The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-01-24
The Victory in Arkansas-FulII Par
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as t. be able to rake i, with their heavy ,,.crs
The land forces meantime arrived
The rear division. url,r sherman f.und
in proceeding hack 10 some distance thnt :,
Bayou hind,red p,oprrs, in th,, v,, i .ir,.d
and he returned and chose = rant. ,n,,r..
favorable for intended cpcratiuus ,,nth,r
divs on meantime. took M a line Of m,rrI,
somewhat near, r the locality of III. fort and
escaped the obstruction of tn blon Orh,r
obstrnci ions existed however in Tho sham.
of rife pits. which it became necessary In
flank by advancing t. the tnrthcst rytrrmity
from the rive. This was not done without
considerable skrmishing, which Consumed
the remainder Of saturday. There was some
loss in these proceedings and about six yuG
the enemy, most Of whom were wounded 90,
into the Federal lines by mistake. aud were
taken prisoners 1t was nearly dan, before
the Federal forces had so far advanced as to
have the fort in full view, ready for sturming
next morning.
hlie their operations were proceeding on
Eihd, tie gnnhDA's had taken puSitlUnS and a
little before bark smart artillery fight took
place which the early closing in of darkness
cnt short. The first she'll fired by the enemy
struck LIcnclant OF the One hundred and
thirteenth Illinois, shatcriug his leg ! h.
next morning the land forces found that the
enemy, having lost their ril pits, had thrown
up new entrrnchmcnts THIS they pro-
cerdtd TO attack. and also to secure Il posi-
ton above tn fort Was Invested Of timber
except in particular portion, which was use
lni for cover, and PROSTATE trees aud brush
were so disposed rs to prevent the greatest
possible amount If obstruction.
AS The two sections Of attacking land forces
advanced, they decreased the distance be-
tween them more and more, approaching the
position of surrounding the fort. rein
i"rcement tw" Thousand men arrived to the
rebels from Fort Charles. on the White river.
tw nty-fve miles distant by land, and it was
with dlicnliy this force made u junction with
tn" mann body of rebels. They succeeded,
however by taxing advantage of the shelter
offered by ravlne. Meantime the casual
hfihS Oh me af'l'Itry from Gunb"atS aud III
reply, "h'th h'tl been partially suspended by
the necessary OF supporting the land opera
lions. grew more vigorous, aud at one O'Clock
heavy hFlhS commenced between the tort and
guhooa's, ana WAS Sustained three hours and
a nan 50 necessarily That there w'rr
only occasional intervals at which til"