Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-04
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The Positions an Tenarnses.
Tiio nrm aores1o1 11o1- Of .ia Savannah Re-
paGieza v9luato51s tha following explanation
Of the late movements Of Gen. BraEs's army In
Tennessee:
Oar forces in Middle Tennessee. under Gen.
Bragg. have fallen bacR fr1ra Tie position which
.LsT occupied in front Of Sneibyvili, asd War
trace, 90 tteir old stronghold sc TulabO~na.
This was accomplished on Friday su5 Saturday,
an3 ives consequent upon tho o1euVs'ioH Of
III ler's sEd Liberty gaps in cur front by She
og my who had Inv5,t ted them with such
rsrga iOZes rs to render tasir dislcdzDs1t
5i-03y and d.lieElt tssk. which the COMMAND
ing general has seen ht to avoid. These gaps
aye, IS he meme iudicsies, pas7as Though ihs
ll-Iutsir and each was occupied by brigade,
.hs l0rmar OF Arkansas troops un1el Brig. &c sn.
L'ij5H aad the latter Of T5znssssas1s under
8Iig -l5eH. Brown. Il was supposed taat. aided
~ the u-sural str51 9Th Of .Jo positions, these
forces were sufficient 10 keep any advance OF
Tho aueuv Ct bay until support e0Ud arrive,
ana It was generally believed 20 be the Iuteu
ion, upon the part Of eur leaders % RsTe held
these points, er at ezss not to nave ar=adon5d
then without sangEin2ry Struggle. However,
on Tuesdsy OF wednesday the enemy advanced
upon tse positions with overwhelming NUM-
bers, several bgigadss bs-nE opposed to oar two,
aud after Q strug-.s fer position, in which We
lost 200 rhen, cur forces withdrew rem the con-
test, reliHq hing the gaps to Rgsecrans' forccs
These msruiaiu passes were in advance of our
lines which, from thres sailes north ct Shelby
vile, extended sl0ng q strona natural position
at the bass Of lna Of hills which extend be-
yond WGrtrsce, taking in a line Of ten miles Of
defensive position. From the work which bad
been expended upon tie loIti6elti0n Of .his
lire the pains taken to Ieudsr the troops fsmi.-
Jar wi b It, and its natural strezgth, daEbt If
any man in the ayuly, unswaTs Of the plans OF
the commanding general let tbs thought even
cross his miua for an instant that the forsas
w6uld be withdrawn without severe contest,
even 10 defend the superior position At Tuiis-
h0ma Yot this was done. Lt WsUld EseIn TO
have been The intention Of Gen. Bragg 90 have
occupied this advanced position merely isT the
Uurpose of deosiving tho enemy. il sgggests
Itself &C O2so shat q position extending from
right TO lett a distance Of ten miles, requires
too craal q scattering of f0Tcas, and the nature
Of the country, at least in appsararce, forbade
- aid concentration Of forc1s at any one point
These arc, perhaps, bhs bjseti9us which forced
themselves upon cur gousrg.1, and caused t1a
Iiao % be abandoned for tbe old one 5oEth Of
Duck river, whaEs our treops have ell retired.
IF tie enemy e=Etiuues TO advsrce-aud bc
comes in such large fsrc5 and bel5s sssh posi-
tioE so siur3iiy, that hs forces the epinien that
hs means bsltie-shs contest viii c0mmezcs 81
he south baak of Dack river, known as the
Kills Of Normandy, several mics 5eysus the
position atIzllsaoma. Ho win thez have to
6shs his wsy gra1ually, meeting Wits stubborn
rssistanea from ogy lins proper and fortified Pc
sition, where the battle Of TEllahsDa must be
fought 1t is scarcely proba5le that We viii be
driven FROM hat position; but, in such an event
it is tortUnaiglT by no means ths last one OF
strength which cau be strongly relied Up9n t3f
defensive puIposeB-