The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-10-23


desiring 10 reach Manassas { possible. He
VIII tish, with the Rappshannock behind
him, and has not, !, IS believed. superior
numbers, ye. no one would be surprised to
bear on the heels Of such belief, that the
rebels had been Suddenly reinforced OF
course all sort. of rumors are afost-
Gen Meade Ia much stronger than is gen
orally supposed.
1t wHs Est known up TO 3 D. m, whether
there has been Fighting of ANY consequence
TO day.
Army OF tho Potomac, Oct. II,
Last evening cur cavslry encountered
the enemy near Ca,lett's station, ard To-
wards Warren!on A brisk artillery FIRE
was opened and Continued .ill late.
Firing was resumed this morning, last
ing all the forenoon. This afternoon hesy,
cAnnonadiny opened along oar lines in :he
direction Of Manassas lasting ill evening
1t seemed evident that We had driven tll.
enemy back, Ii was thought hy some that
Lee has his entire army ~ front OF Made
| !. Is believed that no con>;d=ia able body of
lnfautry were YET engaged.
v ashlngton, Oct Is.
HE Times Washington corrcspon!ent
Of the Army Of .he Po omac. under date
Of the / h sars:: Tie enemy made two
desperate and unsuccessful attempts to-day
TO whip this army in detail and DESTROY our
train, but in both most >ignaIIy failed -
Just At day bt eak, between Latie,t Station
aud Auburn, Stewart ard \ T. Hiil made
a Simultaneous attack upon Gen. Ma'p' /.
cavalry and the second army corps. Al
most the first in,ima;on given ef iHeir
presence was tie op-niny OF .he bar,c .lcs
upon the second corps. Our troops were
speedily in position and The enemy was re-
pulsed with considerable loss. They made
auo her dash to cut off the sec'nL corps.
He fist attacked the rear Of he fifth CORP.
killing three Of he Pennsy iyania reser, Us
and woundng fifteen or twenty more =
When the head Of the second earps resc|-
ed Bris,on iill they made 4 terrible on
sisueht tel both sides.
The 81 corps.w<- on The es-. side oft
Iail road track, and used the road emhank-
men! AT several points 10! treass~olks
with decided advantage Tie enemy
| charged a. one time upon the embankrnen,.
when portion ofsA. u corps charged them
in le,urn, capturing 7C0 or 500 prisoners
and one battery. Several ctIsl yes we've
nrade and each time tts enemy wss forced
! 10 fall back viii great slaughter, lesviny
their killed aus wounded IN our hands.
rapid artillery fire WAS kept up on
both sl,!es until after Ga,k, when the en-
euv gave up and retired. have mol beer
able tp obtain full lis, Of oar killed xzd
wounded, but i, is large. Cap. Bail. 81
Mimi, va, wounded in several pisces Al.
under most sGgfsvatihs circumstances -
When the enei'y charged up The railroad
finding themselves in a dangerous place
they waved their hSnds in token Of surrer-
der. At this instant Cap, Bail .pr,ne ~
the top Of the e!nbankmcnt, and Il ro!!.>
was tined a! him, three shots taking ctfe.
The MinnesotIans returned the fro. nHG
snauv lebes sGtfirei dea!h IL retaliation
Tor tins act of .reacheiy.
Oar lrains are I'll .,fo There was some
arullery practice tlls morning ueAr K -
p:,hannurk oial!on. Lui without such
damage.
The Ist Maine cavalry. Col Smith which
sas Gu, uh NJ uday ash, uear Jefferson
across The '.appaLannpck, reached Brist"w
Station Tuesday night. The regimen, e.
capped vim the loss Of squad OF mon sen;
10 communicate with Gen. Gregg abou;
20 in all. Oar army behaved handsome
".
Washington, Oct. IS
The rete' srmv under Lee occupies most
of ms old Bull Run battle ground, and the
road leading into tho Loudon valley, 70 .hs
north Of it, Last night, al 6 O'Clock, un
der cover Of coming darkness, he a,ts!nr.
ed TO accomplish what he has failed 10 DO
! all the way from NE kspidsn-ihe ,ura
ing of Neadc's ti'nk, aud getting between
him and Washington.
The q corps resisted most vigorously
being obliged 70 encounter the rebel forces.
BAT, notwithstanding. defeating his ih!sn.
tons and driving him from .be field -
That rps, however lost consi ieraby in
killed and wounded. both ot the latter fall
ing into the snelnl's halds IN the nigh.
tGe.
Tbs importance. howerer, Of the III
umph cannot be overestImaied. foI the re-
bells resolved to place theIn>eive. between
the capitai aui the army Of the Potomac,
and, had they saccaedea. no one could
hardly have fole>een the result.
The artillery firing in The nigh, was
mos, terrific, aud, from the hills Of Cen
,revile, was witnessed by hundred,, who
described i, as one Il ins mo., sublime
specs scles. The night was very dark.
Whether battle will be fouyh, on the
famous field of Bull Run, or MOI, ia ma,
ter Of uncertainty. The rebels will prob
ably have 20 wait for supply trains to
come up from tho Rapid~u nearly forty
miles distant, Our forces etfec.ually des-
troyed the taiIroa,' in their retreat, thong.
bringing of all their supplies.
The impression prevails in the army an,l
IN military circles here. that the rebels are
in large force in Meade's 'front.' one 0. III,
evening papers asserting bat large rein
forceuents came from North Carolina
Charleston and tue Peninsula.