The New York herald., 1863-09-09
GENERAL Blvml's ARMY.
Brillians successes In she IndAan Terri.


Correspondence Of We e. Joseph (Ao.) Hesald1
CAMP THK Ark AyeAs RIVER, Augues 20. le6c
capsnrs q vcEsburr, the repaiss Of PROS Co. : Il ee
and the defeat q Lee invading army Pennsy lyania
s,sy q, % ns rec
Long have such results been expected. and sothng
more than sne triumph q .n isT:s.sl: power xhoS
GENERAL rLr~r ArrAcxs TIVE RxHx1s.
Tho same day this mrcraut intelligence was received.
General Blunt crossed The AskaDsas river with force o.
about s0o infansry and cavalry and twenty guus. He
attacked the enemy, ..roasly posted eho.se ground,
miles from the river me rebel The Maid rspo
"a ey ss - sns s. -four .ss ns ,y
10 light timber, on Elk creek Their line extended for
near two miles along .his creek 10 almost : ssnlereIs
placed artillery while the Second Colorado and
first Kansas eosored Feginent oOk position 90 tho
cannonading kept up from both sides when our m
fastry was ordered 70 charge the rebel line. Ths
promptly done under heavy nrst
THE KrRny wRD PrropeD,
their line brokeo, and two theK guns taken al lh
ibs timber but we're soOn compesd again TO brssi By
the murderous nre ef batteries and the sssAAy ad
The twenty ninth Texas position the edge Oh
IA nS
second Corado and of three men less Than
prisoner scudns ,bs Hasr commanding ana Two ospo
Jams Such PERSISTENT bravery worthy the sooomune-
rns xxsus pUsArxp AVID ROUTED
Tho highest praise rendered all our soldiers epeaseS
by the commanding general We dcsated and routed ha,
enemy with but little over half his force, took All La
artillery flour peces), captured eli their trausporsaton
camp squipase and conmseary stores except sach AZ
was burnt by them.
10 twenty killed and thirty woundcd-amopS tho.
latter Col Williams, First Kansas Coiosed volspteers
severely, but not, - at nrst supposed MORALLY We
buried one hundredand ninety Of their dead and
large number were doubtless scattered through woods
Estimating reasonable average Of wounded, their loss
could not be less than Eve hundred besides hun
drcd prisoners. Coopers whole u badly ueed up
and VIII probably not trouble again
The evening previous 10 the battle Gen Cooper ordered
70 be read nj dress parade dispatches purporng 70 bc
from Price stating that vcksburH stA safe and
would be reinforced thnt Helena captured and that
Lee had defeated the whole Army OF tbs Potomac Get
tysburg, Pa.
FoR1 cinsox, INDIAN TRRRnoay. August 2o
Via LxAvuwoarH, Sept Q, 1863
General Blunt with hts army, four thousand Ave hun
strong including twenty pieces OF artillery croseea
Arkansas river the 22d and offered battle m steele
Cooper who had massed on bis front eleven thousand
men.
Afier faint show OF resistance the enemy oom,nsnoed
retreat which soon turned into disordrly f1ebt Ibev
abandoned all their property. Blunt pursued ibsm ona
hundred miles south u the Arkansas TO perrvvlle Which
10 only 1fiy miles from Red river. -
AZ this POINT he captured and destroyed their couns
sary depot The rebels continued their nisht 10 pogev
Depot on the Red river. The Indian Territory ID now
clcar on rebels. Blunt now marching on Fors smnh,
which WI, Doubtless, fan without struggle.