The New York herald., 1864-08-22

usual quiet on our side No casualties reported.
The enemy cavalry are making some dsmonsTations
on our tight ths morning.
SECOND DssPATcu.
force Of the Fifth corpe OF the enemy assisted by o..
vary, succesded in reschsg the Weldon Railroad ust
above the sx Mile station. tearing up part Of the ra
Virginia and Davis Mississippi brgades coming upon the
raiders, sharp ngbt ensued the result Of which not
fully ssosr.ipsd One hundred and atty esh. prisoners
including eight ooers captured in tho night. have Or.
rived here The enemy In retreat by latest advices.
The prisoners say the move had twofold object-to
draw troops from our front, 10 order, possible TO
charge our works, and secondly TO break the road.
The Operations ON tho North Side OF the
tiOn OF Deep BoSrOm-BattIe or the
White favern-r rhe Attack ON the Re-
Bel Line Near CHARLES City Road, sc.
Every body knows by this time where Deep Bottom is
II they do not 1t certainly fault Of ours have
on more than one occasion endeavored by written
scripton 70 supply tho place Of map the locality.
Five miles west OF Deep ttom and nearer the city 10
Chaihn's Bun. From Chatn's Bluff We have line Of
works ana deiences which almost due north TO the
Chickahominy, at New Bridge After leaving Chaffn's
this line Of deences Crosses the Osborre road then
north, the Charles City road; then the Williamsburg
road. and lastly, the New Bridge road The Osborne
street, southeast from Richmond, following the
Of James river The New Market road branches off
from the Osborne road two miles below the city and runs
to New Market, mile and half north OF Deep Bottom
The Williamsburg road leaves the city at Fulton's H
point about three hundred yards north OF the exit Of the
Osborne road and from the cry Bottom
Bridge, the Chick ahominy, and thence 10 Williams
burg Two miles from the city the Da.bytown road
by southeast direction io the New Market road
mile below Deep Bottom. Two miles further down the
Williamsburg road the Charles City road also branches
south q the city, runs into cross road known
~ the Quaker rosd, which leads from Turkey Bend,
on James river; northwardly across Malvern Hill and
white Oak Swamp bridge TO Bottoms Bridge.
BATTLE OF THE WHITE TAVERN.
On the Charles City road six miles from the city and
just beyond our outer works. Is point known as the
White Tavern. This point on Sunday and Monday, was
tho extreme left OF our line The euemy's dismounted
cavalry Moaday moved up this road in heavy
Our cavalry net them below the White Tavern, and,
about ten O'Clock NJ, fight begun, which lasted until
in the evening. In the the day We
the enemy back about two miles, in the direction OF
Deep Bottom an cures Neck. Late In the evening ~
were pressing the enemy's cavalry came upon his
infantry, who In turn, forced back about half mile,
when night put an end to the fight.
Early yesterday morning the enemy again advanced up
the New Market road. this time with cavalry, artillery
and infantry His cavalry force heavier than the
sisted OF the Second Ninth and Tenth corps numbering
together not less than forty thousand About
O'Clock N. this immense force struck cavalry and
drove them back into earthworks Here cavalry
and small force Of infantry held them In check for
considerable length u tme during which the enemy
made several fierce assaults in heavy columns the devoted
negro troors OF Burnside leading every charge The
slaughter Of negroes these assaults exceeded anything
that occurred at Petersburg the memorable 30th Of
This was an unequal contest. The enemy's line over
Tapped the left while they still engaged all OF our
attention by hurting heavy masses our front. We
at length fanked left, and the enemy drove
from position. taxing it rs said about mile Of
our works. The fight was however, kept up by our
tirtnR forces until the arrival OF renforceents,
after desperate and bloody battle drove the enemy
IRON entire line.
The battle proper began about eight O'Clock A. NJ and
was waged with varying fury until focr O'Clock in the
evening.
The enemy's loss In this battle very great,
learn from number Of We have heard esti
mate Of loss Brigadier General Chambliss Is re-
ported 10 have been wounded and taken prisoner in the
first onslaught OF the enemy. There also q repor
that General Wade Hampton had bean killed; but thI
is more than doubtful.
This a serious and determined effort OF Grant Il
turn left and force che abandonment OF New Marke
HIN, and, perhaps Chain's Bluff Its result Ia highly
satisfactory to us.
OFFICIAL.
An ocia despatch received last night states that th
enemy yesterday made determined attack lin
between the Darbyown and Charles City road and at
time broke through but he repulsed and orgina
positions reoccupied.