimic
! balls hit to kill. fsn.i fna 81
Our killed amounted to 5. and wounds
AZ. The cnemy's shots flew too high I,
take effect. ir.s. ,i-,s
rode over the battle ground IN,
same evening. and saw the usual hor
rors of a hattie on every side. The bodie,
of the rebels were being gathered and
buried. ~ 49,. l. ..-s.