The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-06
THE BATTLE ON FRIDAY.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY oF The Porol

HEADQUARTERS, Army THE PuroMAC,
July 3, 1885,
The decisive battle has been fought day and the
snemy repulsed with terrific loss. Al
Lees right wing batteries opened upon left short
" those Of his centre followed Amer half hours
cannonadng doing but little damage 10 the Gre slack
eDcd, and only occasional shots exchanged shortly
afterwards the onemy's left. composed entirely Of in
fan.ry and shsrpshootes, made attack RICH,
wing. SO suddenly and impeiuousy was II accomplished
that skirmlshers and front line driven back
from their ntrenchmeus but by the aid Of the batteries
in the and the irdomiiabe bravery OF the Twelfth
corps regained the FIRST position, capturing con-
siderable number Of prisoners.
Several hours Of omnous silence followed this rcpuss
A. one O'Clock tho enemy fred two shots, apparently
signals for the grandes artillery fight witnessed
shs continent. Before moment hsd elapsed IL esti.
mated that At lcas, eighty guns opened upon Our bat
tsres returned the compliment with interest. The
seemed literally thick with iron and for than
hour seemed impossible thai or beast could live
through IL Strange 10 say, the snemy's accuracy Of
range exhibited on the TIVE previous days,
ing this occasion Most % their shells exploded
Ne OF front, and generally missing our bal,
teries. Under OF this fen d'enfeT Lee ad.
vsnced his columns Of infantry for the covers,
and made several desperate attempts 10 carry
the Lines by assault but each successive attempt was
rspulssd with terrible havoc 70 their ranks After an
hours ncessant cannonsdng the grew ess intense
for short Time out again renewed for little while
With great spirit During this period some Of our bat,
teries, whose ammunition being expended and the men
exhausted, ceased TO nre and the approach Of the
reserve batteries withdrew To the The enemy only
seeing the batteries withdrawing and aisakug tns tor
retreas, made rapid infantry charge up tho Hill and
obtained position line, cutting pieces ana al
most ann'hiiaing Tho small infantry SUPPORTS but
before they had time rejoice their imaginary
success the fresh batteries poured 10 deadly
ore OF canister and shot TIE Infantry
joined either flank % the gap,
charged them and added greatly to their destruction
Tbey completely surprised, and hundreds threw
down their arms and asked Cor quarter Nearly the Gu
tire brigade OF General Dick Garrett surrendered aud
sarne,,, himself wounded, barely made his escape
ionsssree, mortsIly wounded andcsp,urcd. he l.
reported 70 have died In how Afterwards.
Abou, harpas, four y. NJ. the artillery Of The enemy
schened aud had entirely ceased n Ave. the last shots
Which they hred being FAR beyond their original position
and the infantry columns had Withdrawn thcr covers
We tcok upwards Of ave thousand prisoners The enc
my captured but lev any o, our men Inc repel m,
report that General A. r. HIN "a. allied ou,rvb,
upeo the sed and tina, officer, suffered far create,
casualties than w any previous engagement 80 terrific
The enemys ere that the small house WHARF
Meade and stss auartsrcd perforated nv
shols Many Of the star horses vsre Killed .,orrs ,,n
house.
General Buucrneld struck 10 the byeasi ara !, !,
feared internally injured, by piece q . sbeD whch .
pscded In the building Lieutenant cclcpel Joscvh III.
neon Of the staff mad his leu perforated by nv.
fragment q shell and Il secmed that % yrea,,,
oamsge done 20 life or LIMB.
several of our ssnsrsi ossos were wounded q rbe Gu