The sun., 1864-11-02
Southern News.
Rebel Accounts OF the Last AtircL.

The lsicAmonl papers are largely occupied with
accounts Of General Grants recent operations on
both sides OF the james River. and claim victory
az the result. The following oAis'.l dispatches
from Gcncrsl Lcc publishci;
Ne ,dquirfers army Northern vnJjni1.- Hon.
James 4. Sedtjn, Secr'tdrP ~ va. Tic tiuvc-
meat ~ tie enemy a. list our len to-day "as rt-
pu,so rwo a'teLs Hp1n our ne, "cr" made
one hc,Wcou the Hcarico P1cg House Gul The
Charlie. t'ty Road, tho other on the Williamsburg
road. Stsefai hundred prisoners aud four stand -
col rs were captured. bpr loss very s'gh. On
the S1uihsdH the enemy G., ssri EJwautv trct
below Burgess NIL. and iotccd back the cavalry
n lLe afternoon. General II "a attached, and at
first drove them, hut fund I "m IN too strong
force Afterwards tho enemy attacked snd weic
rcpllscd Th,y still hold the plank road at Eur-
rcs.' An. Heth took some colprs ant prsoner1.
o. The 25tl.. Colonel Moschy, near Bunker II \,
captured Brga,iicr-Gcncral buiie and several other
pri 1ncrs number q horses, and killed NUM-
Der Of lle onefny. He sustlnel no loss
R.EIBx.
SECOND nispATcH.
HeliquGyiers r1ng oJ hor'hSrn Vtrg'nn, oct
.sH. N.-Hon. Jamcs A Scddon, Sec5ttiry 0J
Var General A. +, II II reports tAIt tho attack
of GoLc-1l ilcth upon the enemy mp the BovdtOu
plank road mentioned in ny dispatch of last even,
In, WAS made by three hriEsIts under General
Mnhone n front, and General Hampton in tl.e rear.
Mahluc captured four hundred prisoners, three
sands of color+ and s.y peces OF artillery. The
latter l4lt ff " lNHN OF, llt' tuf'tlJ
possession of the bridge H. tie attack subso-
uueutly ulcc ty the enemy Genorpl Malone broke
three nes o battle ari Ggiiug the night the enc
my retired ir,m The UIytt'u plank H4, lcayIn :,
lis wo'Ii l,d bud more q al tvo hundred and hi.y
dead On tht ftd About o'clock = NJ, small
force s-'.ulted and took p sscsr on o. our W 10 =
on tie HlXtcr road, IN front ot Petersburg, hut
were soon driven on. On TIE WillaWsourS road
Yesterday General Field captured over lour hundred
IN soncrs aud seven STANDS 4 co,rs. The enGmy
Iu.t Luuhcr Of dead IN font q or works aLl
returned 10 h.s former post.on today.
Il. 4. LEI.
Tho ENQr,gfn gives the following details:
l.e general view of the ssirmishnp below
Richmond On Thursday, given ~ US on Yesterday,
requires no important mo4f3a or. u c ni,ace !
of the enemy we're ca,.l iclultc, 0ad our hs-
| uatcs wuI1 b rare tlat there was little h.y out
the ucfC mention Ol tie eLC.aN IS 0.s.uuntuio to
| rrcorl. Inc movements OF our r'ups were tea
uful, and the aldcrity " IN which or meA met and
rcpu.soi every assault OF lie enemy, "as ycnspcu-
/ oLa. Bat the cucuy did not come up % the work
/ ~.th uIat drlukoI madness which MS dolttlc' "a
/ expected OF them, md such ~ ".ilGNraici thc!r
/ va ~ IN tic summer campaign, "hcl lie an
! NAsfeS were 10th cheap N tie n-nice amy
! OR casualties, all told, an uut t. tL.Iy men
WuuncCl ami como halt "a dozen kL.oI Tue cnc-
. IN lost many L led aud wounded, trl.i.s hice
hundred aid eighty eight prisoners. Ire heA'hs
] al Petersburg commenced Gbout sunrise on Our cX,
7 trcrac right. Tie encray at,acacj, ~ ic-tug a
ho4yy tlr,c from the rear Of lis nan l.le pgA.ult
our p sluou On the Eoydtou plank rJ.L. N
mO.l.uClt, occurring somewhat IN tic naturc o. O
surpr go, proved success, 50 tar Us advancing Ns'
,on'crucu. We los. me three hundred Ipen,
KILLED, wuunlcd ana captured, Oh oily tho laucr
As ,oOr, however, rs tho N Jvement became wei
deaned GcE1sl usG st'sesed tie enemy aIG