The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-30

ton to achieve success which could scarcely fail Of
grand results. And now the enemy, having massed
their artillery, pour forth deadly raking fire Of
shot, SHE'LL grape, shrnpnel and canister but our
brave men heed it not and press onward, deter
mined to win victory or fall in the effort The
abattis and underground In front Of the enemy $
works had to be parted and avenues for entrance
made in the face of deadly musketry as well as
artillery fire, but braves, Needless Of all danger,
and resolved those works, push aside the brush
and destroy tho abatts and reach thewoks NJ small
squads and not in linz. Here vigorous hand-to-
hand fight ensued over The woik with pistols, bayo-
nets and the but-eT,1s Of the mHskets, until suf-
cency Of our force had gotten up 10 form the line sf
battle anew; then, springing sever the enemy's
works, they swept rapidly down them, capturing
and driving before them all of the enemy's
force engaged in the hghp = a point some
distance southeast Of Reamss station; and, in
der to encourage their hasty retreat and to. in
crease their speed, whilst. SO laudably engaged
our infantry boys manned the artillery which we
captured and poured into the retreating foe rak
ing fire. And here, at Resnss station just day
light was fast passing away, the fight ended with the
following results: The enemy driven from male
and half, at least, of their lines and their breast
works Constructed doubtless for permanent ocepa-
tom wrested from them, with loss Of at this
ing, nineteen hundred prisoners, representing all
four divisions of Hancocks crack corps, including
quite sprinkling of heavy artlersts Among their
prisoners, seventy-fiye commissioned officers not
the least of which is Lieutenant-C Colonel Walker
assistant acknowledgement to Major-General Han
cock, commanding the Second corps nine splendid
pieces Of artllery-ye of them being elegant brass
Napoleons and the other four, tine three-ineh rifle
guns; eight stand of colsrs, upwards of thousand
small arms, and some twenty horses. Many of the
artillery horses killed disabled by sharp
my, lot say that have il from all accounts that
their artillerists acted witt reg sallantry and
fought hand-to-frnd using 4nuskcts@
| But if the artillery of the enemy did well, ours
did better and have it from high official testimony
that the conduct of Pegram and his men almost
beyond praise Taking position with two of his
batteries (Brander's and 's) TO the right OF the
aSsaultlng column, and within four hundred yards
of the enemy's works, he fought them with one
second fuses land with svat accuracy, which is the
shortest distance that artillery has been made avail
| able for assault during this distinguished
officer OF the army in mentioning the services OF
tins artillery said TO me, But sir, for the invalu-
able assistance Of Pegram, who had eliladc fire
upon the enemy, much greater difficulties would
have been encountered"
Our losses Will foot up between six and Seven hun
dred killed ami wounded, Among the wounded, |
hear mentioned the names Of Colonel Lane, of the
Twentieth North Carolina, severely, and Colonel
Little, of the Eleventh Georgia, severely. Captain
Clark, asSlstent adutantgeneial toahe late Gene
Itl Saunders also slightly wounded. Some fifty
| odd OF the encmy's wounded, in charge OF an as
SiSnt surgeon, fell INTO our hands, and have been
brought here. Some uf the eueniy's prisoners re-
ported seeing the dead body general officer, but
his name could not learn
| Just as the fight concluded, it was reported
that the enemy attempting to turn both lanks
| Mahone's Virginia brigade quickly thrown on
| our right and sanders, Alabama brigade tnow
| der Colonel Ring rapidly disposed our left
but the enemy showed no purpose to flank and only
| annoyed US with a few she'll 1t was next reported
| that the cavalry were III General Hill
hastily gesing together hs personal staff couriers
and all mounted and dsmountcd i'll reach, ac-
companed by BrandeTs battery, pushed 10 the spot
| Indicated y few Yankee cavalry were demonstra-
ting, as II intending rear attack, but few shells
| from Brander's gunsauicky put them to flight.
regret that am unable to speak more intelligi-
bly, to The precise parts borne by the cavalry in
the fight, but II will suffice to say that they did
| their duty well, capturing six hundred pri-
sonerS aud materially assisting the infantry in the
| substantial work OF the day.
The Weldon railroad is now certainly destroyed
for distance Of ten miles, ana the rails ans
siis have boSl been carried oh-peIhaps to rebuild
| the City Point road,
The enemy are still believed to be III the vicinity
| of the fighting ground in position, aud they still
/ hold he road two miles below the city. Altogether
We have captured about ten Thousand prisoners iron
Grant during his effort to take aud hold this road
| Y.
SATURDAY, August y.
There has been renewal OF the f,lIt sine,
| Thursday, and no likelihood Of any lulnc late tll
gd9tment Iii that locality. y.