Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-23
enemy made charge on our left center, striking

enemy made charge on our left center, striking
! full on Custar's front.
As this column approached We prepared to
meet il, sabres we're drawn and all was cot ready
0a came the rebels with their sabres flashing and
with hideous yells. scattering themselves 70
make their line of attack nefce as possible just
"a they got within pistol range of Custer his bri-
gade went forward reoklessy upon the foe.
Then, too, the whole OF Avefllfs line dashed
forward 70 flank the attacking party. but the
rebels could not stand this attack and gave way,
aud on went our chargers cutting and slashing
through their ranks. About this time a cavalry
line pitched on the infantry line when constant
fighting. charging. &c became frequent along
the whole line, and at one time, Schoemaker's
brigade of Averill's division, charged and took
fortified hill in view of Winchester, Powel's br-
gade of the same division making and receiving
charges under a heavy fire from Fort jackson
Wiers artillery was engaged in shelling the re-
doubts in front of Winchester, Merritts division
keeping up heavy demonstration on the left of
the pike, and Crooks corps advancing and at
tacking the rebel batteries opposite this side Of
Red Bird creek, the enemy's corps pouring
rapid fire in on the left of Crook. Wright's
corps doing the same on the left of the enemy,
and Wilson's cavalry cutting in towards the ene
my 5 rear far to the other side OF the Berryville
pike.
The whole OF this could be seen by one per
son. At about the same time that Crooks in
fantry was attacking the rebel batteries, General
Averi's cavalry flanked the enemy's extreme
left and occupied the summit of the heights west
of Winchester
The enemy was then turned out of the works
known as Star Fort.
This was very annoying and several efforts
were made before the enemy was obliged to
leave
As soon as Gen Crooks infantry got in line
to advance on the main front brigade of Gen
Averil's cavalry was sent around to cut off
their retreat when the enemy skedadded in
great haste.
Very soon after this the rebels could be seen
dashing out through the main street of the town,
taking the road to Strasburg.
The Army and Navy Journal of last week
says:
We know that the Lieutenant General believes
that he has the enemy in his grasp. We do not
speak from idle rumors or from conjectures
foun1ed on speculations upon his movements;
whatever momentary dash of dependency may
have crossed him once has gone.
The Herald's Washington special dispatch
says:
On Sunday last detachments of the 18th AMI
10th New York Cavalry, numbering 400 men,
commanded by Colonel Locelles, by direction of
Major aneral Augur, made a reconnaissance
from here 10 the railroad bridge across the
Rapidan, which was destroyed well as the
bridge at Liberty
A rebel quartermaster's depot. containing a
considerable amount of stores, and mill in
which were stored 900 barrels of -four were
DESTROYED, and 900 mules and forty prisoners
were captured.
On the way back the reconnoitering party fell
in with a division of rebel cavalry at Culpepper
going to reinforce Early
Being greatly outnumbered they fell back
towards Washington They arrived here this
morning Loss twenty three men.
Most of the captured mules aud some of the
prisoners were necessarily abandoned.
The steamer Eagle. from Havana on l7th,
states that the Spanish troops were drawn from
| Porto Plsna TO Monte Christie
Nenezuea adyiees report all quiet there, and
that the gold mines yielding largely.
The rebel steamer Denbigh arrived at Havana
on the 18th. from Galveston; also, the Susanna
! from Houston.
The latter had only seventy out of three hun
dred bales of cotton, having thrown overheard
over two hundred bales 20 escape an American
I cruiser
The steamer Honeysuckle, from Key West,
reports the arrival there of the captured steamer
Matagorda with six hundred bales of cotton.