The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

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wAanrxaTnN. Sept. 10.-MessGngsrs who
have 1fivel ~ the mail steamek ffom CITY
Point state hat general engageansnt -.
AWeen the Two armies was c0naldefod
| iInmInent when they left. Heavy s3k1xm-
iShing and artillery firing were In progrses
near the Weldon railroad.
It Is generally believed here that gen.
eral engagement took place on the SOUTH
sAds e f.ssr;Se9F n ven Oh fn Snany herr q
tfor some time that Gen. Grant was bring
ling up all the troops that could be made
Available. in order to strengthen his LETT
| It is now thought Gen. Grants plan has
been TO 80 strengthen his forces as 70 guard
| his lines of communication to the weldon
road 90 he could swing the main body OF
This army rapidly around so as to strike the
Danyills read, thus cutting the only line Of
communication leading directly South and
leave the enemy dependent upon the
Lvnchburg r0ad-a precartous and stormy
apex at this time for supplies.
The movements of the Army Of the P0-
tomac have 30 persistently been directed To-
this point-the Danville Road-and the en-
that vicinity, that q great battle cannot be
delayed long, even II one has not already
taken place. Lee has evidently feared
some such maneuver and has therefore
sought to withdraw a portion of Early's
force from the, Shenandoah Valley for the
purpose Of aiding an assault which should
discomfort the plans OF Gen. Grant "a this
connection. II -
The visit of Gen. Grant to Gen. Sheridan
last week IL highly significant. &.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 2l.--The Times Wash
ington special Of the 10th, says: Gen. Sher-
idan's grand success near Winchester Is
rated rs the first victory achieved by the
national arms in the Shenandoah Valley,
but Il IL 30 magnificent in it, proportions
as completely TO wipe out the long serie: Of
reverses which have given 20 that region
thedesignation Of the valley Of humiliation.
The lnss to the enemy In killed, wounded
and prisoners will, il 10 believed, reach not
less than Il, 900, while the circumstances Of
the defeat leave Early's army in condi-
ton little short Of riot and decentralization.
The bearing of this operation on the great.
or problem Immediately before Cen. Grant
is Of capital importance, and will 60 far to
decide the fate of Lees army and Rich
mond. The tremendous importance Of
Lynchburg in covering the now only re.
manning line Of railroad Communication
with Richmond has compelled Lee to re-
tain in the valley full half Of his entire
force, and Notwithstanding the terrible
to meet the movements Of Grant, the fatal
menace which the present situation Of She
ridan's army in the valley constantly held
forth has forced Lee to submit to them on
peril oflosing LyDchburg. The army COW
erinR that point has by Sherfdan's splen-
did success become dispirited and demon
allied, and we may at length lookfor the
which has always been an integral part OF
Gen. Grants programme Of operations for
the captureof Richmond. Other cooper |
alive movements, not proper now for pub. |
lie mention, may be expected, and those
best informed in military circles feel the
assurance that We shall take Richmond be-
fore the Presidential election.
New YORK, Sept 22-The Herald
Washington special says that on Sunday
York cavalry, numbering In the aggregate
400 men, commanded by Col. Lucelles. by
OF tMsj. Gen.: Augur. made =
from here to the railroad
bridge across the Rapidan, which was de-
stroyed as well as the bridge at Liberty, a
rebel quartermaster's depot, containing a
amount of stores. and . Mill
also destroyed, and 200 mules and 40 pris-
oners captured. On the way back the
party fell in with a division Of rebel
cavalry at Culpepper, going to reinforce
Early. being greatly Outnumbered they
fell back toward Washington and arrived
here this morning with = loss of only %
men, some of the captured mules and some
Of the prisoners were necessarily aban-
doned. AssA
NEW YORK, 22.-The Commercials Wash.
ington special says that the lst Columbia
cavalry, who lost the cattle the other day,
were dissatisfied at being brought from
Washington unpaid, and had declared
they would not light.
It is believed here that Early will make
. stand at Strasburg. The advantages Of
position are great there, but three divis.
ions of cavalry will b able to outhank the
position. Faa