Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-06-16
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
OUR SPECIAL DISPATCHES.
THE ARMY OF THE POTO
MAC RETREAlING.
INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
RepMlSe Of OMr Forces.
Severe Fighting at Martinsburg
HaSty Military Preparations In
Brsok'ya.
Severe Fighting at Martinsburg
New York. June IG

NEW YORK, June 10.
A Suffolk correspondent stat.s that
Gen. Corcoran. with 1900 men, left
there on the | 9TH for the direction Of the
Blackwater.
The ,ebel Gen. jenkins is at Franklin
with qu te force, and II is surmlsed that
our troops are destined for there.
All our militia regiments are getting
under arms at the city armo,ies. Bel >
were rung at midnight in Brookl,n. call
ing ont minute men aud reg mcn,s Of that
city to assemble at 8 o'clock ,his
morning A large number leave iol
ihiaie phia this morning.
The Baltimore imericun Of Monday
says the most rclisble information We
have been ab!o to obtain is to the follow
r.t fleet
An attack was made on Saturday
morning on small force OF our men 81
Bcrryville, under Gen. MtReynolds, Of
which the lst Maryland Battery formed
a part.
They fell back before superior nnm
bers, and joined Gen. M'lroy at Win
chester, after a sharp engagement, Of
which the result Is unknown.
At the same time v Winchester was At
tackled in front from the south by force
reported TO be under the command Of
Exeil, the succc .sor OF Stoncwall Jack
son
The troops that made the attack al
Be,ryvlle are reported to be under com
mand Of Gen. llimble.
A third force ai'er this encounter are
said to have caotured detachment OF
our men at Bunker Hill, and then moved
on Mariinsburg.
At4 O'Clock J.. M. Yesterday they de
manded the surrender Of Mar,insburg.
giving forty five minutes for the women
and children to leave town.
Gen. Tyler, who commands at Mar
tinsbn q, refused to surrender, and an nj
,iilcry fight ensued.
At O'Clock last night the wires were
broken between Ilarpcr's Ferry and
Martipsburg, and what occurred after
that IS not known.
A bate was also in progress at Win
chester yesterday. The result is un-
known.
Gen. Milroy rcpulsed Ewell on Sat
urday, and said he could hold out until
rciuforcements reached him. If unable
to sustain his position, he would have to
fall back on the limo TO komncy, as the
Harper's Ferry and Mar,insburg roads
are held by the enemy.
The estimates OF the rebel force in the
valley are so wide apart that they form
no reliable rule for any conclusion.
No damage was done TO the Baltimore
and Ohio H. X as far as known. No
cats or locomotives on tho line are cx
poaed to capture. Ordcos were sent TO
the exposed fronts yesterday, and no less
than 70 locomotives End some 200 cars
were b ought to Baltimore in safety. A.
a precautionary mo su e, no trains u
be run beyond IIarper's Ferry for the
present.
1t is ascertained that Hooker's left was
stationed near Falmouth on the mo- MI <
Of the l4th, ani proceeded towards
Dumfrics, where there was rest for u
fight Early Monday morning they pro
ccedcd on tho road to Fairfax $ alton,
wh' re they p, ,obably arrived on Monday
night.
Previous to the departure of Hooker,
the 9th army corps, which lay on both
sides Of the river below Frcdericksb burg,
proceeded norbwad and re chcd the vi
c.nity OF Dumirics Sunday night
Bell Plain aud Aqua Creek were
evacuated, and all the public property
has been shipped or otherwise secur'd.
The effects destroyed were such as were
not worth removal.
Up to Mondav morning our army held
the line of the kappahannock from
Banks to Kelly's Fords, the rear being
protected by sufficient troop. to hold the
enemy at bay should they attempt TO
cross the river bel w.
On Sunday morning cannonading was
heard in the direction OF Thoroughtsrc
Gap, and thought to be an etf,rt Of the
rebels TO cross 10 force.
SECOND DISPATCH.
It is asccrtsined that the main portion
Of the Army Cf the Potomac hss rot
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