The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-30
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ushs yesterday naorrlng on the Let. aud
! conunsea without lrtsfmiss.on uDil sncss
8 O'Clock. when . desperate eesnuit Wa
made upon atavenscn's division, which wAs
repa,ssd haniaonslS, with heavy loss to tsa
enemy Tbis 10 the fourth assAuis thas has
been made upon tais point, fssatnss IN
heavy lass to tho caepy. A battery was run
up within two hundred yards of Ssuareo
lire. and opsatd . terrible Gre. Our sharp-
| shooters killed ssery goanef ADD horne. ms
battery thus disabled Wa hastily abandoned.
Lest night G. IL o'c.eck the cncuy advanced
! on oar extsems right, where they wee ana
bcseaded ~ Clebnrne's dselssor, VINO tol-
lowed up with . charge, when rouesd TAG
esemy CEN pleteb leaving 1Se prisoners, In
GLIDING brigade commander. Together wna
! taeir dead aud wounded. u our hanae. The
eaemy,a icxs IL this siIAr was between nva
aud SIX thocseui. Tie Conduct OF 0rAn-
buys brigade Is hlgaiy sposea Of Gran
bury received siignt wound, but "a eth tn
| the field. Brisk diminishing began again
tssis n oyn,ug a. stsli continues On thu ex-
Srsns left. Tia enemy are nass'nS on their
| lest this morning, snd heavy fanny ts szsa-
larry Continues Up to !! O'clock
{sxooso DISTANCE
Nav EoYx, via Marietta. May SS.-The
enemy are massed Ia our front on thasouih
side OF PcupkIn tsue Creek. There was
very heavy artillery aud Uusketry skirmish
Yesterday, from sunrise to dark, principally
- our right wing, " hen Il ceased, and was
resusaed about midEigh. We captured be-
~ cen two and three hundred rsisoners,
anerg them Lieut. Col Eambliss. OF the kash
Ohio, Aai't Hotter, aud three Lleu.eusa:s.
Oar forces ard inspirited With great conf
denec In their com ns Ede., and .hs:r ability
to defeat the enemy. Every man Is anxious
for general engagement 70 take place,
waieh Will probably DO to-day. sk!rmislsnS
Il nov go:g on tonight on tina right sod
eentra Llsas Col Fambl;ss rerorss 0eaesA
Wallack severely wounded "a tbs action ct
Resaca.
fin RID DISPATou.
New HoFR. May 2s!h, <v.a MIistts.l-
Gen CsabuTn's dlvis.oa engaged tic 4ih army
corps under Howard, about O'Clock this
morning, end, sttes desperate contest. sig
usllJ repalss3 the enemy, With loss O. be.
tw--n avo aad seven thousand We cap
,ured between $50 and 500 .r;soneTs, ezcia-
sive Of wounded, sad Immense quantities OF
arus aud aosoupts sUeotA. Gen G. ss5a the
sneDy's dead we're piisd thicker than he
ever saw before. Between go aud ], coo deed
were JET close up TO h's front. Their Lee
of bseastworks ip front Of Lorinx's command
was abandoned. Oar loss VII! probably
number four or five hundred. ekirusshing
ia still going on, aud the snemy's left grad
uAlly giving way.
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NEW HOPE hey g -Granhnry's brigade
was placed Ia action at 5 Il yesterday
when the enemy attempted to turn or Tank.
We he'd no deisrces except few boughs and
stones hastily collected By the cavalry, which
held the position SIS skir1nishe-s before the
brigade came up. The engagement innsci.
aseiy became furicus, and ragged with UNA
bsted violence uasil 8 ? e. The enemy's
Inca Te1s sd7aneed within Eve PAGES Of ou5s
several times aud were at Gil roints re-
pulsed.
Having 30 enppor...he brigade WIS not II
lowed to hazard Its position by charge az.
I'll u u, when Wa;ths,is brigade arrived
aud tock position Immediately La tAe:s resi-.
The charge was then sounded, ana tie tsi.
Gaas swept through tho woods, setahing
three lines Of baltic viihont firing gan,
ond capturing many prisoners.
Dsfihan's regsmeat, Of 9ovan's brigade,
vss detached st b11 2. ~, and se1t to the
right Of 0rsabuzfy's, which was bsing out
aanksd, s'ri7eS in tro, charged aud dro7e
the eSaH7.
Bsr,bsmS less ives g killed cad 90 wound.
ed; 0rsabuSry's, % killed., l3 wounded, end
8 missing. The eaeDy left $50 dead on the
6eis, and large member Of Wounded
Those dead were all killed By BeTkhams
Askansas regiment, which was separats1
from Granhuizy's line by sp interval Of one
hundred Pecea. The iose in Granburry's
immediate front u not lses than 800 killed,
900 TO ]. ao wounded, and many captured.
The pris oners rep Il Major Cen Howard
johnson and Brig Gen Kirg wounded.
The diminishing continued Until night!all,
the enemy eoustsnsly emitting their posi-
lions from the centre to the lett,