Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1864-10-22
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FIR I'M the Selma jNla.) Il urtrr Oct ~.
RIrHMuSD, Oct. l.-NO alIcFpi 10 carry
battery Harrison by assault has hrrn re-
ported to-day. III" firing. this afternoon,
bclnw Richmond. exceeded in mpiIiIy aud
volume OF sound any cnnnonaiimg heard III
the city since the war commenced, aud pro-
duccl lively excitement. Ihc cn,Isr o. the
firing was ,h"app.o .oacn OF kanzs cavalry
towards iuIrlmrii,tr line Of dclcncrs, whrn
our batteries opened on the RAIDERS AMI
dave them back.
Official Dispatches from Gen. Lee, this
af ernoun, report to the Scc,rlary OF war
the inllwing: On yesterday evening 1t.
Gen. Hill tackled the enemy in.unlrl,
wno lnh broken lhrongh II portion of the
line held 10y our artillery on So Iirrcl Level
Ro,pl and drove them back. Gen Hill re-
ports that The" are srvc,ely punished and
lou. hundrrd PRISONERS captured. Gen.
Hampton was operating On The enemy ysr ght
aud ur"ve them. capturing Two stands oi
coIo,s and about five hundred prisoners,
Including four Culoncls aud thirteen other
o iiccls. Fairly reports that all tn" enemy y
cavalry has retired towards Harrisunb,rg.
and shat there is now no enemy south of
North Anna river. Echols reports the pas.
sage of the Wam,auga by the enemy, who
rested f. ON noon OF 24tl till dark "f the
3Oli on DEFAULTS roai, when he was routed
by Gen. CaIrby aud Duke and driven in the
direction of Jnneghoro. At Carriers station
Ie WAS repu5rd 10y Gen. Vaughan. toi.
Gitner is operating against a body ndT"n-
cling up Sandy River.
special dispatch 10 the Evening Wing
reports as follows from Petersburg to day:
Burns .des cops advanced south Of Pc
tersburg across Vaughan 10 Squirrel Lev
el road yesterday, and d,slogc,I our forces
from the breasfHorks Oh Pecbies farm. four
miles from The city and distant II ME n nd
n hall from their former lines. Our forces
resisted strongly but were Overwhelmed I'M.
til Gen. Hampton came up, chec! ed and
drove ihrm bac =. Tie battle piogiess,d Il
holly hut lavorahly. Iie enemy we're dr "
en- hack to the wo!ks tuken from iS on Pee
hles farm, when the darkness oSed further
bostiltcs. Our forces captured one hun
dred and twenty pr snnrrs, amongst Them
several COlonels AMI o. her fell officers.
Being Hanked ~ superior numbcrs, ",
were compelled TO retreat with the loss "f
one cannon, and eighty killed, wnuni"d and
prisoners. After gaining this advantage,
the enemy pressed forward in the direction
OF the Boy nton plank road, one mlir, but
were met on Il. Ii. Jones plantation by " il
cox. Most OF the prisoners who arrived III
town report The Yankee loss very heavy.
Ours not fully known, ut is comparatively
slight Some tghu & III morning, but the
enemy hold our capture WORKS.
RICHMOND, Oct. 2.-Fnris Gilmcr and
J ,hnson have shelleh Battery Harrison
nearly all day ; otherwise, ali quiet nj the
front. Our exterior l,ne III good spirits.
PETERSBURG, Oci. l.-AhUut Ii c.Uck last
evening, arrangements being competed,
our forces attacked he enemy who had bare
ly gained possession Ut sume OF oar breast
works, west OF the Weldon iniIoad, and
di0ye them back some distance, capturing
over one thousand prisoners. Our luss
slight. Fighting was renewed this morn
ing, and tllr firing has nearly ceased but
results unknown.
5P. M.-The enemy after taking our
breast works last night, pressed forward
sone two miles until met by our forces and
driven back upwards Of mile. Early this
morning our ioIccs again attacked the enc
my and succeeded in disluging them FROM n
portion OF on, last works but failing 10 re-
lake all the works, reliuquished possession
OF those rccnptured. Upwards of 4JJ more
prisoners we've caplur, this morning.
The slaughter OF the enemy yesterday
evening was very heavy. General officers
say it was surpassed only by that at Spott.
syhania courthouse. The Yankee forces
engaged were principally the 9th and 9TH
corps. Many new recruits were among
them.
The enemy were running cars along the
line Of railroad to the place Of fighting, all
, night and all day, it is suppose', bringing
ieInfol cemenls. Heavy rains were falling
all day. The fighting was resumed this
evening. Our cavalry were heaNi yengag.
ed y,sIerdny aud to day, and captured u
number OF prisoners yesteriay. The battle
all going on well aud good results aaticipa-
ted. uur losses slight thus far.
PETLRsBURG, Oct. 2.-1he telegram Of
yesterday sand, that our forces, had, Tor
while recnprurrd and then relinquished our
hiens. works captured rom our cavalry on
FRIDAY. The facts are, our infantry charg-
ed and drove the enemy from line Of
hreHsIw works which they had thrown up in
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