The New York herald., 1863-09-26
TEE BATTLES or SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
CNc.sAri, sept. 20, 1853.
pRp1InlSARy MOVEMENT.

CNIssAri, sept. 20, 1853.
pR1nSARY MOVEMENT.
the tho ITth, already unms,akabie signs
i;od ,hlt tie oaems hat discovered the weak points
O. position and masins the.r forces IN front Of
% and left FOR he manifest pur OF crush
rg hosc parts cf Iines getting between them and
Chattanooga rseslondlng movement by the lot
esss tbenco made ~ tho Whole array further down
lac West snickamaus1, so that Friday morning
sxremo len resiea at aordons AI at the crossing of
,ho chckanauga by the lafayette pike. shout twelve
miles southo est cr Chattanooga on the morling q the
tSh Friaay),a portion of he expected reniorcements
osng Of two brigades " the corpa, respect
.ciy Counancei by colooes Ac-ook and MITCHELL maio
their appearance Chattanooga and immediately
ordered 20 make towards Rngg,ld. and
Gsye3p tho Intentions OF tbs enemy that quarter
lhey calno upon the advance u Lo1gstreets corps,
pushs. Il back FOR somo distance, tork a number OF
prisoners from IL. and uly established the anticipated
ponceLtraton Of tho cncny IN lfCnt q oar left All day
Frtay tue cavalry, covering .roat, akrmished with
bodies Of the elemy issuing from the various
JAS u the Pigeon Noun aims and adv rpciug upoa aud
gain retiring from lae. Ne serious collision, how
ever, occurred II evident the rebel generals meant
croato false impression 10 the points Of line
hcalnsl sbleh they proposed blow with
s14irstcd power. But Gen. Rcsccraus deceived.
"a, reports from 10 front sl tended 10 confirm bis
previous impression tlal oAset 10 Overwhelming
Iabors contemplated upon lett Gank and that
It "a. TO mst by sstli further shif,iag Iine toward
Chattanooga
THs r5en11S oy ovR Rcors
Accordingly On Frldly n.sht The divisions Of Brannan
al Bard forcpsrly commanded b. Generals Rousseau
81 I,oynois y Thonss' corps. together with Iohnsons
=. NctYJks ~ rngyei from the tho let OF
5,ateadiu's c.-E- lhoy Ia their p1stons a.
taybs.as. Ti.3 tao osr j.vsions of NcCooks corps,
ntfs' aBt sherdA,s . move into the position
1assGaae by raonsas cpr,e but bad MT
t uly teofe tic neat q the scliou tho
a.' Ga ,ao moraiug u Saturday iae then
eNtaffd ~ foNgw % -be extreme ei, Rrannan nest
&,fd and Rsynolds, sllh tnsol 10 reserve IN tho
.entrg. <'nor right o. Reynolds and van clcve
,a b.s - To limo, already statoi. was 10 be com
Fc.ai ~ DAVIS AID sberlaan4 divisions faced little
f4ss os socsh
r0pocslrny o. rw aA-1rK rlrtp.
10 r all The movements The iTih sad 18Th
aaR gelampres ~. Iorrsriy describe - The valley
ttuet ~ the xysSua-y Ant Pise,I Mounans no
v,ey weiao, - greiisr part W the West CEcxa-
.4ss an uay,rsed W to rOads. ons leading fsum
tsvtc, ani h. other from ch atanote. direc, 70 Ia
gYet,s The r5aes run shout miles apart and wat
II erhe sa1i ,aga where toe btte of Saturday was
"a 81, Z sectior ~ ths VALLEY b1rdersd by the two
fs .s g. almost pam. cwcrc Nith thck woods. which
tc.cs.ca teAefl unfayurabla re eae5tte Or ar
ty Tie nae ~rsacr a. fyea above, rested neariy a.
E bass 4 tie Missionary B1unan, sono distance
vance I'll Narfh. Cordors AHs. the P1int q inte-sec
sIqo The roaa from cbatsno1ga e faayo;tc All The
taikimarsa .foromertonci, sllll hold saturday
nE by vaoas DIVISION of crueudsn'. corps sup.
: -,ei by Nsgssy's % Tbonas. Tbeir rosu was a
sfors ono but, a, angle slia the line proper, ap
f.ared IKE dauge,oas extension OF the latter was
proved such by b-eqneEt events. II was meant 70
right against turning manoarvers bat oesrs
u good judgement ente'taincd the belief that both
greater compacness from cser contraction and perfec,
s0ury o The right might ba,s been obtained by pct
lsy tho latter the eastern sSu,meop Missionary
Rldge Tbo brgades o. Hscor and niichcn of he
rat'eYe c'rn were orc rei hack % ,e,vao CO FRIDAY