Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-27
By Telegraph.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
FROM CHATTANOOGA.

CHArrAvooeA, November 25.-We are com
pletely victorious. The enemy is totally
routed and driven from every position. Our
loss is small The enemys loss is heavy in
prisoners -.
Finding General Hooker so successful in
his movements against Lookout Mountain the
enemy evacuated that position during the
night General Hooker took possession early
this morning, and moved south and got on
Missionary Ridge, somewhere near the battle
field Of ChicamAuga He is expected to IN
tercept the flying enemy. General HOOKER Is
said to have captured not less than two thous-
and prisoners in his magnificent assault OF
Lookout Mountain.
General Sherman being all prepared began
an assault at eight A. NJ. to-day upon the
the strong position Of the enemy at the north
end of Missionary Ridge He had the day
before taken hill near the position OF the
enemy, bat commanded by their artillery he
had TO descend into valley, and then made
another ascent to the position held by the re-
bells
Two unsuccessful assaults were made by
Sherman, but with the cooperation OF the cen-
ter he ultimately gained the position and com
pleted the victory. The brigade Of General
Schurz, with portion ofGeneral Lighthead's
brigade, composed the storming party. In
the first assault they we're repulsed with quite
heavy loss, after an attack persisted IN Tor an
hour, but being reinforced were enabled to
hold a part Of the hill. In this attack Cen
eral Coarse was wounded quite severely IN
the thigh The Thirty-seventh Ohio, Sixth
Iowa and One Hundred and Third Illinois
we're in the attack
A second assault was made at half past.one
p. NJ. in which Matthias, Loomis' and Raum's
briRades we're engaged. The force reached
within twenty yards of the summit of the hill
and works Of the enemy when they were
flanked and broke, retiring to the reserves.
In this assault General Matthias was wounded
and Colonel Putnam, of she Ninety-third
Ohio, killed Their persistent efforts com
PEELED the enemy to mass heavily on his right
in order to hold the position OF so much I'M
portance to him.
About three o'clock General Grant started
two columns against the weakened center,
aud in an hours desperate fighting succeeded
in breaking the center and gaining possession
of the ridge in which the enemy was posted
The main force of the enemy was driven north
ward toward Sherman, who opened on them,
and they we're forced to break and seek safety
in a disordered fight down the west slope OF
the ridge and across the Chickamauga.
We have taken not less than 5000 prison
ers, anu perhaps US ulau1 as iOiVVV'
General Hooker will probably intercept the
flying enemy in the vicinity of Rossvile ani
the region east of it. There are reports that
we have taken a whole corps.
Among the casualties are Lieutenant Col
onel Espy, Sixty-eghth Indiana Major Nc
Cawley, Tenth Iowa; Colonel 0mars, Nine.
tieth Illinois; Major Walker, Tenth Missouri
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart, Ninetieth Illinois,
Major Welch, Fifty sixth Illinois and Major
Innes, Sixth Iowa, who were wounded. Ma
ior Irwin, Sixth Iowa, killed. Full reports ol
the killed and wounded cannot be obtained, as
most of the killed were in Sherman's corps
and remained, at dark, in the hands of the
enemy The list will be telegraphed to-mor'
row.
Prisoners say that Bragg was on tho Ridge
Just be ore they were taken.
The successful storming parties CONSISTED
of Woods and Baird divisions on the righ
center.
Some Of our wounded we're left in the hand
of the enemy after General Sherman's unsuc
csssful assault, but we're ultimately recovered