, 1864-08-21

nothing but the enemy's pickcts. He ad-
yanced from this townrds Petersburg. Meet
irg the enemy, he had considerable lighting
during the day, suffering some 1oss and In
dIct1ng 1oss on the enemy, have no dis
patches showing the extent Of damages.
Git PoET, Aug. 10, $50 p. m.-Our |
troops are firmly f1ed acroee the Weldon road |
There has been little or no fighting to-day,
either south Of Petersburg or north OF the |
James river. Warren represents that the |
euemI's dead In considerable numbers were
tound In his front unburisd-
General Birney te1egzaphs General Butler |
~ follows:
HEADQUARTERS 10TH ARAT CoRps, Aug.
1o.-The enemy attacked my line in heavy
force last night, aud were repulsed with
great 1oes. Infront OF our colored regiments
eiahty.two dead bodies Of the enemy are
counted. The colored troops behaved
handsomely, and arc In fine spirits. The as+
sault was in column, division strong. and
we could and would have carried the works
If they had not been 60 well defended. The
cnems'e loss Was at least one thousand
{sigue6) D. B. B1nsEr. Maj. Gen.
We have great deal OF rain this week
and very grateful change In the tenpeFa-
ture.
Cr1T Po1x1, Friday, Aug. 19-9p. H..
The enemy came out this evening On War
ren's right, driving In the plckets connecting
t.,kr fr.n n.,f fef 1f r3A f11
the Jerusalem flank Road, and forcing them
back.
uEApqrAR1Ens, ARxr OF THE PoroxAc,
Auguet 1s-EyentuE. {
This morning at 2 o'clock, the 5th Corps
etarted On an expedition to cut the Weldon
Railroad at Reim's Station, taking four days
| ratione. This corps WIS Withdrawn from
the left front come days ago and has been on
the reserve since. They reached the railroad
about O'Clock, and the 1st division being
in the advance, had skirmieh With force
| Of the enemy stationed there to protect the
rosd- They fell back rapidly, however, and
the loss On either aide WIS light After
t placing the troops In line to meet any attack
HhIch night be msde, the work Of tearing up
t6etsack was commenced and prosecuted
with yigor for several hours, bat abo1t noon
they were interrupted at their labor By the
appearance Of the enemy, who were adsanc.
ing along the railroad from Petersburg In
line Of battle. They proved to be Hills
corps, which had been lying In reserve for
the past few dsYs, and advanced At double
quick, as coon as they became aware Of our
intention. The I'd division, Gen. Ayers
commanding, held the advance on the rail-
road, the Sd and 4th divisions supporting on
the right, while the LIT division WAS
placed to cover the LEFT and prevent sny eur.
Prise in that direction. The attack on the
ID division was very determined, but ou1
men met 1t eallantly, driving the rebels
back In handsome style, with heavy loss
After repeated attempts to force our lines
the rebels finally, a5ter two hours lard
fighting, gave up the idea and fell back cont
distance, keeplrg up flfe NIL the afternoon
from their batteries aud skirmishers.
The 18th New Tork Heavy ARTILLERY par
ticu1arly distinguished itself in this engage
ment- Its commander was severely wound
ed. The movement WAS Z complete surptiss
TO the enemy, the rebel pickets stationed II
the vicinity being 50 astonished that the.
had hardly time to escape. Some few pzis
oners were taken, several Of whom wer
| wounded.
The track is torn up Tor orer mile. On
troops still held the position 1t dark to
i night, and tomorrow they will c:mp1etel:
destroy the ties and rails Of the railroad, uu
lees the rebels ehall visit the neighhorhoo,
: In too strong force.
Tho loss on our side WIS shout 800, ANON,
whom VIA Lieut. Col Piesson, Of the sou
!. Massachusetts,.
: new ToRK, August a0.-The Rs has III
i following special:
UAsu1sGros,. August oo-Therc Is n
1 news Of importance from Grant The mt,
5 m:ytment on the northern side Of the J1mc
t River Ia progressing fasorably, and gratitj
q ing results are confidently anticipated,
+ NV ToRK, Aug. D-Tha Nav Tor
). 7F,bxe's eos7esp.udence dated the 1871
s from Grants ernT, says: Tho tn'!lcsnons II
! ttat there IL TO be IN Immediate action on
i grand scale eore ehete along onr strztegl
line The msschfur A. countermszchtu
divisions AZ 4 army corps are such that 1t
- impossible for n1bodJ but Grant to te
~ht1e. :,
., FROM &T'. LOUIS.