The New York herald., 1863-06-19
HooKER's ARMY.
Spirited Cavalry Skirmlsh
Year Aldie.
The Rebels Forced to Retire with tho Loss Of
Eighty.five Prisoners
The Army Of tho Potomac In Light
Marching Order,
&c.. &C.. 70.
Sharp Cavalry sktrmish near AIdie.
MIR. GEORGE II. HAKr's DESPATCH.

MR. GEORGE ii. HAkr's DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, June IS, 1888.
Yesterday at three O'Clock, cavalry, consisting Of
division General ritzhugh Lees brigade cavai.
ry and a battery Of artillery about mile beyond
Adie towards Uniontown. Some Of General Lees men,
who had gone forward have their sh the
blacksmihs shop, cavalry coming and returned
friends with the information. Captain Boston,
Of the Fifh Virginia rebel cavalry, and Captain white.
with command of thirty mon, despatched 10 act
as sharpshooers with Others " hold their positions At
all hazards, but not receiving support when our men
charged they obliged to surrender at discretion.
little behind tho Fifth Virginia cavalry under
the c6mmand OF Col T. L. Rosser old West Point class
mate or General Kpatick. Our troops charged this
regiment and also the Third Virginia rebel cavalry,
and hand to hand encounter ensued, during which
took many prisoners.
The order was then given for the rebels To right abou.
and fall back.
This Information n from the prisoners taken. Tho
Of tho prisoners captured follows
Captain r. r. Boston, FKth Virginia cavalry Major Car
rngton, Third Virginia; Captain f. r. winser, after
q desperate resistance; Captain l.. White. Fifth vir
gina, wounded; Captain Jones' Third Virginia Lieute0-
ant Boston, Fifth Virginia. Lieutenant Tarne, Firth vR
g'na; Lieutenant Douglass, Fth Virginia, and seventy
psivstss principally from the Thsd and Fh VIZ
ginia cavalry.
Lieutenant HOWARD ara Lieutenant bagsoaIo, OF the
Fifth Virginia, were left tho field. supposed " be
nortaily wounded. number Of the prvates Of tho
rebels arc known 70 be killed and wounded.
There slight artillery nripg kept up by both par
ties without material resu. Tho rebel force engaged
the First Second, Third, Fourth aud Filth Virginia
cavalry and some artillery.
Our loss s not known, but II is ineopsderablc. The
rebel officers who been taken prisoners all In
the statement the desperately contest
cd cavalry contest Of the They say behaved
calamity, and thas she affair hand 10 hand
counter.
General Fitzhugh Lees brigade left Cupepper few
days since, and acting As flank squad TO the rebel
army colonel OF VI cavalry regiments Is
ported among the killed. Tho rebels only partially
ceeded In carrying OF their killed aud wounded.
The nght lasted until dark last night, We holding tho
field at its conclusion and the rebels retiring.
Aide is Loudon county miles southwest Of
burg tho gap between tho Bull and Kittoc,on
mountains.
Despatch Of Mr. Thomas M. Cook.
AExr THE PoTosAc, June Is, 1853
The situation and intention Of the rebels begins
more aod more To be developed, and we gain
. clearer insight into their plans and purposes.
There s very large room TOR doubt whether any
considerable body of tho rebels have yet passed be
you'd the Potomac Northward Indeed is quite certain
that the movement into Pennsylvania and Maryland up
to This time embraces only Gvc thousand cavalry
supported by perhaps single division of mounted In
fantry and battery OF light artillery. With such .
force they enabled to with great ceer,y and
strike rapidly at seemingly distaut points.
Washington s not 80 easy prize to them a. they
imagined. They will get INTO the national capita
without desperate fighting than they have hitherto
made
lie hair Ia NJ (.~ uoxL.
Is watching General lee closely as lee s watching him
think may venture Tho assertion that In view of the
shape affairs have the danger over BY this
DO not that greater damage viii be done by tho
rebels ia Maryland and Pennsyvana, but simply that
rebels will venture the Potomac are
there. These viii undoubtedy do all the damage
they can their numbers are small and the popu.
lar uprising great, that there will do no grca, din
Guilty for the militia to drive them back and the Army of
the Potomac may be re,s to make their retreat up
the yalay dinicult than their march down has
been
their main force Of infantry Ia yet IN the Shenandoah
valley and about Winchester They have quite large
force scattered along the valley higher up
is evdeu, that the rebels have been checkmaiei At
the outset their invading campaign ey uated on
impressng the natiorai Authorities with the i9ea that
their whole army had crossed the Potomac suppos ng
that then the Army u the Potomac would ba immedlA
sent TO MArylaud leaving this read open for their
scripted force 10 make dash into Washington
BIT ~ this they have been oum leiely tarei.
The heat st continues this attgdc aud The
abene q water occaiors great inconvenience
suffering II could only have good soak ng ram TO
n lp tho little streams and the springs tho elective
strength of the army would b. doubled
our cavalry met force of the enemy AIDE IN the
Kittoden Mountain, Yesterday, and gave them haitIs
rhe enemys force was principally cavalry Or cavary
700 much for them, and drove the rebels taxing
two ontse squadrons.
The Press Despatch.