, 1864-10-03
FROM GEN. GRANTS ARMY.
Fu1for Details Of shs late Movemea.
.-1ho Situation Below FeIsrabnrCs
MumQfs ofa Heavy Batt1o-0peratlon
At ketefabuFH.


Gppts 1*-k4FeAln&.
tse l0th aud 1StnsaE curps crossed the James
enen,'s works al coap,a's fsrn, tsilas the nsss G
II 10 the cncmys strong position at Chaptn'a blun
~. csI1ted By a.sault. ana go prisoners taken,
II" - sd9.ses R!,ss. Ct ;ss e.
sufered csns'dtEahle loss, bnt 10 what, c1.ent Il
II about se,en mi1ts ioa Ricemoad.
the extreme ten. It Ii believed to be Grsag& cav
atfJ engaging tha enemy. They We1t On i re:on.
nossauco IN the direction oi tie south side rstl-
soao bni tic fesa't u their trip has not bcoa AZ
The rebels hsve been back and forth to-day In
e.erJ direction, 1t one time mstchins OF towards
our ltft and again returning to Petersburg, ~ II
4stnR to Richmond. then appearing 1t se0s other
point, and f'na,ly going out Of sieht Altogether,
Il Ess3 & sss .se i& & vs ss %
pEess'on throughout the sc5et r1nks, and ihoQ-
tandt were reaoy to le1vo pn The rst opportunity,
Fossnx,s MoSnos. sspt. @I~ometrs py tho
netptal stesntf arrival hese give additional par.
lcula.r regarding the action sa tho north tide OF
IL 9os. S:p
around 1s.ennaond. 1,trne1's corp. e,ined "a In.
Al aeeounts, iRno thu: lie eoiofsd Troops b..
,S:n. oid's wound is '1lsh'. cen.puzaa.n VA.
Latest repo,ts tto1 cur army on The nor.h slde
o. the JAoes rtvot repsesTnt esee3thsng h.ahy o.
oo ass' &c Taa % az
dnvtn III: tneny befcee them Ia eont1sl"s. vi
had about 80 wounded ia the action Of Thlrsdsy,
ssl;gsa w. 65os,
recstvtd d1spatches from BhtEtaap, detai,tng his
succeastuI operations stncs the last report. Thsy
az GATED It uA1sttonousg, IA, atn and ooth SIP.
Secretary stanton says no report Of tho opera.
tlons tu lront Of RIchmopd and Petersburg. later
ihsn biz telegram OF last night. has reached the
Department.
"A REVIEW OF RECENT AovEuEyrs,
NV Soax. Sunday. Sept. a.-The Huusds 5:h
camp It p. u. on the ssfh. md, bJ ssptd msseb,
Hs9 ess:sd S,. the Jsss !h
they met he enemy and e1irulahed up roads Eud
acro+s ne)ds nAutsr the Now Market rnsd. This
3D. The position, in addition to ita strong lssu
r. ehalater. VA rendered deabiy formidable 81
troopf, under Gen. Pslue, ven ords1ed to 99 ran9
this position. The1r charge vas ons Of the s1and
ts.ases Of the opeEs.ian, ot DC day; Tha1 never
thiAned ~ theJ advanced successfully TO rus ID.
fns,sn, .Ed .ent them rapidly down thc road 10
Generals Grant and Botler came Oh tho dela dur
ing tbs stfuRfle. and were enthaslasucaliy re-
Ces1Su " tae tfpopt. WhEn the 3oT1nef rode qIouK
the liBea the Ahouts and choe1s OF ths men were
without example,. Three miles above SeWmsrket
the eneny have resJ strong work, but B,fney
psttted ht9 adyantaRe: and puf1ued the retreaE1nr
rebels 10 closely tA2t they could not ktop Ia fnfrYn
in tbeir WORKS. TWO milet further on the rehrla
faveA strong line OF reeouhta, perfect in thsir
saen sfs snttr7. ii a1e ss
column Of troops thtouxh them. Thaee xnrSs
eroes ,hs Newmarket roAd Jnas beyond Tho Isnrrl
Hin church, and thetf guns aWeep tho rosds In Iii
directions. Ger. Bfney 1t ou:e determined fn
ca1rJ tueh Of teote works ~ lsy In his truut b.
Ee1 tsA11rfAcat, FtconnotteT1pg the ground him.
fel. amid 4 storm Of shells hare uerer seen tuF.
parse u
They we.u met BIZ 4 nuzdcons dse Of etape anj
vo1kea horrible havoc IN 4heIr ranks st1.i un
n:etvenfer csttt Of open land ihsy we.e expo,ed
to 4 ffiShlfbl eodladtng dra OF artlIery and sha
cafua1t1ta wc5e terrible. Sdil III" r.s pressed
forward On 0ppsoachtng the redonb:. they xete
found Alen more forutdabe thaa at' drst .np-
the rrtel lnfauIsy literally moved shem dawn,
The forts were 4unouhdtd By hroad ditch, utshf
!ett deep, into which rome Of the eo1orcd troops
Iespeo. cn1v to md thentelFtd pc1ned n.
with To- door Of xetge.t. rtese works
bad no .ally poTta and Wets Aeeeski1le only By
ofaw-hftdges 0Tef ibe d1tchos. Theee, Of course,
EeIf drawn up. and The line Wa v1thtr1wa to The
until nieht when = denonatsarion wis made
sRa1ntt tho works IN the ostch, Of which our men
were Coessd up, thus giving them - opportunity
to teeape. Though m 1dyance up tho road OF frou
tslt TO threequsfteT1 Of mile was accomplish
I'd, It sott q dearly. Tne eoros lost oves 1900
men klleo sndwaonted. ~ the Sane hne this NAs
gong On hautx cavalry dashed boldly up 70 tte