The New York herald., 1863-09-25
The Army 0f General Rosecrans--A Sub.
stnnfial yictery-Now for the Army OF
the Potomac.

The Army of General Rosecrans-A SUBJ
ssnntial vIcteSy-Now for the Army Of
tho Potomac.
We have the official assurance from General
Rosecrans that his army is in n position from
which it cannot be dislodged; and, from the fact
that he was not disturbed in 1t from Tuesday
patch, We may safely assume that Bragg had
arrived at the same conclusion.
Considering all the circumstances, therefore,
Of the situation, and the losses and gains on both
sides, we may set down the issue of this late
terrible struggle as u = ',siantia! Union victory,
and Of the very highest Importance. We attach
no value whatever to those anonymous rebel
rumors of their capture of five thousand pri-
soners and thirty pieces of artillery; for We re-
member the jubilee at Richmond over the cap
ture, by Lee, of forty thousand prisoners at
the battle of Gettysburg, and the complete dis
persion Of the Union army. Bragg has evident
ly failed in his grand design, and this failure
amounts in reality to an lrreparable disaster to
the rebel cause.
What was the design Of this late formidable.
| desperate and terrible assault upon the army Of
Rosecrans? II comprebended nothing less than
| The destruction OF his army the rebel reoccu-
patton of East Tennessee, and, by rapid juno
| ton Of the army Of Bragg with the army Of
Lee, the overthrow of our Army Of the Poto-
mac, victorious march upon Washington, and
the triumph of the so-called Confederate
| States,n through the Intervention of England
and France.
| The chances, too, were apparently all in
| favor OF the success Of this magnificent scheme.
| The armies Of Grant and Banks. from Vicksburg
and Port Hudson, had withdrawn in broken
detachmcnts to the west side Of the Mississippi.
Thus all the rebel forces OF all descriptions be-
tween the Mississippi river and the Georgia
seaboard were at liberty to 60 to the rescue OF
Bragg. AT the same time the thirty or forty
thousand men Withdrawn from the army OF
General Meade, to secure the execution o
the draft in the city OF New York
suggested to Lee The opportunity fol
detailing corps or two ofhis army, and espe
cially heavy supply of felh artillery, to the
great enterprise on foot in Georgia He doubt
less calculated that before the return o.
Mcade's absent regiments, or at least before
his army would be ready to advance, Rosecrani
could be demolished, and that then, between
Bragg and Lee, the task Of decisive marcl
upon Meade would be simple and easy
operation.
We have no doubt that this was The rebe
programme: and the brief statement we hav,
given will satisfy the intelligent reader that i
was more encouraging and promised broader
field Of victory to the enemy than any oprortu
nifty since the first battle of Manassas. They
saw, too, at Richmond, that II was their onl,
chance; that Rosecrans, threatening their las
remaining lines OF communication with al
their confcderacy, from Georgia to the Msss
sippi, must be demolished, or that Richmont
would be cut of and the confederacy cut /,
pieces.
We contend, therefore, that tho failure O
this well considered concentration or the rebe
forces against Rosecrans leaves them, East ant
West, in moro desperate situation than the,
were month ago. We have the report from
Richmond that, with six generals killed an,
eight wounded, Bragg's total loss 10 killed An,
wv;..ndcd on Saturday and Sunday did no