New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-14
The Cn,aIry Fight near Madison Court
House.

TIE Washington Star gives the following ac-
count of the recent cavalry fight o. Madison Court.
House.
or Saturday tho Rebel Gen Stuart crossed Robert
River AID captured nearly Ere whole - Tie lputh
Scw-lork who were doing r'coi duiy. bit The ~.
Of th-prisonorr Soon af,r !. J.. Iilrs c0rgs paced
our r III aana and iel back 10 Jamos C.iy nd held
tho Rebels IN cheek with artillery
or Sunday morning oar whoc roe lnn"tilng force
commenced falling back toward tnlf fvp'r, our rclr
beng covered by artillery Cen. bn.olds cavalry i,l
back. As Il happened. fasier than Fitzpatrick, Who
rolrii 81 tho roar that iLe latter as clt ~ y
Stuart getting in As .ruAt and on lis rshi and leii
iauks \ charge Vas ordered aud Gen Gust r :
brigade CALAMITY drove Tie enemy INTO im's'i %
woods from which they however iecharFcd IN larger
numbers aud our cavalry then made grand Charg' Do
their front and nank-. cutting way through ana
Joined BaioId
covering Our rear and With terrible eject Ia one IT.
the Rebels charged upon one bliiry on. % Ar
teT!). when the oannone"fs uosnioa Yer A"f. ;. re-
pulsed the charge and returned - their suns anu afe
the rcirea;ing hena canister. h.irE and N"aa-1ns
many q them
In'tAi- combat orr cavalry performed Ne u-rrece.
deutel feat u making s1ccrf cha sts a-u!i latorty
boz ilrrc directions
Gen Kilpairics led the charrcs with rcokiefs sol
uiry. eulsnS hs way ths"lg. teteial i.'o"s "i .n.
huiry drawn Up IN TIE rOad ~ the mldsi Il Are rom
nr, lsry On each fank.
On saturday our Doe. bat ssi; bat yesterday. %
Killed wori dch ard missing Gen KNririck 'ft about
l0men. Capt. Dodge. Atlfg Major a,h Michigan.
was kacd. Capt. olphaAiof tho Sane regiment vas
wounded Capt Iiafings 81 o. zane regiment r. in's
IN aud supposed prisoner, t-pt. ID Il buichcr AID
a. Gen hllpntrick wa slightly wounded Nal frr.li
II the ist Michigan aud Lieut. Col SAWYER II ihc Jet
Vermont nre nl.o slightly wounded.
Ycrtcnay about go prisoners mostly - Gen. II
Lee. division were bro, 81 into leldllirtrrs.
Al . O'Clock yesterday u.aro ~Hs confdrrnb'e siif
misllng going between the opposnf cAtalig and
uery bls thought that tho enemy would fall back
d stlg the night
ABOUT O'Clock today train came down from Rap
pahsnock Station. bringing about - wounded mostly
u the 5,h Michigan ,sHllfy.
The reports aloat hat Meade Wa compelled g.
dcsfrny large aMoIlt 81 suunlssary stores NHtlE
day - pr,icnt them from falling into To hands Of Tie
enemy are untrue. SoAiiers WAcn about to leave a
camping ground viii invariably max" BON Gre ~ I'D
The camp Rubbish and thus II was tai on snilfdh!
nlcN tie camping ground ~ tie army "a b. vacated
presented numerous hrcs giving tho icen - pretty -
eNsiyp c0uftrraiion hit already stated. tcry ilc
~ value destroyed and iiy bales Of hay All doubt
les cover tie extent II oug los.os.
Tie idea held out boy rcnsaion reports afoa, IN town
a. the effect that Meade b Tetrraiing liticy 90
Washington under pressure inum 10 following - .ul
immense army. j. nhslrdiy erroneous 40 tho.e know
DO are aware how deliberately Meade b changing DID,
front guard against any possible Hurprlfe from Lee
should be attempt Hank movement. Lato IMPORT
from Richmond show that tie idea b. cntcrtncd there
thai Nundcs army has been depleted to tho extent ~
fur amy corps for the Reinforcement Of nosocflnf
and IL may be- that Leo is mnneuvernr 10 ascertain u
our army is really a. wo4k as reported
II be Is acting upon any snppoaiuon OF the sort Dc
may encounter "a dsagTceADlc fgrpfisc aud LId thai
tho Army Of the Potomac Is quite a. effective az when
il staggered him at Gettysburg.
The tupposltlon n that Lee designed moving q force
through 1horo ghnrc Gap and runor Lal II that tie
enemy has already appeared there. hut IN this ca q
rumor must be comfortably ahead Of the fact and IN
any event Meade has the shortest line 81 march o
Manasas and can readily post himself so - 10 confront
Lee wherever be may make bis appearance II ind cd
the latter not already takag the back TRACK. finding
his plans defeated.