Nebraska advertiser., 1862-04-17

the right, and Polk the left, Of the
rebel advance. Their charges were
FIVE or six regiments deep.
General Smith was unable to com
mand his division in the battle, and is
now reported dangerously III with
typhoid fever.
On Monday Gen. Lew. Wallace did
good work with his division on the
right Of our lines.
Latest News end Further Particulars.
The entire particulars of the en-
gagement, SO far as learded, are brief
" these:
On Saturday the whole forces at
Pittsburg, Savannah and Crump's
Landing were $4,000, including sick,
about $4,000 being Fit for service.
The ball opened Sunday morning
before daylight BY an attack upon
Prentiss's division which was naar the
center, and thrown out about FIVE miles
from the river. The comraand of
Prentiss, instead of falling back and
contracting their lines, attempted to
hold their ground against an opposing
force of 10000. OF course the result
was extremely disastrous. Prentiss
and two or three regiments we're eap~
tured. Towards noon there was a luIl
in the attack which was generally sup
posed to presage a retreat. General
Grant, howeve, thought the indica-
tons we're ominous, and prepared to
receive a fresh attack.
Accordingly it was not long before
the enemy renewed the attack upon
tunes of the engagement. At six
o'clock the Tyler, under the able com
mand of Caytain Gwynn, took position
about the middle of the river opposite
the groage, and commenced throwing
eight inch shell, and shrapnell from
the hotter, and coptinued atirregular
intervals, averaging FIVE minutes, until
dark, and from nine until one, at in
:ervals of ten minutes, when the Lex
ington relieved her, Smelling the ene>
my at intervals of fifteen minutes.
until morning. Their position could
only be determined by the discharge
of musketry upon our left flank; but
as their troops were massed here in
great numbers, the execution was ef-
fcctive.
Before the struggle of Monday Gen.
Grant determined to assume the often
sive, and commenced tbs attack with
the assistance of 10000 fresh troops.
Buell. arrived at Il o'clock Sunday,
but his forces could not be gotten up.)
The struggle was obstinate and des,
perate, the rebels only yieldingground
inch by inch, and not fairly ~retreating
till about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The battle Of Monday, as far as
appears, was maintained ON either side
by simple hard fighting, without feint
or maneuvre. As l have before men
toned, the most obstinate single en-
counter took place between Gen. Nell
sons brigade on the extreme left and
the enemy's battery. The retreat of
the rebels was made in good order,
without a continued pursuit from our
forces. The whole history of the en-
gagement, however, plainly shows that
the enemy had determined to make a
Waterloo of 1.-THE terrible dash of
Sunday nearly annihilating us-the
desperate character of the final strug-
gle Monday indicate it.
To-day a rebel officer, with q flag Of
truce, came in with a dispatch from
Beauregard, saying hat Sin conse-
quence Of our reinforcements, he had
keemed it best to retire to COrinth,
and desired to bring in his dead
(Fhis is ~authentic.) This paper was
issued by Beauregard instead Of john
ston, which could hardly have been
done had the latter been living. The
roads are in an awful condition, which
will retard the forward movement for a
short time.
IF you would have your cattle come out
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