The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-05-09

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Hosksf's Assny crossed shs Rappahsnnock
ln foaF plAess. Ths snemy was ecafeuiza.
eds ind We oapenrsds his psaksss ana -.
sersss end also fspr knndrsd priscasxs.-
The Tfibunsss aacouns States thas on Aansa.
day the lish I2.h and l5sh srnAy ooSpsp
movea 10 Ksliy's ford, and faached tasafa
Taesday mornipg. A brigade bad bsen
guarding the ford for IL pass TIRE weeks.
Wscfossed on ponsoouss snpsrsn 4anaeA by
General Howard. No Asesm4 Mas auund,
sxsops fsw pieksss DC Ssone esaaase a4sairy.
who eroessa she nexs rnnYniaRs ha wagon
srain was parked near Banks ferd. aad 10
was evident that c0nneosiOn weas8 ha
forced frem there 10 che sreeps ID Ksllyae.
fore. FFom "a cd | O'Clock irregniar hssfna
was heard from shesa esaireCsisr aof Germ
on shs Rapidabs xe5s sappossd she saszsy
wasssrying 30 eheek shs rapid naarcas of sonr
troeps. A. noon Tassday tie Let, 3d, and
9th army corps broke camp. 0a Wsanas.
day, she saemgss picksts and reserves were
captureds and two bridges built fsur miies
below Frsderisksbusg. Twenty men of rhe
lf9th Pennsylsania we're wounded. The
Sd brigade Construosed d bridge, and sus.
6cient fofcs 70 hold the bridge orossed two
miles further down, Reynolds' ETss array
oerps constructed . bridge il the fassiof the
easny's rife pits, and effected . erossiDg.
The resistance was skubbarn, bus of short
durasian. 0ur artillery fire vas 500 ssge6s
for The enemy, who ash lsaviDg ST prisons
sra from the 18th GeoTgis and 9th Lonisi-
ana regiments. They repors thas Jaskssn
is eosaznanding the right wing. Cossh's
second division was in the rear OF Bake
ford, with fall facilities for crossipg. "A
good road has been conaarucsed baswssaa
the Bankss and o. 8. ford. The sorps which
crossed Relly,s fsrd moved towards Cham
oellervills, south Of fredericksburg.
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Ths Tribune, in addition 10 what vas
telsgraphsd On ske let says: The move
ment downs the river TusadAy was feint.
Late Wednesday night the 30 array corps,
which was 81 four mile bridge, marched mp
the river and again joined the Second corps
at Banks ford; early Thursday the First
followed, halsing at the ssme place, 90 that
on Thursday morning there ware corps
aeross the Rapidan, marching straight on
the rear OF Fredricksbarg via Chancellor
villa, q small village l2milss from that oity
and three more were as the banks of the
ford, with The road TO the q. s. ford omen,
and communication established with the ad-
vanoiDg columns. All six we're in position
TO more directly upon the rebsl line Of
communication. The 7th corps, With 0 Tor.
midabls display, Of course, was threatening
to sross below, and assaii the other aank
Of the enemy. ..-:...Z -. - So Y.
Il may wall be believed that Lee has
evacuated Prsderieksburg, and pEeeipisately
fell back towards Richmond. The teIas
grams TO that effect received yesterday arg
based upon she presumed necessity OF the
retreat, perhaps. as much IS upon any di.
rect information. II il 10 not srue, 90
much the worse for Lee. He had NO alter
native but 30 march ont Of Frederieksburg
or fight, with the certainty that il defeated
bis whole army viii be cspsured9 Or de.
ssFoyed. a.. IT,. =, .u
Stonsman, With his cavalry corps, is il
the rear oil any prsision TO which Lee can
possibly have fallen back to. We shall
probably next hear that both the: Virginia
Central, and the Richmond d Fredericks-
burg railroads have been severed; in that
case Lee must fRht with she fercs he baa
already, for no eipforcemenss can reach
him before Hooker falls on bis isolassd for
ess. We regard the great battlh not mere.
iy imminent, but insvitabls-psrhsps it IL
already fought. r.. ..-s...... .-...... H.,
The kilograms that battle bad been
fought be:ow Frederick sbnrg, seems 10 be
exaegera'ions Of skirmishes which occurred
wheD the troops wers frst ehrown over, cir.
culased 10 ignorance OF the fact that that
movement was feint. IL isimposslhlA 70
suppose that Hooker sent part Of his ar
my over meaning 70 attack ss once, and
without Communication between the two
wings; the inevitable result % such strste.
IN would be that with small fofca the en-
sfny could bold one half 10 check, while he
hnried his whole army on the other. =.