Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-12
Yesterday ArternOon,s Report.
FROM GER. GRANT-

NEw YORK, Oct. IL.
| The Hsrctds 9Th corps correspondence of
the 9Th, says, this morning the division of
Gen. Wilcox, holding the centre of our
line, made an advance with the Intention
Of advancing our position and reconnoiter-
ing that of the enemy. The force making
the reconnaissance consisted of brigades Of
dartstuf, and that lately conducted by
Col. Sp- er.
An advance was made of over a rnile
and half under slight skirmishing. when
the 9th Massachusetts commanded by Col.
Mclaughlin, was fred upon BY the enemy
and some Is men were lost.
The accommodating party was accompa-
MED by Captain Twitchoh with his battery
of the 4th Massachusetts,, but no opportr-
nifty wss afforded for using the pieces.
The deduction from the reconnaissance
IS that the enemy is not in foree this side
Of Petersburg or the ApDomattox. and
that an effort on our part will force them
to new line upon the latter mentioned
river
This is the amount of the, information
which gather this morning.
NEW York, Oct. II.
In al the rebel accounts of the affair
on Friday, they make cut that the sever
est fighting was done in the attack on
Kautz, while our accounts represent the
heaviest part of the engagement to have
taken place after the route of Kautz.
The fact may be that the rebels NAV
have been made to pay dearly for their
victory over Kautz, as they were armed
with repeating rifles, and it was in thf
attack that the rebels lost General Gregg
and several other officers
The Times correspondent sums up the
affair as follows:
We lost eight guns "a set-off how
ever, we captured seventeen last Thursday
We slaughtered and wounded at least ], 900
of the enemy exclusive of what injury
Kautz inflicted on them, besides taking
100 prisoners.
Most Of the enemY's killed and wounded
were left on the field
Considering their losses in men, they
bought their guns dearly, although we
must give them the credit Of killing, dis
abling and capturing about 400, in addi-
tiOn to the guns.
Looking at the matter from all points Of
view, we claim very decisive victory. We
can afford to lose guns but the rebels can
not afford TO lose the large numbers they
lost to-day in capturing them.
They signally failed in their object Of
lanking US, and will scarcely be likely to
resume the experimental least for some
time.
They also suffered as severely as We in
the loss Of artillery horses. One of their
bat tteries was drawn off the field by hand
The HsTaLEs correspondent at Buffers
headquarters, dated the 9Th, says:
s5He has been throughout the lines of the
Army of the James River and believes
that if several large armies were united
with the object Of dislodging his army they
would not only suffer erimmensely, but would
seriously risk defeat. These works and
their maIntainance are necessity to the
taking of Richmond and the country may
congratulate itself that the army of the
James River has the position.
On the 8th, six hundred and seventy
Union exchanged prisoners were brought
down from Richmond in sd iition to the
six hundred and twenty the day before.
The rebel prisoners and deserters contin-
ue to come in daily.
The rebel papers announce the esrturs
of Kautz's Adjutant--hOW the general
came, not to share the same fate is told by
the correspondent of the Times as follows.
When Kautz was returning in the rear
of his column with a few of his staff Off
| GERS and orderlies he came upon an entire
rebel regiment at least one mile from the
road where the attack commenced This
regiment had some of his men prisoners.-
At the sight of their general the men call
ed out to him to dash back which he did.
and escaped bya path. His adjutant, Cap
tain Nash, was with him at the time, but is
now missing.