Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-08-21
THE SENTINEL.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.


more gazette:
MONDAY, August l7.--There is no change tc
notice in the position of the Army OF the 20
tomac. So far as was known in Washington
last evening the two contending armies re.
NAMED in precisely the same position as last
noted The telegram, however, adds that
There are vague suspicious that the Confede-
rates are about to make flank movement on
our left" There are also rumors afoat TO the
effect that large Confederate force is APP
preaching Dumfries, but it is denied at head
quarters. Whether true or not, the telegram
assures the public that Eve are ready for
them in that quarter"
The steamers Pioneer and st. Mary have ar
rived at New York from New Orleans, bring
ing, however, but little news of Importance.
There is nothing new from Charleston. Ad-
mral Dahlgreen has forwarded a batch of Of
fetal dispatches to Washington, which, al
though the particulars are not divulged, ars
said1' 70 be Of q most hopeful character, AND
indicate the positive success of the movement
in which the army and navy are at present
Of the New York papers generally concur in
the opinion that the grand and final attack
would not take place on Thursday last, as has
been heretofore stated.
TUESDAY, August lS.-Those who expected,
on the faith of the story published a week
ago by the correspondent of the Baltimore
American, that Fort Sumter would fall on the
18th, after a bombardment of q from two to
news from Charleston, how easy it is to be de-
luded. AS a curiosity in its way, we repro
duce what &C. G. F." wrote from before
Charleston on Monday Of last week:
MONDAY, August lo.-5 p. MI drop
you a line at the last moment. General Gill
more has notified Admiral Dahlgreen that he
will be in readiness TO commence the assault
on Thursday, the 18th instant.
The navy is all ready, waiting for the ar
my, so that the fight, it is believed, will COM
mence on that day.
''The greatest confidence is felt as to the
result and fall of Sumter
The capture Of Wagner and Cummings
Point is regarded as certainty in from two
TO six hours"
the vaccinations of this writer as some people
interpret Dreams that is to say--by contra
ries. Thus, when he wrote from the Peninsu.
la that Mcclellan had won " the greatest bat
tie on record, F" it would have been perfectly
safe to assume that he had suffered a series oil
disastrous defeats 1t was not long, however
before that fact became apparent So also
when eur contemporary assured the public
after Duponts attack upon Sumter, that the
iron-cIads suffered SO little that the action
could and ought to have been resumed The
fslleRing day every body might have known
that they were in no condition to renew the
engagement as the testimony of officers in
command, before the Sinners Court of Inqui
ry, ioonclusively proved. When, therefore, i
was announced, on the same veracious autho
rity that Fort Sumter was certainly TO be re
duced on the 18th instant and in the cours,
of very few hours, those who reeoectet
how egregiously they had been deceived be
fore, at once made up their minds that Sumter
would not fall on the day specified. The re
suit shows that they were right. On the 18th
all the preparations for combined ATTACK
were completed, and at day light the following
morning Glmore's heavy batteries opened OF
Sumter. We are told that several shots struck
the fort, causing the bricks and mortar to fly
but how this effect could be seen at distanc,
of two miles must be explained by those bet
ter versed in the science of optics than we are
At all events, the batteries continued firing
for an hour or two. In the meantime, tn,
Monitors, from some reason or other, though
stripped for action, did not FIRE a shot. Tn,
land batteries finding themselves unsupported
ceased firing also Whereupon the Monitors
moved up and--proceeded to demolish the for
alone?-No l." put up their awnings - ant
thus has ended, for the present time, the grant
combined attack on Fort Sumter. But Their,
is one solace for the disappointed. Quarter
master Dunton sends word to his friends a
Fortress Monroe that great battle was posi-
lively to take place before Charleston on Sa
turday, the 18th, or not later than Sunday
the 10th, in which the Fedora. forces were Il
be victorious. There is mystery about the
affair of the l4th which must continue for the
present undeveloped. Certain restrictions -
as we are deicately informed, were imposed,
which prevented any details from reaching us
in regard to the cause of the lasco and so we
must wait until we learn further. The New
York Times ridicules the idea OF the speedy
fall OF Sumter, whilst ii considers the reduc.
ton Of Charleston precisely the most diff
cult individual piece of military business that
the whole theater Of war now presents Tho
experience Of General Gilmore has thus IN,
proved to be so whilst that Of Admiral Dahl.
green indicates that it is impossible for men
shut up in iron-clads, subjected to the heat o
tropical sun, to endure either the intern
below, or the fen deqter above.
The correspondent of the New York Tri5un
also states, on the authority of an officer Gus
returned from Charleston that the taking O
that city will be "a matter of time;" tina
Wagner cannot be battered down, and no at
tempt will be made at present to carry ii b,
assault that Fort Sumter may possibly b