New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-25
FDON VNE ARNY OFTHE CUMBERLAND
ATTACK UPON CHATTANOOGA.
DESTRUCTIVE FIREU UPON TllEClTY
All the Rebel Batteries Silenced.
JOE JOHNSTON IN C0MNiND OF TIE REBELS.
THE REBEL WORKS VERY STRONG.
JOE JOHNSTON IN COAYAND OF TIE REBELS.
THE REBEL WORKS VERY STRONG.
Expedition Under Gen. Wilder.
THE LEFT WING SEVERED FROM the RIGHT.
GLOOMY REPORTS BY REBEL DESERTERS.
sllyrN.os. Ala. Aug. q 1903.

| SlENlN-Nt, Ala, Aug. ~, letf
| The advance OF the army OF the Cumberland
appeared in front Of Clai aooga the 2st inst and
op, ned fire the city at 10 a.
The enemy replied from nineteen guns, mostly small
ones, which did little damage but also with one -
FOUNDER, which swept tie opposite shore and one fire
from which killed horse and took of ,ho leg II a. L.
MoCook Of LiIys battery.
! Our Ere was Very destructive, and every battery
which opened on US was disabled. Liilys battery
threw shells with great precision into the cmbFasGrcs Of
the enemy. The works Of the enemy on the river are
reported be very strong tie parnpcs Of which are
lot less than fifteen feet wide. Several water batteries
Oh level with the river have also been discovered
MooTed the wharf TWO steamers, and opposite the
/ city is ponioon bridge Of a. boats.
lie largest Of the steamers suLk by our IRE and
the smaller one disabled. An attempt destroy tn,
ponioon bridge frustrated by the sharp fire Of the
Rebel shaIpshooters. Forty prisoners we're takcn.
Two Rebels were Killed and se'crai wounded. train
Of wsgons and rules beoneue 70 ofo baiory grazing
on this side oftle rl,er. was captured.
Our advance report that there ere two Rebel divisions
~ Chattanooga aud HIS date iiagdec) corps Is along
the railroad IN tie direction % bridgeport dciach
men sent opposite TO llarri-on discovered no enemy
Contrabauds report that Gen. Joe Johnston arri,cd
with two trains Of troops The @fh supefccdng Gen
Bragg Who has retired 20 Atlanta. This statement j.
corroboraied by ciizens
large free has just been discovered near c. alta
nooga There are Rebel infantry north Of the river
Storms Rebel brigade Il cavalry IL in the vicinity Of
smith Cross Roads Forrest b. at Kingston preparing
FOR Rebel fa.d Eleven dcsericrs from the lst Louis
lam Re gment came into Gen. Ncglcys lines LAT
night. They were detailed lately as crew for the
Rebel steamer Point Rock. They abandoned The
steamer On Igcsday twenty miles below Chattanooga.
They report that \. 7. HIS and Poke corps are al
Chattanooga and say that the Generalization Of The
Rebel army complete end that there are 5000 Rebel
descrtcrs Ia Lookout Mountain waiting our advance.
These men report that there are hundreds 81 loyal
mountanccI- engaged 90 plotting dcscricrs through tie
uonniasns The lst Louisiana Guard ~ Braggs head.
quarter s reduced by dcscfion 20 less than 100 mon
The steamer thai wa sablcd by fire b. believed
70 have been subsequently totally destroyed rs there
was heavy explosion and Ere up the river last night.
force had been sent In pursuit. If her.
Fuiloughcd men from fcmberton's army are coming
into our Mncs They Ray that bis army never be
got together again seven desertcrs Of one company
from Mississippi regiment came into our lines in a
body on the 2Oih They ny that Bragg amy viii 20
70 pieces IL again attacked.
Gen. Wilder crossed the Tennessee River last might
and burned small railroad bridge near Shell Mound,
thus seyering communication between the night and
left wings Of the Rebel army Ia view Of the impracti
caby OF the common roads IN this locality this Is an
important affair. lie IecTossod in a ferry boat and two
barges and brought them TO this city.
1t wss the burning OF this bridge which was thought
70 DC the destruction Of the steamer Point Rock which
boat escaped reaching Chattanooga Or Thursday
Important events must ;ranspre In the vicinity
of Chattanooga and Harrison.
ANOTHER REPORT.
81. Louis, Monday, August "a, 1868.
An officer jus, from tie army Of General Rosecrans
reports that the center Of General Braggs army was al
Chattanooga when he left and that the left wing was at
Bolton under Generals Buckncr and Cleveland.
General Bragg can muster an army of about 10000
fighting troops.
The previous reports Of deseitons from the army Of
General Bragg are fully confirmed.
The mountains in East Tennessee are swaTmed with
Rebel deseTters and II Is estimated that 1000 oil them
come into our lines weekly.